Earth in space - gravity, eclipses
... (For example : MOON and EARTH have stronger gravitational attraction to each other than the SUN and the earth because the distance between the MOON and the EARTH is smaller than distance between the SUN and the Earth ...
... (For example : MOON and EARTH have stronger gravitational attraction to each other than the SUN and the earth because the distance between the MOON and the EARTH is smaller than distance between the SUN and the Earth ...
Habitability: Good, Bad and the Ugly
... Luminosity of the Sun • Definition of luminosity (watts/m2) • Sun’s luminosity has been changing: earlier in its evolution, luminosity was only 70% of what it is today (how could temperature be maintained over geological time) • Future for luminosity – Remember star sequence from lab and lecture – ...
... Luminosity of the Sun • Definition of luminosity (watts/m2) • Sun’s luminosity has been changing: earlier in its evolution, luminosity was only 70% of what it is today (how could temperature be maintained over geological time) • Future for luminosity – Remember star sequence from lab and lecture – ...
Your Guide to the Universe
... named after the Roman mythological king of the gods. It is so big that all the other planets can be squeezed inside it. Jupiter is the first of the gas giants, amongst the outer four planets of our Solar System. Jupiter spins so fast that a day on the planet lasts less than 10 Earth hours. Jupiter i ...
... named after the Roman mythological king of the gods. It is so big that all the other planets can be squeezed inside it. Jupiter is the first of the gas giants, amongst the outer four planets of our Solar System. Jupiter spins so fast that a day on the planet lasts less than 10 Earth hours. Jupiter i ...
Planet Earth Study Guide
... D. Describe, interpret and evaluate evidence from the fossil record 1. describe the nature of different kinds of fossils, and identify hypotheses about their Formation (e.g., identify the kinds of rocks where fossils are likely to be found; identify the portions of living things most likely to be pr ...
... D. Describe, interpret and evaluate evidence from the fossil record 1. describe the nature of different kinds of fossils, and identify hypotheses about their Formation (e.g., identify the kinds of rocks where fossils are likely to be found; identify the portions of living things most likely to be pr ...
workbook - teacher version
... 1. __Jupiter is the biggest planet in the Solar System________________________________________________________________ 2. __Jupiter’s red spot is a storm that is two times bigger than Earth____________________________________________________ 3. __Jupiter has four big moons and many small ones ______ ...
... 1. __Jupiter is the biggest planet in the Solar System________________________________________________________________ 2. __Jupiter’s red spot is a storm that is two times bigger than Earth____________________________________________________ 3. __Jupiter has four big moons and many small ones ______ ...
Astronomy - Troop 179
... months and compile this information in the chart below. Write the name of the planet in the top row. Under each planet indicate the dates/times/etc when that planet is observable. You may use this chart or make up one of your own and attach it to this worksheet. ...
... months and compile this information in the chart below. Write the name of the planet in the top row. Under each planet indicate the dates/times/etc when that planet is observable. You may use this chart or make up one of your own and attach it to this worksheet. ...
On the probability of habitable planets.
... fact, our experience on Earth has told us that the requirement for life is liquid water, regardless of mean temperature and pressure (Brack, 1993). Living organisms can exist and thrive in almost any conditions on Earth if liquid water is available (Rothschild and Mancinelli 2001). Conversely, no cr ...
... fact, our experience on Earth has told us that the requirement for life is liquid water, regardless of mean temperature and pressure (Brack, 1993). Living organisms can exist and thrive in almost any conditions on Earth if liquid water is available (Rothschild and Mancinelli 2001). Conversely, no cr ...
Mission 1: What`s In Our Sky
... The Moon is the second brightest thing in the sky after the Sun, but it is not a star. The Moon is about ¼ the diameter of the Earth and is made of rocky material. Most lunar rocks are between 3 and 4.6 billion years old. Many scientists believe that the Moon formed when the Earth ran into a very la ...
... The Moon is the second brightest thing in the sky after the Sun, but it is not a star. The Moon is about ¼ the diameter of the Earth and is made of rocky material. Most lunar rocks are between 3 and 4.6 billion years old. Many scientists believe that the Moon formed when the Earth ran into a very la ...
Astrobiology and the Biological Universe
... - Transmission of knowledge to Latin West - 10,000 years of history, but what lessons? • Examine underlying assumptions ...
... - Transmission of knowledge to Latin West - 10,000 years of history, but what lessons? • Examine underlying assumptions ...
Rocks - Faculty Server Contact
... The earth is a very dynamic body and rock material is continually recycled. Plate tectonics is the description of this dynamic process. New material rising from deep in the mantle of the earth is added to the crust of the earth along mid-ocean ridge systems and crust is returned to the mantle at sub ...
... The earth is a very dynamic body and rock material is continually recycled. Plate tectonics is the description of this dynamic process. New material rising from deep in the mantle of the earth is added to the crust of the earth along mid-ocean ridge systems and crust is returned to the mantle at sub ...
Document
... tokamak). The torus reconnects into self gravitating magnetic spheroids (spheromaks) that become planetary cores. The reconnection radiation and winds heat and compress the disk causing agglomeration out to the snow line. The cores grow by collecting material infalling toward the star. They are in u ...
... tokamak). The torus reconnects into self gravitating magnetic spheroids (spheromaks) that become planetary cores. The reconnection radiation and winds heat and compress the disk causing agglomeration out to the snow line. The cores grow by collecting material infalling toward the star. They are in u ...
Zodiac Constellations
... of celestial bodies and interpreted for their influence over human events ...
... of celestial bodies and interpreted for their influence over human events ...
Chapter 14 The Solar System
... amount of liquid water flowed on Mars's surface in the distant past. ...
... amount of liquid water flowed on Mars's surface in the distant past. ...
Chapter 14 The Solar System Neptune
... amount of liquid water flowed on Mars's surface in the distant past. ...
... amount of liquid water flowed on Mars's surface in the distant past. ...
Lab Script
... – be sure to use version Pro6. This is a very sophisticated planetarium package that can not only show us what the sky looks like at any time, from anywhere on Earth, but it can also transport us to other places in the solar system and even other stars! Before you can conduct the exercise, we’ll go ...
... – be sure to use version Pro6. This is a very sophisticated planetarium package that can not only show us what the sky looks like at any time, from anywhere on Earth, but it can also transport us to other places in the solar system and even other stars! Before you can conduct the exercise, we’ll go ...
Peer-reviewed Article PDF - e
... But the Earth is different. While it is for example 7 times more carbon than silicon in the Milky Way there is about 220 times more silicon than carbon in the Earth. Silicon is a very important element for the development of life on the Earth, because it forms silicates which make up much of the lan ...
... But the Earth is different. While it is for example 7 times more carbon than silicon in the Milky Way there is about 220 times more silicon than carbon in the Earth. Silicon is a very important element for the development of life on the Earth, because it forms silicates which make up much of the lan ...
L21-OuterPlanets+Titan
... Io is hot Lava flows on Io exceed 1500 K in temperature. Lavas this hot are not sulfur (which would evaporate immediately). This is hotter than present lavas on Earth (1300-1450 K). Instead these lavas are likely ultramafic (rich in Mg and Fe), similar to the lavas that occurred on early Earth. Pre ...
... Io is hot Lava flows on Io exceed 1500 K in temperature. Lavas this hot are not sulfur (which would evaporate immediately). This is hotter than present lavas on Earth (1300-1450 K). Instead these lavas are likely ultramafic (rich in Mg and Fe), similar to the lavas that occurred on early Earth. Pre ...
Lesson #4: The Moon and its Phases
... earth in a counterclockwise fashion (from right to left). As students watch their moon they will see that it will go through phases similar to those of the real moon. 4. Go through the 8 major phases of the moon with your students. a. New moon - moon is between the sun and the earth and they see the ...
... earth in a counterclockwise fashion (from right to left). As students watch their moon they will see that it will go through phases similar to those of the real moon. 4. Go through the 8 major phases of the moon with your students. a. New moon - moon is between the sun and the earth and they see the ...
Storyboard - Miss Swan`s Website
... on Venus are not full of water like the clouds we have, these clouds are full of a form of poison called sulfuric acid. The surface of Venus is very hot. Like Mercury, Venus does not have any moons. ...
... on Venus are not full of water like the clouds we have, these clouds are full of a form of poison called sulfuric acid. The surface of Venus is very hot. Like Mercury, Venus does not have any moons. ...
Internal Assessment Resource
... own gravity to make it round and is not a satellite, i.e. a moon. But, unlike a planet, it has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. This means that there are bodies of a similar size in the orbit of the dwarf planet. For example, Pluto doesn’t have enough mass and hence enough gravity to ...
... own gravity to make it round and is not a satellite, i.e. a moon. But, unlike a planet, it has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. This means that there are bodies of a similar size in the orbit of the dwarf planet. For example, Pluto doesn’t have enough mass and hence enough gravity to ...
Unit 1 - bilingual project fiñana
... planet until August 2006, when the International Astronomical Union reclassified it as a dwarf planet. ...
... planet until August 2006, when the International Astronomical Union reclassified it as a dwarf 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.