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Effects of Planetary Migration on Natural Satellites of the Outer Planets
... inclinations. In most cases the orbits are retrograde. In principle, their dynamical properties are not very compatible with formation from the primordial disk, unless latter evolutionary mechanisms can account for their present orbits. To date, this seems unlikely. Although solar perturbations are ...
... inclinations. In most cases the orbits are retrograde. In principle, their dynamical properties are not very compatible with formation from the primordial disk, unless latter evolutionary mechanisms can account for their present orbits. To date, this seems unlikely. Although solar perturbations are ...
Orbit and Spin
... Sun is very far away and it is very large. The helper may also want to talk about the fact the Sun is a star, unlike Earth, which is a planet. However, keep in mind the free student inquiry is equally as important as guided learning here. Before students rotate to the next station allow them adequat ...
... Sun is very far away and it is very large. The helper may also want to talk about the fact the Sun is a star, unlike Earth, which is a planet. However, keep in mind the free student inquiry is equally as important as guided learning here. Before students rotate to the next station allow them adequat ...
Earth and Space Science Unit Outline Welcome to High School
... 1. What are the latitude and longitude of Pocono Summit PA? 2. On what continent or in what ocean is 127°N, 87°W? 3. Describe how latitude can be calculated using the North Star 4. Compare a map that shows topography to a map that does not show topography 5. Explain the importance of scale on a map ...
... 1. What are the latitude and longitude of Pocono Summit PA? 2. On what continent or in what ocean is 127°N, 87°W? 3. Describe how latitude can be calculated using the North Star 4. Compare a map that shows topography to a map that does not show topography 5. Explain the importance of scale on a map ...
Jupiter Properties of Jupiter Jupiter`s Rotation
... Is Jupiter a Failed Star? • Jupiter is by far the largest and most massive planet, but is still much smaller than the Sun • If Jupiter had been about 100 times more massive, it would have undergone fusion and become a small, dim star ...
... Is Jupiter a Failed Star? • Jupiter is by far the largest and most massive planet, but is still much smaller than the Sun • If Jupiter had been about 100 times more massive, it would have undergone fusion and become a small, dim star ...
Solar System Formation PPT
... Good theories must answer key questions: Why is the solar system flat? Why do all the planets orbit in the same direction? Why do two types of planets exist? Why do all solar-system bodies appear to be less than 4.5 billion years old? ...
... Good theories must answer key questions: Why is the solar system flat? Why do all the planets orbit in the same direction? Why do two types of planets exist? Why do all solar-system bodies appear to be less than 4.5 billion years old? ...
There are four terrestrial and four jovian planets.
... • Where did asteroids and comets come from? — They are leftover planetesimals, according to the nebular theory. • How do we explain the existence of our Moon and other exceptions to the rules? — The bombardment of newly formed planets by planetesimals may explain the exceptions. — Material torn from ...
... • Where did asteroids and comets come from? — They are leftover planetesimals, according to the nebular theory. • How do we explain the existence of our Moon and other exceptions to the rules? — The bombardment of newly formed planets by planetesimals may explain the exceptions. — Material torn from ...
Characterizing the purple Earth: Modelling the globally
... The atmospheric composition of our planet has not changed drastically in the last 500 Ma. On average, the same atmospheric composition and mean averaged temperature have existed during this period (Hart 1978; Kasting & Siefert 2002). Hence, in Sanromá et al. (2013) we used a semi-empirical model of ...
... The atmospheric composition of our planet has not changed drastically in the last 500 Ma. On average, the same atmospheric composition and mean averaged temperature have existed during this period (Hart 1978; Kasting & Siefert 2002). Hence, in Sanromá et al. (2013) we used a semi-empirical model of ...
The outer planets: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
... discovered by Voyager. The two moons visible from Earth, Triton and Nereid, both have peculiar orbits. Nereid has a highly eccentric orbit, and Triton is unique among large planetary satellites because it orbits backwards – opposite to the sense of the planet’s rotation. The six moons discovered by ...
... discovered by Voyager. The two moons visible from Earth, Triton and Nereid, both have peculiar orbits. Nereid has a highly eccentric orbit, and Triton is unique among large planetary satellites because it orbits backwards – opposite to the sense of the planet’s rotation. The six moons discovered by ...
PPT
... • Why can active geology occur on much smaller worlds when they are made of ice rather than rock? • Ices soften and melt at much lower temperatures than rock, allowing icy volcanism and tectonics at surprisingly low temperatures. ...
... • Why can active geology occur on much smaller worlds when they are made of ice rather than rock? • Ices soften and melt at much lower temperatures than rock, allowing icy volcanism and tectonics at surprisingly low temperatures. ...
Some clicker questions to review
... Question 3 a) mass times surface gravity b) mass divided by volume c) size divided by weight d) mass times surface area e) weight divided by size ...
... Question 3 a) mass times surface gravity b) mass divided by volume c) size divided by weight d) mass times surface area e) weight divided by size ...
Unit Title: Our Place in Space Colorado Teacher-Authored Instructional Unit Sample Science 8
... Weather is a result of complex interactions of Earth's atmosphere, land and water, that are driven by energy from the sun, and can be predicted and described through complex models ...
... Weather is a result of complex interactions of Earth's atmosphere, land and water, that are driven by energy from the sun, and can be predicted and described through complex models ...
East New York Family Academy
... 1. Define satellites, identify two planets that have no satellites, and describe the satellites of Mars 2. Describe the appearance of a comet, its orbit, behavior, composition, and identify some comets 3. Describe the sizes, shapes, and orbits of asteroids and discuss their possible origin 4. Distin ...
... 1. Define satellites, identify two planets that have no satellites, and describe the satellites of Mars 2. Describe the appearance of a comet, its orbit, behavior, composition, and identify some comets 3. Describe the sizes, shapes, and orbits of asteroids and discuss their possible origin 4. Distin ...
The Moons of the Planets
... also must have cleaned his neighbor region from other objects. If they have not cleaned their orbits they are dwarf planets like Pluto. In our solar system they are eight planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our systems w ...
... also must have cleaned his neighbor region from other objects. If they have not cleaned their orbits they are dwarf planets like Pluto. In our solar system they are eight planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury and Venus are the only planets in our systems w ...
FOSS Earth and Sun Module Glossary NGSS Edition © 2016 absorb
... ice cap an ice mass that along with glaciers contains about seventy percent of Earth’s fresh water (IG) Kuiper belt a huge region beyond the gas giant planets, made up of different-size icy chunks of matter (SRB, IG) lake a body of fresh water surrounded by land (IG) less dense when an object floats ...
... ice cap an ice mass that along with glaciers contains about seventy percent of Earth’s fresh water (IG) Kuiper belt a huge region beyond the gas giant planets, made up of different-size icy chunks of matter (SRB, IG) lake a body of fresh water surrounded by land (IG) less dense when an object floats ...
metamorphism associated with extensional rifting of Gondwana
... of a high-temperature belt, generated by subduction processes beneath part of the Pelagonian realm. If they do record such processes, and the subsequent rapid uplift and cooling of an arc terrain as suggested, subduction must have begun before 85-80 Ma in order to subduct sufficient oceanic lithosph ...
... of a high-temperature belt, generated by subduction processes beneath part of the Pelagonian realm. If they do record such processes, and the subsequent rapid uplift and cooling of an arc terrain as suggested, subduction must have begun before 85-80 Ma in order to subduct sufficient oceanic lithosph ...
Unit 6: Astronomy
... How do the planets move? How fast can you go? Actually, every second you travel 18.5 miles through space! That's right, 18.5 miles per second, or 1110 miles in one hour! And as a passenger on the planet Earth, each year you travel approximately 600 million miles along the Earth's orbit around the Su ...
... How do the planets move? How fast can you go? Actually, every second you travel 18.5 miles through space! That's right, 18.5 miles per second, or 1110 miles in one hour! And as a passenger on the planet Earth, each year you travel approximately 600 million miles along the Earth's orbit around the Su ...
The Main Point Overview
... •The sequence starts from an altitude of 152 kilometers (about 95 miles) and initially only shows a hazy view looking into thick cloud. •As the probe descends, ground features can be discerned and Huygens emerges from the clouds at around 30 kilometers (about 19 ...
... •The sequence starts from an altitude of 152 kilometers (about 95 miles) and initially only shows a hazy view looking into thick cloud. •As the probe descends, ground features can be discerned and Huygens emerges from the clouds at around 30 kilometers (about 19 ...
Neptune - TeacherLINK
... not only the most intriguing satellite of the Neptunian system, but also one of the most interesting in all the solar system. It shows evidence of a remarkable geological history, with active geyser-like eruptions spewing invisible nitrogen gas and dark dust particles several kilometers into the ten ...
... not only the most intriguing satellite of the Neptunian system, but also one of the most interesting in all the solar system. It shows evidence of a remarkable geological history, with active geyser-like eruptions spewing invisible nitrogen gas and dark dust particles several kilometers into the ten ...
Tides, planetary companions, and habitability
... Accepted 2014 April 3. Received 2014 April 2; in original form 2014 January 22 ...
... Accepted 2014 April 3. Received 2014 April 2; in original form 2014 January 22 ...
Extrasolar Cosmochemistry
... We now consider the amount of mass required in our standard model; we argue that minor planets such as asteroids are the dominant source for the pollution of white dwarf atmospheres, although there might be instances in which tidal disruption and accretion of an entire planet the size of Mars has oc ...
... We now consider the amount of mass required in our standard model; we argue that minor planets such as asteroids are the dominant source for the pollution of white dwarf atmospheres, although there might be instances in which tidal disruption and accretion of an entire planet the size of Mars has oc ...
Detectability of extrasolar moons as gravitational microlenses
... By now hundreds of extrasolar planets have been detected1 . For all we know, none of the newly discovered extrasolar planets offers physical conditions permitting any form of life. But the search for planets potentially harbouring life and the search for indicators of habitability is ongoing. One of ...
... By now hundreds of extrasolar planets have been detected1 . For all we know, none of the newly discovered extrasolar planets offers physical conditions permitting any form of life. But the search for planets potentially harbouring life and the search for indicators of habitability is ongoing. One of ...
Nibiru Hijacked
... various star lists. 2) Among other meanings, the academics agree that in several circumstances the term Nibiru is representative of a “star” “planet” or “god”. The extent to which this becomes explained away by academia goes to the larger argument of myth versus reality alluded to earlier and will b ...
... various star lists. 2) Among other meanings, the academics agree that in several circumstances the term Nibiru is representative of a “star” “planet” or “god”. The extent to which this becomes explained away by academia goes to the larger argument of myth versus reality alluded to earlier and will b ...
Late Heavy Bombardment
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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.