LETTERS
... this episode: (1) the 700 Myr delay between the LHB and terrestrial planet formation, and (2) the overall intensity of lunar impacts. Our model predicts a sharp increase in the impact rate at the beginning of the LHB. Unfortunately, the available lunar data are not yet capable of addressing this pre ...
... this episode: (1) the 700 Myr delay between the LHB and terrestrial planet formation, and (2) the overall intensity of lunar impacts. Our model predicts a sharp increase in the impact rate at the beginning of the LHB. Unfortunately, the available lunar data are not yet capable of addressing this pre ...
Our Solar System
... • There are 243 Earth days to 1 Venus day. • The surface temperature is 900 degrees F. , making it the hottest planet in our system. ...
... • There are 243 Earth days to 1 Venus day. • The surface temperature is 900 degrees F. , making it the hottest planet in our system. ...
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... this episode: (1) the 700 Myr delay between the LHB and terrestrial planet formation, and (2) the overall intensity of lunar impacts. Our model predicts a sharp increase in the impact rate at the beginning of the LHB. Unfortunately, the available lunar data are not yet capable of addressing this pre ...
... this episode: (1) the 700 Myr delay between the LHB and terrestrial planet formation, and (2) the overall intensity of lunar impacts. Our model predicts a sharp increase in the impact rate at the beginning of the LHB. Unfortunately, the available lunar data are not yet capable of addressing this pre ...
Our Solar System Exhibit Guide
... This guide includes suggestions for how to engage your students and facilitate an age-appropriate learning experience in the Our Solar System exhibit. ...
... This guide includes suggestions for how to engage your students and facilitate an age-appropriate learning experience in the Our Solar System exhibit. ...
2. Universe, Solar System and Earth`s formation
... HOW DID THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORM? • Star formation occurs in our Galaxy. ...
... HOW DID THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORM? • Star formation occurs in our Galaxy. ...
Overview of the Solar System
... Laws – use perturbations used for Mercury and Venus (modern methods use satellites) • immense size of the solar system – Kuiper Belt 50 AU from the sun • planets relatively close to sun – nearest star 4 light years away (Neptune is a few light hours) ...
... Laws – use perturbations used for Mercury and Venus (modern methods use satellites) • immense size of the solar system – Kuiper Belt 50 AU from the sun • planets relatively close to sun – nearest star 4 light years away (Neptune is a few light hours) ...
Formation of the Solar System/Chapter 7
... crystallized (so the melting and re-forming of rock, such as inside a volcano, “resets” the clock for radiometric dating rock is “young” again.) Planets, including Earth, probably formed 4.5 billion years ago. Oldest meteorites are 4.55 billion years old. Oldest moon rocks are 4.4 billion years ol ...
... crystallized (so the melting and re-forming of rock, such as inside a volcano, “resets” the clock for radiometric dating rock is “young” again.) Planets, including Earth, probably formed 4.5 billion years ago. Oldest meteorites are 4.55 billion years old. Oldest moon rocks are 4.4 billion years ol ...
Comets
... People think that ‘long-period comets’ (with periods of 200 years or more) come from a nearly spherical collection of icy things called Oort clouds. Measuring from the sun, Oort clouds lie about 1,000 times behind the orbit of Pluto (dwarf planet). ‘Short-period comets’ those orbit the sun in about ...
... People think that ‘long-period comets’ (with periods of 200 years or more) come from a nearly spherical collection of icy things called Oort clouds. Measuring from the sun, Oort clouds lie about 1,000 times behind the orbit of Pluto (dwarf planet). ‘Short-period comets’ those orbit the sun in about ...
Chapter 14 Vocabulary: The Solar System
... Nucleus: The solid inner core of a comet (p 573) Asteroid: Rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small & numerous to be considered planets (p 574) Meteoroid: A chunk of rock or dust in space (p 575) Meteorite: A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere & hits Earth’s surface (p 575 ...
... Nucleus: The solid inner core of a comet (p 573) Asteroid: Rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small & numerous to be considered planets (p 574) Meteoroid: A chunk of rock or dust in space (p 575) Meteorite: A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere & hits Earth’s surface (p 575 ...
3OriginofPlanetsandMoons
... •Planets formed when bits of matter first collided and aggregated into small, irregular shapes (planetesimals), and eventually formed into larger planets. •As the planets formed, the more dense ones were pulled closest to the sun. They are called Terrestrial Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) ...
... •Planets formed when bits of matter first collided and aggregated into small, irregular shapes (planetesimals), and eventually formed into larger planets. •As the planets formed, the more dense ones were pulled closest to the sun. They are called Terrestrial Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) ...
Science Astronomy Name
... 24. A galaxy is a large cluster of billions of stars and clouds of gas and dust held together by gravity. 25. The Milky Way is a large collection of stars that make up the galaxy in which our solar system is located. The Andromeda Galaxy is another galaxy. 26. A comet is a ball of ice and dust that ...
... 24. A galaxy is a large cluster of billions of stars and clouds of gas and dust held together by gravity. 25. The Milky Way is a large collection of stars that make up the galaxy in which our solar system is located. The Andromeda Galaxy is another galaxy. 26. A comet is a ball of ice and dust that ...
Gas Giant Sun-Catcher - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... the planets on the Gas Giant template. Use double-sided tape to attach one square’s clear (non-sticky) side to the planet on the template, and remove the backing from the contact paper. Place the pieces of different colors of tissue paper onto the adhesive side of the contact paper so that the tissu ...
... the planets on the Gas Giant template. Use double-sided tape to attach one square’s clear (non-sticky) side to the planet on the template, and remove the backing from the contact paper. Place the pieces of different colors of tissue paper onto the adhesive side of the contact paper so that the tissu ...
Slide 1
... Saturn is the second biggest planet, but it’s also the lightest planet. If there was a bathtub big enough to hold Saturn, it would float in the water! ...
... Saturn is the second biggest planet, but it’s also the lightest planet. If there was a bathtub big enough to hold Saturn, it would float in the water! ...
Earth and Other Planets
... Earth, one of the planets that orbit the Sun, formed 4.5 billion years ago from a great cloud of dust. ...
... Earth, one of the planets that orbit the Sun, formed 4.5 billion years ago from a great cloud of dust. ...
Science Astronomy Name
... 24. A galaxy is a large cluster of billions of stars and clouds of gas and dust held together by gravity. 25. The Milky Way is a large collection of stars that make up the galaxy in which our solar system is located. The Andromeda Galaxy is another ...
... 24. A galaxy is a large cluster of billions of stars and clouds of gas and dust held together by gravity. 25. The Milky Way is a large collection of stars that make up the galaxy in which our solar system is located. The Andromeda Galaxy is another ...
22.3 Earth`s Moon
... 1. Terrestrial: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars Jovian: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 2. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 3. The terrestrial planets are small and rocky. The Jovian planets are gas giants. 4. A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas in space. 5. In the i ...
... 1. Terrestrial: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars Jovian: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 2. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 3. The terrestrial planets are small and rocky. The Jovian planets are gas giants. 4. A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas in space. 5. In the i ...
Our Solar System - Livingstone High School
... Discovered through math 7 known moons Triton largest moon Great Dark Spot thought to be a hole, similar to the hole in the ozone layer on Earth ...
... Discovered through math 7 known moons Triton largest moon Great Dark Spot thought to be a hole, similar to the hole in the ozone layer on Earth ...
The Outer Planets - MAT
... • Meteoroid – name given to small pieces of comet when they move through space • Meteor – small meteoroid that burns up in Earths atmosphere • Meteor Showers – occur when Earth’s orbit passes through a group of meteoroids that enter the atmosphere • Meteorite – meteoroid that strikes the Earth ...
... • Meteoroid – name given to small pieces of comet when they move through space • Meteor – small meteoroid that burns up in Earths atmosphere • Meteor Showers – occur when Earth’s orbit passes through a group of meteoroids that enter the atmosphere • Meteorite – meteoroid that strikes the Earth ...
Astronomy Guided Reading
... Name four ways in which Mercury is similar to the moon and two ways in which it is different. Similar: Different: What is unique about Uranus’s axis of rotation? Where are most asteroids found? One piece of evidence that there was once water on Mars is that some areas have drainage patterns simila ...
... Name four ways in which Mercury is similar to the moon and two ways in which it is different. Similar: Different: What is unique about Uranus’s axis of rotation? Where are most asteroids found? One piece of evidence that there was once water on Mars is that some areas have drainage patterns simila ...
Solar System Scavenger Hunt Directions: Use the links in at my
... 52. What are meteors? ______________________________________________________________________ 53. What is a meteoroid? ______________________________________________________________________ 54. What is a meteorite______________________________________________________________________ 55. List three wa ...
... 52. What are meteors? ______________________________________________________________________ 53. What is a meteoroid? ______________________________________________________________________ 54. What is a meteorite______________________________________________________________________ 55. List three wa ...
Physics 1305 (Solar System Astronomy) Exam 3, Sample Questions
... C) Show gaps that are associated with orbital resonance’s with different moons of Saturn. D) Are brighter seen from the opposite side of the Sun, compared to when seen with the Sun at your back. 10) The Asteroid belt: A) Contains all the asteroids in the solar system. B) Contains gaps that are due t ...
... C) Show gaps that are associated with orbital resonance’s with different moons of Saturn. D) Are brighter seen from the opposite side of the Sun, compared to when seen with the Sun at your back. 10) The Asteroid belt: A) Contains all the asteroids in the solar system. B) Contains gaps that are due t ...
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... material that never formed into planets. ~ The Main Asteroid Belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. ~ More than 40,000 asteroids have been ...
... material that never formed into planets. ~ The Main Asteroid Belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. ~ More than 40,000 asteroids have been ...
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.