report from the vice president
... data sets. We could not propose and probably would not have received funds for more than limited travel (other worthy programs were turned down entirely, so it is crucial to make the best use of our funds). Your help in interpreting the data will be vital to the possibility of more funding. • There ...
... data sets. We could not propose and probably would not have received funds for more than limited travel (other worthy programs were turned down entirely, so it is crucial to make the best use of our funds). Your help in interpreting the data will be vital to the possibility of more funding. • There ...
Solar System - New Haven Science
... evidence that the earth is rotating on its axis. The amount of time it takes for the earth to rotate once on its axis is regular and predictable (24 hours) and is called a “day”. Earth’s rotation makes it appear as if the sun is moving across the sky from east to west. The moon is a rocky object tha ...
... evidence that the earth is rotating on its axis. The amount of time it takes for the earth to rotate once on its axis is regular and predictable (24 hours) and is called a “day”. Earth’s rotation makes it appear as if the sun is moving across the sky from east to west. The moon is a rocky object tha ...
Chapter 9
... densities indicating that they were not heated by Saturn as they formed • Saturn’s moons have a smaller density than those of Jupiter indicating interiors must be mostly ice • Most moons are inundated with craters, many of which are surrounded by white markings of shattered ice • The moons also have ...
... densities indicating that they were not heated by Saturn as they formed • Saturn’s moons have a smaller density than those of Jupiter indicating interiors must be mostly ice • Most moons are inundated with craters, many of which are surrounded by white markings of shattered ice • The moons also have ...
CH10.AST1001.F16.EDS
... Orbits of Extrasolar Planets • Most of the detected planets have orbits smaller than Jupiter's. • Planets at greater distances are harder to detect with the most common techniques (transits and Doppler), but easier with direct imaging. • The observational methods are biased, but we can infer much a ...
... Orbits of Extrasolar Planets • Most of the detected planets have orbits smaller than Jupiter's. • Planets at greater distances are harder to detect with the most common techniques (transits and Doppler), but easier with direct imaging. • The observational methods are biased, but we can infer much a ...
Outline Question of Scale Planets Dance
... Inner Planets: Venus • 0.72 AU from Sun • Similar in size and mass to Earth. • Thick clouds make it the hottest planet. • Often called the morning star or the evening star. 3rd brightest object in the ...
... Inner Planets: Venus • 0.72 AU from Sun • Similar in size and mass to Earth. • Thick clouds make it the hottest planet. • Often called the morning star or the evening star. 3rd brightest object in the ...
PRELAB CLEA : 4. The Revolution of the Moons of Jupiter
... You will also need to have some knowledge of Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion. The law states that: The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of ...
... You will also need to have some knowledge of Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion. The law states that: The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of ...
Pluto - ornaart.com
... On July 29, 2005, a Trans-Neptunian object later named Eris was announced, which on the basis of its magnitude and simple albedo considerations is assumed to be slightly larger than Pluto. This was the largest object discovered in the solar system since Neptune in 1846. Discoverers and media initial ...
... On July 29, 2005, a Trans-Neptunian object later named Eris was announced, which on the basis of its magnitude and simple albedo considerations is assumed to be slightly larger than Pluto. This was the largest object discovered in the solar system since Neptune in 1846. Discoverers and media initial ...
PowerPoint
... • Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are crowded close to the Sun. • The four large planets– Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune– are widely spaced • Pluto tends to be in unusual space • Mostly circular orbits, except Mercury and Pluto • Orbits all lie in a plane • Size varies considerably– smallest g ...
... • Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are crowded close to the Sun. • The four large planets– Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune– are widely spaced • Pluto tends to be in unusual space • Mostly circular orbits, except Mercury and Pluto • Orbits all lie in a plane • Size varies considerably– smallest g ...
ASTR-100 - Jiri Brezina Teaching
... Tidal heating slows the bodies' rotation until it becomes tidally locked, and the tidal bulge does not change any more. Two (from many) examples of tidal heating: Moon’s rotation, originally faster than now (the Moon showed all sides earlier), has been tidally locked to the Earth since 3.5 bill. y. ...
... Tidal heating slows the bodies' rotation until it becomes tidally locked, and the tidal bulge does not change any more. Two (from many) examples of tidal heating: Moon’s rotation, originally faster than now (the Moon showed all sides earlier), has been tidally locked to the Earth since 3.5 bill. y. ...
Geologic Time and Earth`s Biological History
... James Hutton, a Scottish physician and geologist (1726-1797), thought the surface of the earth was an ever-changing environment and “the past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now.” This theory was called “uniformitarianism,” which was later catch-phrased a ...
... James Hutton, a Scottish physician and geologist (1726-1797), thought the surface of the earth was an ever-changing environment and “the past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now.” This theory was called “uniformitarianism,” which was later catch-phrased a ...
02 Earth in Space - Burnet Middle School
... 4. Seasons occur on Earth because the Moon’s tilt relative to the Sun does not change as Earth orbits the Sun. ...
... 4. Seasons occur on Earth because the Moon’s tilt relative to the Sun does not change as Earth orbits the Sun. ...
pompton lakes high school - Pompton Lakes School District
... theory and testing in their study of the universe. Explain the concept of the celestial sphere and how we use angular measurement to locate objects in the sky. Describe how and why the Sun, Moon and stars appear to change their positions from night to night and from month to month. Explain how ...
... theory and testing in their study of the universe. Explain the concept of the celestial sphere and how we use angular measurement to locate objects in the sky. Describe how and why the Sun, Moon and stars appear to change their positions from night to night and from month to month. Explain how ...
pompton lakes high school - Pompton Lakes School District
... theory and testing in their study of the universe. Explain the concept of the celestial sphere and how we use angular measurement to locate objects in the sky. Describe how and why the Sun, Moon and stars appear to change their positions from night to night and from month to month. Explain how ...
... theory and testing in their study of the universe. Explain the concept of the celestial sphere and how we use angular measurement to locate objects in the sky. Describe how and why the Sun, Moon and stars appear to change their positions from night to night and from month to month. Explain how ...
American Scientist - Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
... Pluto is no misfit at all. It is simply the brightest member of a vast population of objects orbiting beyond the Jovians: an entire third zone of the solar system. This region, first hypothesized in the 1940s by Gerard Kuiper, is now called the Kuiper Belt. It is littered with a diverse array of com ...
... Pluto is no misfit at all. It is simply the brightest member of a vast population of objects orbiting beyond the Jovians: an entire third zone of the solar system. This region, first hypothesized in the 1940s by Gerard Kuiper, is now called the Kuiper Belt. It is littered with a diverse array of com ...
Mars and Earth topography: a preliminary comparative analysis
... On Mars there are no signs of active significant geological processes with the exception of wind and dust storms, and also since some new observations indicate that some depositional or morphological structures can be dated to few million years ago (Baker 2005, and references therein), the prevailin ...
... On Mars there are no signs of active significant geological processes with the exception of wind and dust storms, and also since some new observations indicate that some depositional or morphological structures can be dated to few million years ago (Baker 2005, and references therein), the prevailin ...
The Structure of Earth`s Atmosphere
... magnetic field • Rapid rotation and large size → belt-zone cloud pattern • Dust from meteorite impacts onto inner moons trapped to form ring ...
... magnetic field • Rapid rotation and large size → belt-zone cloud pattern • Dust from meteorite impacts onto inner moons trapped to form ring ...
A Human-Powered Orrery: Connecting Learners with the Night Sky*
... answer (the Sun) and have them stand at the center of the orrery. Then, ask the students which planet is closest to the Sun. Pick one of the students who gives the correct answer (Mercury) and have them stand on the appropriate circle (in our example, since we are doing this on April 24, 2015, they ...
... answer (the Sun) and have them stand at the center of the orrery. Then, ask the students which planet is closest to the Sun. Pick one of the students who gives the correct answer (Mercury) and have them stand on the appropriate circle (in our example, since we are doing this on April 24, 2015, they ...
Module 1 – The Solar System
... The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of 382,400 kilometers, which is about the same as 238,000 miles. The lunar month is the 29.53 days it takes to go from one new moon to the next. During the lunar month, the Moon goes through all its phases. Just like the Earth, half of the Moon is lit by ...
... The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of 382,400 kilometers, which is about the same as 238,000 miles. The lunar month is the 29.53 days it takes to go from one new moon to the next. During the lunar month, the Moon goes through all its phases. Just like the Earth, half of the Moon is lit by ...
Activity #3 How Do Atmosphere Change Over Time? The Role of
... paper hole punches (see bottom right image). Where do the punches end up? What happens to the pattern of iron filing lines? Are field lines disturbed? Your breath represents the solar wind. The hole punches are tracers for what happens to the solar wind when it reaches “Earth.” The iron filings repr ...
... paper hole punches (see bottom right image). Where do the punches end up? What happens to the pattern of iron filing lines? Are field lines disturbed? Your breath represents the solar wind. The hole punches are tracers for what happens to the solar wind when it reaches “Earth.” The iron filings repr ...
the ringed giants – jupiter and saturn
... (Saturn has 31). The majority of these are smaller than 200 km diameter, in fact, the newly discovered moons at Jupiter are all probably smaller than 5 km in diameter. This is based on estimates of their sizes, not precise figures. For Jupiter, 36 of its 61 moons travel retrograde around Jupiter, op ...
... (Saturn has 31). The majority of these are smaller than 200 km diameter, in fact, the newly discovered moons at Jupiter are all probably smaller than 5 km in diameter. This is based on estimates of their sizes, not precise figures. For Jupiter, 36 of its 61 moons travel retrograde around Jupiter, op ...
Lect09-2-8-17
... the air, it can give up its heat more rapidly to the rocks of the earth’s crust. After losing some of its heat, the cooled mantle material descends again toward the earth’s core, where it picks up heat from the core that it can carry up to the crust on its next convection cycle. ...
... the air, it can give up its heat more rapidly to the rocks of the earth’s crust. After losing some of its heat, the cooled mantle material descends again toward the earth’s core, where it picks up heat from the core that it can carry up to the crust on its next convection cycle. ...
Astronomy From Å to ZZ — Howard L. Cohen
... same face toward the other but also causes each to remain stationary over one point on their surfaces. (The Moon’s rotation period is also synchronous with its orbit period around Earth so the Moon keeps the same face toward Earth. However, Earth’s rotation is not synchronous.) Charon’s orbit about ...
... same face toward the other but also causes each to remain stationary over one point on their surfaces. (The Moon’s rotation period is also synchronous with its orbit period around Earth so the Moon keeps the same face toward Earth. However, Earth’s rotation is not synchronous.) Charon’s orbit about ...
Lesson Plans
... Students will investigate the hardness of several types of rocks. Have students explore the scratch test technique using their fingernail, a penny, and then with a nail, to judge hardness. Hardness is defined as resistance to abrasion or how easily one substance will scratch another. On a scale of o ...
... Students will investigate the hardness of several types of rocks. Have students explore the scratch test technique using their fingernail, a penny, and then with a nail, to judge hardness. Hardness is defined as resistance to abrasion or how easily one substance will scratch another. On a scale of o ...
Discovering the Edge of the Solar System
... Kuiper belt: Beyond 48 AU none of the KBOs have circular orbits. There are several possible explanations for this outer edge, all involving catastrophic events during the early stages of our solar system’s formation. In one scenario, material in the outer solar system was stripped away by a close-pa ...
... Kuiper belt: Beyond 48 AU none of the KBOs have circular orbits. There are several possible explanations for this outer edge, all involving catastrophic events during the early stages of our solar system’s formation. In one scenario, material in the outer solar system was stripped away by a close-pa ...
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.