The Outer Planets
... Jupiter’s Rotation Light- and dark-colored bands parallel to its equator The phenomenon of different parts of a planet having different periods of rotation is known as differential rotation Jupiter is somewhat oblate, or flattened at the poles; this is an effect of Jupiter’s swift ...
... Jupiter’s Rotation Light- and dark-colored bands parallel to its equator The phenomenon of different parts of a planet having different periods of rotation is known as differential rotation Jupiter is somewhat oblate, or flattened at the poles; this is an effect of Jupiter’s swift ...
Solar System Formation - Madison Public Schools
... contrasting of different worlds to describe and categorize them • Important Properties: ...
... contrasting of different worlds to describe and categorize them • Important Properties: ...
Over the next couple of weeks you will research
... means. Include a Picture. Discovery Who discovered the planet and when? Planet Interior (what it looks like inside), surface features (if Structure terrestrial). Include a Diagram. Comparison Atmosphere, weather and other conditions similar to to Earth Earth or unique to your planet. Motion Orbit an ...
... means. Include a Picture. Discovery Who discovered the planet and when? Planet Interior (what it looks like inside), surface features (if Structure terrestrial). Include a Diagram. Comparison Atmosphere, weather and other conditions similar to to Earth Earth or unique to your planet. Motion Orbit an ...
The lithosphere: rocks and minerals
... Rocks are materials that make up the Earth’s crust and mantle. Rocks are a mix of one or various solid substances called minerals. In nature, there are many different types of rocks. They can be distinguished by looking at three characteristics. • Composition. This is the mix of minerals that make ...
... Rocks are materials that make up the Earth’s crust and mantle. Rocks are a mix of one or various solid substances called minerals. In nature, there are many different types of rocks. They can be distinguished by looking at three characteristics. • Composition. This is the mix of minerals that make ...
Part 1 ( pp. 2-5) In considerable detail To display a diversity
... At the beginning of the 20th century, many astronomers thought that the planets were formed as the result of a remarkable accident, such as the near-collision of the Sun with another star. Since then, we have come to realize that stars naturally form in a cloud of dust and gas, what we have called t ...
... At the beginning of the 20th century, many astronomers thought that the planets were formed as the result of a remarkable accident, such as the near-collision of the Sun with another star. Since then, we have come to realize that stars naturally form in a cloud of dust and gas, what we have called t ...
Comets - Images
... made of ice. When they approach the Sun the ice starts to evaporate forming the coma, a halo around the nucleus of dust and gas. Radiation pressure from the Sun pushes some of this dust and gas outwards (away from the Sun) to form two tails - one straight and blue (gas and ions), the other curved an ...
... made of ice. When they approach the Sun the ice starts to evaporate forming the coma, a halo around the nucleus of dust and gas. Radiation pressure from the Sun pushes some of this dust and gas outwards (away from the Sun) to form two tails - one straight and blue (gas and ions), the other curved an ...
FCAT 2.0 8th grade Science Review - Aventura Waterways K
... SC.7.N.1.2 Differentiate replication (by others) from repetition (multiple trials). SC.8.N.1.3 Use phrases such as "results support" or "fail to support" in science; science does not offer conclusive 'proof' of a knowledge claim. SC.8.N.1.4 Explain how hypotheses are valuable if they lead to further ...
... SC.7.N.1.2 Differentiate replication (by others) from repetition (multiple trials). SC.8.N.1.3 Use phrases such as "results support" or "fail to support" in science; science does not offer conclusive 'proof' of a knowledge claim. SC.8.N.1.4 Explain how hypotheses are valuable if they lead to further ...
JWST Study of Planetary Systems and Solar System Objects
... be combined with studies of circumstellar disks to build a more complete picture of planetary system formation and evolution. The discovery of a population of icy cometary objects within the main asteroid belt (Hsieh & Jewett 2006) was the first new dynamical class of comets in over two centuries. ...
... be combined with studies of circumstellar disks to build a more complete picture of planetary system formation and evolution. The discovery of a population of icy cometary objects within the main asteroid belt (Hsieh & Jewett 2006) was the first new dynamical class of comets in over two centuries. ...
The Final IAU Resolution on the definition of `planet`
... understanding of planetary systems, and it is important that our nomenclature for objects reflect (1) A classical planet1 is a celestial body . . . our current understanding. This applies, in and particular, to the designation 'planets'. The word 'planet' originally described 'wanderers' that were - ...
... understanding of planetary systems, and it is important that our nomenclature for objects reflect (1) A classical planet1 is a celestial body . . . our current understanding. This applies, in and particular, to the designation 'planets'. The word 'planet' originally described 'wanderers' that were - ...
Dynamical impact of the Planet Nine scenario: N
... that particular simulation and the same can be said about an orbit that remains fairly stable for a similar period of time. Consistently with the above discussion, our physical model includes the perturbations by the Jovian planets (Jupiter to Neptune). In order to compute accurate initial positions ...
... that particular simulation and the same can be said about an orbit that remains fairly stable for a similar period of time. Consistently with the above discussion, our physical model includes the perturbations by the Jovian planets (Jupiter to Neptune). In order to compute accurate initial positions ...
Planet Formation
... damps the random thermal velocities of planetesimals in the disk, speeding up the accretion by lowering the relative velocity. But secondly gas drag also increases the rate at which Σm is depleted, thereby reducing Miso . So growth is quicker but results in less heavy objects. They first did the cal ...
... damps the random thermal velocities of planetesimals in the disk, speeding up the accretion by lowering the relative velocity. But secondly gas drag also increases the rate at which Σm is depleted, thereby reducing Miso . So growth is quicker but results in less heavy objects. They first did the cal ...
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... ANSWER: any surface disruption, such as stretching or crumpling, caused by stresses within the interior of the world only surface changes, such as the movement of continents, caused by the motion of plates around the world’s surface the surface features that we see when a world has been heavily b ...
... ANSWER: any surface disruption, such as stretching or crumpling, caused by stresses within the interior of the world only surface changes, such as the movement of continents, caused by the motion of plates around the world’s surface the surface features that we see when a world has been heavily b ...
11/17/2011 1 Ch. 27 Notes: Nebular Hypothesis The Nebular
... – To examine the evidence of the origin of our solar system. – Use reasoning skills to determine how the formation occurred. ...
... – To examine the evidence of the origin of our solar system. – Use reasoning skills to determine how the formation occurred. ...
what`s up this month – april 2017
... Analysis of its parallax shows that it is located 250 light years from the Sun. It is a spectroscopic binary and rotating ellipsoidal variable; a system whose two main stars are so close together they are egg-shaped rather than spherical and can only be separated by their spectra. The primary is a b ...
... Analysis of its parallax shows that it is located 250 light years from the Sun. It is a spectroscopic binary and rotating ellipsoidal variable; a system whose two main stars are so close together they are egg-shaped rather than spherical and can only be separated by their spectra. The primary is a b ...
Hermeochemistry The composition of Mercury from MESSENGER X
... • Measurements of thermal (<0.5eV) and epithermal (<0.5MeV) indicate >tens of cm thick pure ice covered with layer of less-pure Lawrence et al.Science [2013] ice ...
... • Measurements of thermal (<0.5eV) and epithermal (<0.5MeV) indicate >tens of cm thick pure ice covered with layer of less-pure Lawrence et al.Science [2013] ice ...
1st Year Second Semester Examination - 2013 (EN -1202
... Where the orbits of planets around the Sun are nearly circular, however, the orbits of comets are quite elongated. Nearly 100 known comets have periods (the time it takes them to make one complete trip around the Sun) five to seven Earth years in length. Their farthest point from the Sun ( aphelion ...
... Where the orbits of planets around the Sun are nearly circular, however, the orbits of comets are quite elongated. Nearly 100 known comets have periods (the time it takes them to make one complete trip around the Sun) five to seven Earth years in length. Their farthest point from the Sun ( aphelion ...
Physivd Preliminary Module 8.5 The Cosmic Engine
... The Universe began with a singularity in space-time. After the initial explosion, the Universe started to expand, cool and condense, forming matter. As part of this ongoing process the Sun and the Solar System were formed over 4x109 years ago from a gas cloud which resulted from a supernova explosio ...
... The Universe began with a singularity in space-time. After the initial explosion, the Universe started to expand, cool and condense, forming matter. As part of this ongoing process the Sun and the Solar System were formed over 4x109 years ago from a gas cloud which resulted from a supernova explosio ...
The Solar System
... The solar system includes eight planets, their moons, and many other objects A galaxy is a huge mass of stars, gas, and dust clouds that exists in one area of space Galaxies and the solar system hold together because of gravity The gravity of the sun holds the planets in place as they revolv ...
... The solar system includes eight planets, their moons, and many other objects A galaxy is a huge mass of stars, gas, and dust clouds that exists in one area of space Galaxies and the solar system hold together because of gravity The gravity of the sun holds the planets in place as they revolv ...
Jupiter Planet
... The frozen crust of Europa is made up mostly of water ice, and it may hide a liquid ocean holding twice as much water as Earth does. It has a tenuous atmosphere composed primarily of oxygen. Its surface is striated by cracks and streaks, whereas craters are relatively rare. Being composed of frozen ...
... The frozen crust of Europa is made up mostly of water ice, and it may hide a liquid ocean holding twice as much water as Earth does. It has a tenuous atmosphere composed primarily of oxygen. Its surface is striated by cracks and streaks, whereas craters are relatively rare. Being composed of frozen ...
ESA and its science missions
... First European mission to orbit a planet in the hot regions of the Solar System, to make the most extensive study of Mercury – from the interior to the exosphere Helping to reveal the evolution of Mercury and the formation of the inner planets, and to understanding the origin of Mercury’s global mag ...
... First European mission to orbit a planet in the hot regions of the Solar System, to make the most extensive study of Mercury – from the interior to the exosphere Helping to reveal the evolution of Mercury and the formation of the inner planets, and to understanding the origin of Mercury’s global mag ...
Final Unit Plan
... in the inner solar system or also known as the fourth planet from the sun. Many scientists study Mars because of its likeness of Earth. Kids Astronomy, 2011 states: “Evidence suggests that Mars once had rivers, streams, lakes, and even an ocean. As Mars' atmosphere slowly depleted into outer space, ...
... in the inner solar system or also known as the fourth planet from the sun. Many scientists study Mars because of its likeness of Earth. Kids Astronomy, 2011 states: “Evidence suggests that Mars once had rivers, streams, lakes, and even an ocean. As Mars' atmosphere slowly depleted into outer space, ...
Chapter 3: Our Solar System
... sadly downgraded to the status of a “Dwarf Planet”) and continued to make valuable scientific contributions in the outer regions of the Solar System until its science mission ended officially on March 31, 1997. Contact was lost with Pioneer 10 in 2003 and it is now heading in the direction of Aldeba ...
... sadly downgraded to the status of a “Dwarf Planet”) and continued to make valuable scientific contributions in the outer regions of the Solar System until its science mission ended officially on March 31, 1997. Contact was lost with Pioneer 10 in 2003 and it is now heading in the direction of Aldeba ...
Geology 12 with elaborations - BC Curriculum
... • How is geologic time different from standard time? • Why is geologic time broken into eons, eras, and epochs? • Do all living things become fossils? • Why is the fossil record considered to be “incomplete”? Plate Tectonic Theory Sample opportunities to support student inquiry: • What evidence sugg ...
... • How is geologic time different from standard time? • Why is geologic time broken into eons, eras, and epochs? • Do all living things become fossils? • Why is the fossil record considered to be “incomplete”? Plate Tectonic Theory Sample opportunities to support student inquiry: • What evidence sugg ...
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.