12 6 4 10 14 8 2 16 Saturn Neptune Jupiter Uranus
... Fold in half again so that planet Uranus lies over planet Neptune. Open out. ...
... Fold in half again so that planet Uranus lies over planet Neptune. Open out. ...
Earth - NWACC
... • A ring of them are in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter called: The Asteroid Belt The biggest is Ceres: size of Texas ...
... • A ring of them are in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter called: The Asteroid Belt The biggest is Ceres: size of Texas ...
The Solar System The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar S
... 57 times bigger than the Earth, but spins quite rapidly – one day lasts only 16 hours 7 minutes. Its average distance from the Sun is about 4,500 million km, and one year on Neptune lasts for almost 165 Earth years. It has an atmosphere of hydrogen, helium and methane. Its interior is made of ices, ...
... 57 times bigger than the Earth, but spins quite rapidly – one day lasts only 16 hours 7 minutes. Its average distance from the Sun is about 4,500 million km, and one year on Neptune lasts for almost 165 Earth years. It has an atmosphere of hydrogen, helium and methane. Its interior is made of ices, ...
Quick Reference - Objects in the skies
... The Kuiper belt is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, although it is far larger - 20 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive. Like the asteroid belt, it consists ...
... The Kuiper belt is a region of the Solar System beyond the planets, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, although it is far larger - 20 times as wide and 20 to 200 times as massive. Like the asteroid belt, it consists ...
Our Sidewalk Flier — in PDF format
... A little about our most frequent targets: JUPITER The fifth planet from the Sun, Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system, and in composition it resembles a small star. In fact, if Jupiter had been between fifty and one hundred times more massive, it would have become a star rather than ...
... A little about our most frequent targets: JUPITER The fifth planet from the Sun, Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system, and in composition it resembles a small star. In fact, if Jupiter had been between fifty and one hundred times more massive, it would have become a star rather than ...
Geocentric model
... circumference of Earth • Circumference of Earth ~ 40,000 km • Actual = 40,074 km • In reality, Eratosthenes made a number of errors that tended to cancel out, producing a remarkably accurate estimate ...
... circumference of Earth • Circumference of Earth ~ 40,000 km • Actual = 40,074 km • In reality, Eratosthenes made a number of errors that tended to cancel out, producing a remarkably accurate estimate ...
“Solar System Study Guide”
... opposite direction and debris left behind in the comets orbit 22. _____________- A piece of rock that is similar to the material that formed our planets 23. _____________- Small pieces of rock that travel through space 24. _____________-A meteoroid that burns up in the earth’s atmosphere 25. _______ ...
... opposite direction and debris left behind in the comets orbit 22. _____________- A piece of rock that is similar to the material that formed our planets 23. _____________- Small pieces of rock that travel through space 24. _____________-A meteoroid that burns up in the earth’s atmosphere 25. _______ ...
Week Two
... Discovered nearly as spherical as Earth 580 miles diameter – largest known asteroid Discovered in 1801 in belt between Mars and Jupiter – possible failed planet Contains 1/3 of mass of belt Dawn spacecraft - 2015 ...
... Discovered nearly as spherical as Earth 580 miles diameter – largest known asteroid Discovered in 1801 in belt between Mars and Jupiter – possible failed planet Contains 1/3 of mass of belt Dawn spacecraft - 2015 ...
Science Success Academy
... human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. The Space Launch System, shown here with Orion on it, is designed to be flexible for launching spacecraft for crew and cargo missions that will go far beyond to the moon again, to explore asteroids, and even to go to Mars. It will be people who are your age ...
... human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. The Space Launch System, shown here with Orion on it, is designed to be flexible for launching spacecraft for crew and cargo missions that will go far beyond to the moon again, to explore asteroids, and even to go to Mars. It will be people who are your age ...
Chapter 2 - The Solar System
... primordial solar system material that was unable to form a planet due to Jupiter’s large gravitational influence. ...
... primordial solar system material that was unable to form a planet due to Jupiter’s large gravitational influence. ...
PowerPoint
... The existence of Neptune was predicted before it was discovered. After the discovery of Uranus, astronomers noted variations in Uranus’ expected orbit. The only thing that could cause such variations would be a large gravity source. Scientists in the 1800s accurately predicted where Neptune sh ...
... The existence of Neptune was predicted before it was discovered. After the discovery of Uranus, astronomers noted variations in Uranus’ expected orbit. The only thing that could cause such variations would be a large gravity source. Scientists in the 1800s accurately predicted where Neptune sh ...
Strong
... to initiate convective clouds. The relatively clear region where the Huygens probe landed in 2005 was far below this threshold. These clouds, which appear to be similar to terrestrial thunderstorms, can also produce centimeters to hundreds of centimeters of precipitation in only a few hours — suffic ...
... to initiate convective clouds. The relatively clear region where the Huygens probe landed in 2005 was far below this threshold. These clouds, which appear to be similar to terrestrial thunderstorms, can also produce centimeters to hundreds of centimeters of precipitation in only a few hours — suffic ...
1. Evolution of the Solar System— Nebular hypothesis, p 10 a
... History of Astronomy—Early Years ...
... History of Astronomy—Early Years ...
Name - CHS Room 124
... 1. One star, called the Sun, around which everything else rotates 2. Eight planets 3. One asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter 4. Dwarf planets, like Pluto (considered to be a planet for about 75 years!) 5. Many moons (Earth has only one, but Saturn, for example, has 25+) C. Planet Facts ...
... 1. One star, called the Sun, around which everything else rotates 2. Eight planets 3. One asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter 4. Dwarf planets, like Pluto (considered to be a planet for about 75 years!) 5. Many moons (Earth has only one, but Saturn, for example, has 25+) C. Planet Facts ...
Powerpoint - Sandhills Astronomical Society
... Has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid-body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, Has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, and Is not a satellite. ...
... Has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid-body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, Has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, and Is not a satellite. ...
Week of: October 8, 2011
... objects Explore the different comets that have passed Earth and continue to pass Earth Discuss the orbit of a comet Label the parts of a comet and what they are made of Explore the origin of the ...
... objects Explore the different comets that have passed Earth and continue to pass Earth Discuss the orbit of a comet Label the parts of a comet and what they are made of Explore the origin of the ...
6/24/11 You in Outer Space Curriculum Map Clever Crazes for Kids
... Explore how the Earth's atmosphere exerts a pressure Examine how solar energy Describe astronomical units and that decreases with distance reaches Earth through radiation, light years as distances between above Earth's surface and that at mostly in the form of visible light. Earth, Sun and other sta ...
... Explore how the Earth's atmosphere exerts a pressure Examine how solar energy Describe astronomical units and that decreases with distance reaches Earth through radiation, light years as distances between above Earth's surface and that at mostly in the form of visible light. Earth, Sun and other sta ...
GEOLOGIC TIME
... volcanoes that erupted for centuries • Massive release of CO2 into atmosphere • Temps on planet warmed • Mass extinction of trilobites, eurypterids, fern-like plants and many insects ...
... volcanoes that erupted for centuries • Massive release of CO2 into atmosphere • Temps on planet warmed • Mass extinction of trilobites, eurypterids, fern-like plants and many insects ...
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... notation. This is 4.22 light years (4.22 ly). A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. (equaling 9.46 x 1012 km). Book analogy: If the Sun is a pinhead, the next star is another pinhead 35 miles away. This shows that the universe is made mostly of empty space. ...
... notation. This is 4.22 light years (4.22 ly). A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. (equaling 9.46 x 1012 km). Book analogy: If the Sun is a pinhead, the next star is another pinhead 35 miles away. This shows that the universe is made mostly of empty space. ...
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.