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... Sun. That is why the ranking order for orbital period is the same as the ranking order for distance from the Sun. Jupiter has many moons as a consequence of its formation, in which moons formed in a disk of material surrounding it and its extended atmosphere at the time allowed it to capture numerou ...
... Sun. That is why the ranking order for orbital period is the same as the ranking order for distance from the Sun. Jupiter has many moons as a consequence of its formation, in which moons formed in a disk of material surrounding it and its extended atmosphere at the time allowed it to capture numerou ...
axis – the imaginary line on which the Earth spins Apollo Missions
... solar eclipse - when the moon moves between the Earth and the sun (A shadow is cast on the Earth.) sun – a yellow, average-size star at the center of our solar system that produces heat and light (110 times the diameter of the Earth) waning – a term used to describe the moon reflecting less light (s ...
... solar eclipse - when the moon moves between the Earth and the sun (A shadow is cast on the Earth.) sun – a yellow, average-size star at the center of our solar system that produces heat and light (110 times the diameter of the Earth) waning – a term used to describe the moon reflecting less light (s ...
5th Grade Astronomy Test Study Guide
... 1. Apparent motion is when an object appears or seems to move across the sky, but really isn’t. Objects that appear to rise in the east and set in the west are the Sun, stars, and constellations. 2. Apparent motion is caused by the Earth’s rotation and revolution. The Earth is the object that is tru ...
... 1. Apparent motion is when an object appears or seems to move across the sky, but really isn’t. Objects that appear to rise in the east and set in the west are the Sun, stars, and constellations. 2. Apparent motion is caused by the Earth’s rotation and revolution. The Earth is the object that is tru ...
SR 51(5) 19-21
... carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and phosphorous. These are routinely created within stars and then ejected out into the interstellar space where they become part of the next generation of stars and planets. Models suggest that biochemistry could have begun within a billion years of the Big Bang. A ...
... carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and phosphorous. These are routinely created within stars and then ejected out into the interstellar space where they become part of the next generation of stars and planets. Models suggest that biochemistry could have begun within a billion years of the Big Bang. A ...
Comets and Mass Extinction
... •A comet has approximately 100 times more kinetic energy per gram than 420J/g of TNT! Jupiter—the trashcan • As large as 2.5 times all of the other planets in the solar system combined, known as a “Gas Giant,” 318 times as massive as the earth and therefore has a much greater gravitational pull, hol ...
... •A comet has approximately 100 times more kinetic energy per gram than 420J/g of TNT! Jupiter—the trashcan • As large as 2.5 times all of the other planets in the solar system combined, known as a “Gas Giant,” 318 times as massive as the earth and therefore has a much greater gravitational pull, hol ...
a planet rotates on its own axis and revolves around
... balance each other out to prevent nebula from collapsing or falling apart ...
... balance each other out to prevent nebula from collapsing or falling apart ...
Name Class Date Our Solar System The solar system consists of our
... enormous amounts of energy, mostly as light and heat. These reactions occur when the hydrogen turns into helium. Earth’s Sun is an average-sized star. The Sun is more than a million times greater in volume than Earth. The other stars we see in the night sky are like the Sun or even larger but are so ...
... enormous amounts of energy, mostly as light and heat. These reactions occur when the hydrogen turns into helium. Earth’s Sun is an average-sized star. The Sun is more than a million times greater in volume than Earth. The other stars we see in the night sky are like the Sun or even larger but are so ...
Why We Have Seasons
... moon, comets, asteroids - laws were used by friend, Edmond Halley to predict the reappear of a comet - also used by Adams and Leverrier to find a planet beyond the orbit of Uranus, based on slight irregularities in that planets orbital motion: Neptune - Law #1- a body remains at rest or moves in a s ...
... moon, comets, asteroids - laws were used by friend, Edmond Halley to predict the reappear of a comet - also used by Adams and Leverrier to find a planet beyond the orbit of Uranus, based on slight irregularities in that planets orbital motion: Neptune - Law #1- a body remains at rest or moves in a s ...
Solar System PowerPoint
... Oldest Moon rock – 4.5 billion yrs Oldest Mars rock – 4.6 billion yrs Oldest meteorite – 4.6 billion yrs Sun’s age (based on rate of nuclear reactions at the Sun’s ...
... Oldest Moon rock – 4.5 billion yrs Oldest Mars rock – 4.6 billion yrs Oldest meteorite – 4.6 billion yrs Sun’s age (based on rate of nuclear reactions at the Sun’s ...
Notes - The Solar System
... Outer Planet Characteristics • Farthest from the sun. • Composed mostly of gas - “gas giants”. • Large in size - make up 99% of the mass of the celestial bodies that orbit the sun. ...
... Outer Planet Characteristics • Farthest from the sun. • Composed mostly of gas - “gas giants”. • Large in size - make up 99% of the mass of the celestial bodies that orbit the sun. ...
Information and workshee - Athens
... 13. This blue, gas giant planet is named after the Roman god of the oceans. 15. The hottest planet in our solar system due to its thick atmosphere and closeness to the sun. 17. This constellation represents the beautiful queen of Ethiopia who angered the god Poseidon. 19. A small object - made of ic ...
... 13. This blue, gas giant planet is named after the Roman god of the oceans. 15. The hottest planet in our solar system due to its thick atmosphere and closeness to the sun. 17. This constellation represents the beautiful queen of Ethiopia who angered the god Poseidon. 19. A small object - made of ic ...
Pacing Our Solar System
... Pacing Our Solar System The chart below gives the scaled sizes and distances of the planets if the Sun were the size of a softball. Using these numbers, mark the distances in the model of planetary orbits, as instructed. One very large stride is roughly equal to a meter. As you can see, most of spac ...
... Pacing Our Solar System The chart below gives the scaled sizes and distances of the planets if the Sun were the size of a softball. Using these numbers, mark the distances in the model of planetary orbits, as instructed. One very large stride is roughly equal to a meter. As you can see, most of spac ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
... the constellation Perseus, approaching Sun and Earth Normally very faint, difficult to see, but last weekend it brightened several hundred thousand times, is now naked eye visible in good sky conditions. The eruption is probably a sudden release of a lot of ice. It should be a good sight—yellow fuzz b ...
... the constellation Perseus, approaching Sun and Earth Normally very faint, difficult to see, but last weekend it brightened several hundred thousand times, is now naked eye visible in good sky conditions. The eruption is probably a sudden release of a lot of ice. It should be a good sight—yellow fuzz b ...
Be Chart Smart Name:
... (“Super-Sized Ring Circles Saturn”). Then look at the chart below to learn more about Saturn and the other planets in our solar system. Use the chart to answer the questions. ...
... (“Super-Sized Ring Circles Saturn”). Then look at the chart below to learn more about Saturn and the other planets in our solar system. Use the chart to answer the questions. ...
07 May: Omnis In Exitu Eius Pulchrima
... velocity variations as large as observed, a planet would have to be as large as Jupiter, but much, much closer to the star than Mercury is to the Sun ...
... velocity variations as large as observed, a planet would have to be as large as Jupiter, but much, much closer to the star than Mercury is to the Sun ...
6.11 - SPDG
... is included to show a comparison of distance. HINT: Since most classroom calculators will not calculate numbers this large, you may cancel out zeroes on the AU’s and distances in order to calculate AU’s. Example: If the distance to a planet is 75,000,000 kilometers and 1 AU is 150,000,000, you may c ...
... is included to show a comparison of distance. HINT: Since most classroom calculators will not calculate numbers this large, you may cancel out zeroes on the AU’s and distances in order to calculate AU’s. Example: If the distance to a planet is 75,000,000 kilometers and 1 AU is 150,000,000, you may c ...
1. For most of human history it was believed that Earth was at the
... 19. The light-year is defined to be the 20. If we were to send a radio signal to an advanced civilization in 2012 which is located in the Zeta Reticuli star system approximately 39 light years away, when would the signal arrive at its destination? 21. According to current astronomical data, approxim ...
... 19. The light-year is defined to be the 20. If we were to send a radio signal to an advanced civilization in 2012 which is located in the Zeta Reticuli star system approximately 39 light years away, when would the signal arrive at its destination? 21. According to current astronomical data, approxim ...
A glimpse at the formation of our Solar System
... line never exceeded the mass of the Earth, whereas outer planets reached ten times more, at which stage they even started to retain the ambient gas. This led to the formation of giant gas planets, among which Jupiter is the largest. Although we still observe a clean separation between stonedominated ...
... line never exceeded the mass of the Earth, whereas outer planets reached ten times more, at which stage they even started to retain the ambient gas. This led to the formation of giant gas planets, among which Jupiter is the largest. Although we still observe a clean separation between stonedominated ...
space I have Who has
... Who has the term that means the sunlit portion of the Moon is growing from night to night? ...
... Who has the term that means the sunlit portion of the Moon is growing from night to night? ...
Younng Earth Creationism – The Scientific Evidence
... • Comets are continually losing material as they orbit close to the sun ...
... • Comets are continually losing material as they orbit close to the sun ...
CLOZE-ing in on Science!
... The planets are different in many ways, but they also have some similar properties to one another. One similar property is that all of the planets orbit, or circle around, the Sun. This path takes the planets different amounts of time depending on how far, or distant, they are from the Sun. The oute ...
... The planets are different in many ways, but they also have some similar properties to one another. One similar property is that all of the planets orbit, or circle around, the Sun. This path takes the planets different amounts of time depending on how far, or distant, they are from the Sun. The oute ...
06_LectureOutline
... 6.1 An Inventory of the Solar System Now known: Solar system has 165 moons, one star, eight planets (added Uranus and Neptune), eight asteroids and more than 100 Kuiper belt objects more than 300 km in diameter, smaller asteroids, comets, and meteoroids ...
... 6.1 An Inventory of the Solar System Now known: Solar system has 165 moons, one star, eight planets (added Uranus and Neptune), eight asteroids and more than 100 Kuiper belt objects more than 300 km in diameter, smaller asteroids, comets, and meteoroids ...
The Planets of Our Solar System
... E. Its atmosphere contains sulfuric acid clouds F. it can support life G. Largest planet H. Has the most prominent rings I. has traces of methane in its atmosphere J. Has the greatest temperature range of all the planets (430 degrees C to -170 degrees C) K. the atmosphere is about 20% oxygen and 80% ...
... E. Its atmosphere contains sulfuric acid clouds F. it can support life G. Largest planet H. Has the most prominent rings I. has traces of methane in its atmosphere J. Has the greatest temperature range of all the planets (430 degrees C to -170 degrees C) K. the atmosphere is about 20% oxygen and 80% ...
Planets Study guide
... 2. _________ Pluto is a dwarf planet because it is too small. 3. _________ A dwarf planet does not clear its own neighborhood. 4. _________ Both dwarf planets and classical planets orbit the sun. 5. _________ Some asteroids are considered classical planets. 6. Identify and check which type of planet ...
... 2. _________ Pluto is a dwarf planet because it is too small. 3. _________ A dwarf planet does not clear its own neighborhood. 4. _________ Both dwarf planets and classical planets orbit the sun. 5. _________ Some asteroids are considered classical planets. 6. Identify and check which type of planet ...
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.