Toilet Paper Scale Model of the Solar System
... Toilet Paper Scale Model of the Solar System The following table shows the average distances from the sun for each planet. The first measurements are in miles and the second measurements are in astronomical units. An astronomical unit is defined as the distance from the sun to the Earth, which is ab ...
... Toilet Paper Scale Model of the Solar System The following table shows the average distances from the sun for each planet. The first measurements are in miles and the second measurements are in astronomical units. An astronomical unit is defined as the distance from the sun to the Earth, which is ab ...
worlds of change
... a series of events occurred most recently. A crater embedded upon another crater’s rim is sure to be younger than the one whose rim was altered. A fault passing through a crater may have caused portions of that crater to shift in opposite directions indicating that the fault is the more recent of th ...
... a series of events occurred most recently. A crater embedded upon another crater’s rim is sure to be younger than the one whose rim was altered. A fault passing through a crater may have caused portions of that crater to shift in opposite directions indicating that the fault is the more recent of th ...
Dineen- Pla-nots
... farthest-known object in the solar system; Pluto's largest moon, Charon; and the asteroid Ceres, which was a planet in the 1800s before it got demoted. 2003 UB313 has been nicknamed Xena, but has no official name. If the resolution had been approved, the 12 planets in our solar system listed in orde ...
... farthest-known object in the solar system; Pluto's largest moon, Charon; and the asteroid Ceres, which was a planet in the 1800s before it got demoted. 2003 UB313 has been nicknamed Xena, but has no official name. If the resolution had been approved, the 12 planets in our solar system listed in orde ...
The Earth`s Drifting Continents - Earth
... Theory of Continental Drift • Alfred Wegener suggested that the continents were once together and have since drifted apart. Was not accepted until 30 years later. ...
... Theory of Continental Drift • Alfred Wegener suggested that the continents were once together and have since drifted apart. Was not accepted until 30 years later. ...
File - Teaching Through E
... • Sometimes referred to as the Red Planet • Even though Mars is much smaller than Earth, its surface area is about the same as the land surface area of Earth. ...
... • Sometimes referred to as the Red Planet • Even though Mars is much smaller than Earth, its surface area is about the same as the land surface area of Earth. ...
Kuiper Mission Team Presentation
... • Time built into the mission for guest astronomers and targets of opportunity • Kuiper’s spatial resolution, spectral resolutions, far-UV to near-IR coverage, and substantial time-domain ...
... • Time built into the mission for guest astronomers and targets of opportunity • Kuiper’s spatial resolution, spectral resolutions, far-UV to near-IR coverage, and substantial time-domain ...
Surface of the Moon
... • Impact crater: circular feature appearing below elevation of surroundings, possibly with a raised central peak. • G.K. Gilbert (1843-1918) experimented with impacts into sand and mud, and could produce round features like impact craters, but only if they impacted head on (Why?) ...
... • Impact crater: circular feature appearing below elevation of surroundings, possibly with a raised central peak. • G.K. Gilbert (1843-1918) experimented with impacts into sand and mud, and could produce round features like impact craters, but only if they impacted head on (Why?) ...
Our Solar System Solar System
... The outer planets have deep massive atmospheres and not solid rocky surfaces like the inner planets. Jupiter is the largest planet, is made of hydrogen and helium (like the Sun), and has an atmosphere made of hydrogen and helium with water, methane and ammonia in the outer atmosphere. Jupiter’s inte ...
... The outer planets have deep massive atmospheres and not solid rocky surfaces like the inner planets. Jupiter is the largest planet, is made of hydrogen and helium (like the Sun), and has an atmosphere made of hydrogen and helium with water, methane and ammonia in the outer atmosphere. Jupiter’s inte ...
CVtpf 2-1 - Hackettstown School District
... is farthest from Earth edipse an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another lunar eclipse the passing of the moon through . Earth's shadow at full moon perigee in the orbit of a satellite, the point that . is closest to Earth ...
... is farthest from Earth edipse an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another lunar eclipse the passing of the moon through . Earth's shadow at full moon perigee in the orbit of a satellite, the point that . is closest to Earth ...
DIY Solar system
... of the largest in the Solar System; Earth’s Grand Canyon could easily fit into one of the many canyons of this great chasm. The Martian surface has been changed dramatically over time by volcanism, impacts from other bodies, movements of its crust, and atmospheric effects such as dust storms. Great ...
... of the largest in the Solar System; Earth’s Grand Canyon could easily fit into one of the many canyons of this great chasm. The Martian surface has been changed dramatically over time by volcanism, impacts from other bodies, movements of its crust, and atmospheric effects such as dust storms. Great ...
Earth in Space2
... Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun. It is four times the diameter of Earth. Uranus is twice as far from the Sun as Saturn, so it is much colder. Uranus also has moons. Uranus is tilted about 90o, therefore rotating from top to bottom, while the other planets rotate from side to side. ...
... Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun. It is four times the diameter of Earth. Uranus is twice as far from the Sun as Saturn, so it is much colder. Uranus also has moons. Uranus is tilted about 90o, therefore rotating from top to bottom, while the other planets rotate from side to side. ...
Preface 1 PDF
... A major theme of this book is that our twin sister planets had very similar physical and chemical characteristics soon after they were formed about 4.6 billion years ago. They formed in the same region of space and, according to the most recent work on planetary orbit resonances, they have been “she ...
... A major theme of this book is that our twin sister planets had very similar physical and chemical characteristics soon after they were formed about 4.6 billion years ago. They formed in the same region of space and, according to the most recent work on planetary orbit resonances, they have been “she ...
THE INNER PLANETS
... • Scientists think that a large amount of liquid water flowed on Mars’s surface in the distant past. For this to be true, Mars must have been much warmer and had a thicker atmosphere at that time. Today, liquid water cannot exist on Mars for very long. Since Mars’s atmosphere is so thin, liquid wat ...
... • Scientists think that a large amount of liquid water flowed on Mars’s surface in the distant past. For this to be true, Mars must have been much warmer and had a thicker atmosphere at that time. Today, liquid water cannot exist on Mars for very long. Since Mars’s atmosphere is so thin, liquid wat ...
PART I: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (50 pts
... 19. According to Kepler’s laws, planets A. formed from a rotating cloud of gas and dust. B. move on epicycles. C. rotate slower with increasing distance from the Sun. D. do not show phases. E. move fastest in their orbits when closest to the Sun. 20. The most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere i ...
... 19. According to Kepler’s laws, planets A. formed from a rotating cloud of gas and dust. B. move on epicycles. C. rotate slower with increasing distance from the Sun. D. do not show phases. E. move fastest in their orbits when closest to the Sun. 20. The most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere i ...
Science 9 Unit 5: Space Name
... remote-controlled ‘landers’ that put equipment on or close to planets where no human has gone before. Probes have done remote sensing on Mercury and Jupiter, taken soil samples on Mars, landed on Venus, and studied Saturn’s rings up close. The most recent probes to explore Mars are still there. The ...
... remote-controlled ‘landers’ that put equipment on or close to planets where no human has gone before. Probes have done remote sensing on Mercury and Jupiter, taken soil samples on Mars, landed on Venus, and studied Saturn’s rings up close. The most recent probes to explore Mars are still there. The ...
Chapter 6 Our Solar System and Its Origin
... accuracy, and 3. able to explain other planetary systems. ...
... accuracy, and 3. able to explain other planetary systems. ...
Chapter 6 Our Solar System and Its Origin
... accuracy, and 3. able to explain other planetary systems. ...
... accuracy, and 3. able to explain other planetary systems. ...
8th Grade Science The Solar System Chapter 12 Study Guide The
... 1. heliocentric vs. geocentric models 2. Sun contributes 99% of mass of solar system B. How the Solar System Formed 1. Scientists believe the solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a nebula cloud that condensed 2. Eight planets in order 3. Inner planets are closer to the Sun, smaller i ...
... 1. heliocentric vs. geocentric models 2. Sun contributes 99% of mass of solar system B. How the Solar System Formed 1. Scientists believe the solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a nebula cloud that condensed 2. Eight planets in order 3. Inner planets are closer to the Sun, smaller i ...
The Outer Planets
... • All are tens of thousands of miles across – Much larger than the inner planets ...
... • All are tens of thousands of miles across – Much larger than the inner planets ...
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.