2/1/2012- Outer Planets Notes
... Comets and Other Objects • A comet, is composed of dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water, methane, and ammonia. • As a comet approaches the Sun, it begins to vaporize. The vaporized dust and gases form a bright cloud called a coma around the nucleus. The solar wind pushes on the vaporized ...
... Comets and Other Objects • A comet, is composed of dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water, methane, and ammonia. • As a comet approaches the Sun, it begins to vaporize. The vaporized dust and gases form a bright cloud called a coma around the nucleus. The solar wind pushes on the vaporized ...
Science 1 (MillinerSci1)
... 12. Which tool is used by astronomers to make objects that are far away appear larger? A. microscope B. satellite C. spacecraft D. telescope 13. In a family of rabbits, half the rabbits are brown and half are white. Which statement BEST explains why the rabbits have two different colors? A. The whit ...
... 12. Which tool is used by astronomers to make objects that are far away appear larger? A. microscope B. satellite C. spacecraft D. telescope 13. In a family of rabbits, half the rabbits are brown and half are white. Which statement BEST explains why the rabbits have two different colors? A. The whit ...
Bitesize GCSE Science
... A satellite is any object that orbits around what we would call a superior body, that just means another object which is bigger or heavier than the satellite itself. So we place satellites in orbit around the Earth, what we do is we build space craft, we launch them up on rockets and they are design ...
... A satellite is any object that orbits around what we would call a superior body, that just means another object which is bigger or heavier than the satellite itself. So we place satellites in orbit around the Earth, what we do is we build space craft, we launch them up on rockets and they are design ...
PLANETS - NIU College of Education
... • Comet = bright heavenly body that develops a cloudy tail as it moves in an orbit around the sun • Asteroid = one of thousands of small planets between Mars and Jupiter • Astronomy = the science of the heavenly bodies and of their sizes, motions, and composition • Planet = heavenly body other than ...
... • Comet = bright heavenly body that develops a cloudy tail as it moves in an orbit around the sun • Asteroid = one of thousands of small planets between Mars and Jupiter • Astronomy = the science of the heavenly bodies and of their sizes, motions, and composition • Planet = heavenly body other than ...
University of Manchester Primary PGCE Appendix I
... and if they can remember any rhymes that may help? My Very Easy Method Just Suits Us Nicely (Pluto was redefined as a Dwarf planet in 2006) but it is good to remember that it is there. Get chn to write the order down in their books. It’s worth pointing out that new discoveries are found all the time ...
... and if they can remember any rhymes that may help? My Very Easy Method Just Suits Us Nicely (Pluto was redefined as a Dwarf planet in 2006) but it is good to remember that it is there. Get chn to write the order down in their books. It’s worth pointing out that new discoveries are found all the time ...
Mercury & the Moon
... •Gravity takes over….the Moon is born. •Lacks “volatiles” and water & Iron •Computer models show this to be possible! ...
... •Gravity takes over….the Moon is born. •Lacks “volatiles” and water & Iron •Computer models show this to be possible! ...
Nebular Theory
... Nebular Theory E5.3A Explain how the solar system formed from a nebula of dust and gas in a spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy about 4.6 Ga (billion years ago). ...
... Nebular Theory E5.3A Explain how the solar system formed from a nebula of dust and gas in a spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy about 4.6 Ga (billion years ago). ...
Meet the Jovians` Hot Siblings DONT ERASE
... a quick 3.5 days and is 1.919 times the size of our own gaseous giant, Jupiter. When viewed at the right time, TrES-4b creates a total eclipse of its star (Which is saying something considering how close the hot-jupiter is to its star). ...
... a quick 3.5 days and is 1.919 times the size of our own gaseous giant, Jupiter. When viewed at the right time, TrES-4b creates a total eclipse of its star (Which is saying something considering how close the hot-jupiter is to its star). ...
9/29/16 pacing planet distance
... take a hundred steps in a straight line. Place the Sun at the beginning of this line. Now pace off the distances to each planet as shown in the last column of the distance table on the next page. ...
... take a hundred steps in a straight line. Place the Sun at the beginning of this line. Now pace off the distances to each planet as shown in the last column of the distance table on the next page. ...
Homework 1
... Which of the following correctly lists our ‘cosmic address’ from small to large? (a) Earth, solar system, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Local Supercluster, universe. ...
... Which of the following correctly lists our ‘cosmic address’ from small to large? (a) Earth, solar system, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Local Supercluster, universe. ...
Quiz #1 - UCLA - Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
... 1. List the planets in the Solar System (8 points + 2 points if you get them in order from closest to furthest from the Sun.) ...
... 1. List the planets in the Solar System (8 points + 2 points if you get them in order from closest to furthest from the Sun.) ...
Chapter 1 - Colorado Mesa University
... • The Radius of the Earth is ~ 6370 km and its circumference is about 40,000 km (2πR_earth) • Our earth orbits our sun at a distance of ~ 150 million km, what we call an Astronomical Unit or AU and is tilted 23.6 degrees to its orbital plane. • Our sun orbits the center of the Milky Way about 8.5 ...
... • The Radius of the Earth is ~ 6370 km and its circumference is about 40,000 km (2πR_earth) • Our earth orbits our sun at a distance of ~ 150 million km, what we call an Astronomical Unit or AU and is tilted 23.6 degrees to its orbital plane. • Our sun orbits the center of the Milky Way about 8.5 ...
The Night Sky
... can be seen throughout the month navigate (NAV-uh-gate): to lead a ship or aircraft on a ...
... can be seen throughout the month navigate (NAV-uh-gate): to lead a ship or aircraft on a ...
Our solar system (and probably several hundred others)
... are drawn to her body. The cloud fragmented into several hundred sub-clouds, each destined to form a separate stellar system. As the sub-cloud continued its collapse, compression of the gas component caused heating. The gas component tends to obey the hydrostatic equation, while small solid particle ...
... are drawn to her body. The cloud fragmented into several hundred sub-clouds, each destined to form a separate stellar system. As the sub-cloud continued its collapse, compression of the gas component caused heating. The gas component tends to obey the hydrostatic equation, while small solid particle ...
What Is a Planet?
... neighborhood within the age of the solar system is roughly proportional to the square of its mass (which determines the gravitational reach of the massive body for a given amount of deflection) and inversely proportional to its orbital period (which governs the rate at which the encounters occur). Th ...
... neighborhood within the age of the solar system is roughly proportional to the square of its mass (which determines the gravitational reach of the massive body for a given amount of deflection) and inversely proportional to its orbital period (which governs the rate at which the encounters occur). Th ...
Chapter 1-2
... Mercury 88 days = 1 year Pluto 250 years = 1 year age/weight o Two classifications of planets Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, PlutoPluto Not a Planet, Astronomers Rule Solid and small Few or no moons Rotate (spin) slowly Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus Huge planets o Uranus Smalles ...
... Mercury 88 days = 1 year Pluto 250 years = 1 year age/weight o Two classifications of planets Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, PlutoPluto Not a Planet, Astronomers Rule Solid and small Few or no moons Rotate (spin) slowly Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus Huge planets o Uranus Smalles ...
major properties of the solar system
... MAJOR PROPERTIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM Chemical The terrestrial planets are depleted in light elements such as H and He. Lighter elements were not able to condense (form solids) near the Sun. These elements escaped from the inner regions of the Solar System. ...
... MAJOR PROPERTIES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM Chemical The terrestrial planets are depleted in light elements such as H and He. Lighter elements were not able to condense (form solids) near the Sun. These elements escaped from the inner regions of the Solar System. ...
Life on a Giant Magnet
... It’s the force of that magnetic field, pushing back against the solar winds, that keeps them from scouring away Earth’s atmosphere. Scientists even think that, billions of years ago when Earth was forming, our magnetic field helped trap the gases that made up our atmosphere in the first place. By co ...
... It’s the force of that magnetic field, pushing back against the solar winds, that keeps them from scouring away Earth’s atmosphere. Scientists even think that, billions of years ago when Earth was forming, our magnetic field helped trap the gases that made up our atmosphere in the first place. By co ...
Today`s Powerpoint - Physics and Astronomy
... a) stars don’t seem to show any parallax. b) we don’t feel as though Earth moves. c) objects fall toward Earth, not the Sun. d) we don’t see an enormous wind. e) All of the above were valid reasons. ...
... a) stars don’t seem to show any parallax. b) we don’t feel as though Earth moves. c) objects fall toward Earth, not the Sun. d) we don’t see an enormous wind. e) All of the above were valid reasons. ...
UCCS PES 1050 Astronomy 1 WK Spring 2012 Assignment 1 name
... We do not see lunar eclipses every time the Moon is full because: the Moon is usually on the wrong side of the Earth to be seen. the Moon's orbit is tilted relative to the Earth's orbit around the Sun. sometimes lunar eclipses occur when the Moon is in a different phase. the Moon often produces so m ...
... We do not see lunar eclipses every time the Moon is full because: the Moon is usually on the wrong side of the Earth to be seen. the Moon's orbit is tilted relative to the Earth's orbit around the Sun. sometimes lunar eclipses occur when the Moon is in a different phase. the Moon often produces so m ...
Planets - Gravitational Force
... The teacher will ask the students how planets stay in their orbit around the sun. Next, the teacher will ask if astronauts traveling to the moon experienced weightlessness during space travel. Was this caused by lack of gravity? In fact, there is gravity in space, between the Earth and the Moon. In ...
... The teacher will ask the students how planets stay in their orbit around the sun. Next, the teacher will ask if astronauts traveling to the moon experienced weightlessness during space travel. Was this caused by lack of gravity? In fact, there is gravity in space, between the Earth and the Moon. In ...
The Solar System
... The asteroid belt is a collection of asteroids that orbit the Sun. Asteroids are a collection of rocks of varying sizes that are the remains of old planets. ...
... The asteroid belt is a collection of asteroids that orbit the Sun. Asteroids are a collection of rocks of varying sizes that are the remains of old planets. ...
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... (Swiss, MIT) conjectured its existence based on galactic rotation curves. Vera Rubin continued the work in the 1970s. And in 2005 a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter was unveiled. Team Demonstrates Accelerating Expansion of the Universe In 1989, based on observation of distant supernovae an ...
... (Swiss, MIT) conjectured its existence based on galactic rotation curves. Vera Rubin continued the work in the 1970s. And in 2005 a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter was unveiled. Team Demonstrates Accelerating Expansion of the Universe In 1989, based on observation of distant supernovae an ...
Late Heavy Bombardment
The Late Heavy Bombardment (abbreviated LHB and also known as the lunar cataclysm) is a hypothetical event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years (Ga) ago, corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth. During this interval, a disproportionately large number of asteroids apparently collided with the early terrestrial planets in the inner Solar System, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The LHB happened after the Earth and other rocky planets had formed and accreted most of their mass, but still quite early in Earth's history.Evidence for the LHB derives from lunar samples brought back by the Apollo astronauts. Isotopic dating of Moon rocks implies that most impact melts occurred in a rather narrow interval of time. Several hypotheses are now offered to explain the apparent spike in the flux of impactors (i.e. asteroids and comets) in the inner Solar System, but no consensus yet exists. The Nice model is popular among planetary scientists; it postulates that the gas giant planets underwent orbital migration and scattered objects in the asteroid and/or Kuiper belts into eccentric orbits, and thereby into the path of the terrestrial planets. Other researchers argue that the lunar sample data do not require a cataclysmic cratering event near 3.9 Ga, and that the apparent clustering of impact melt ages near this time is an artifact of sampling materials retrieved from a single large impact basin. They also note that the rate of impact cratering could be significantly different between the outer and inner zones of the Solar System.