Unit 5
... Earth revolves around the Sun in and year and rotates on its axis in a 24-hour day. They have related this rotation of Earth to day and night while recognizing that the movements of the sun, moon, and stars are connected. SC.5.E.5.1: (DOK 1) Recognize that a galaxy consists of gas, dust, and many st ...
... Earth revolves around the Sun in and year and rotates on its axis in a 24-hour day. They have related this rotation of Earth to day and night while recognizing that the movements of the sun, moon, and stars are connected. SC.5.E.5.1: (DOK 1) Recognize that a galaxy consists of gas, dust, and many st ...
29.1 Models of the Solar System
... • The greater the degree of shift of the spectral lines, the faster the object is moving away • The star light DOES NOT appear red or blue (it still appears as white light from the star) • The “bar code” for each element either shifts to the shorter wavelength blue end of the spectrum or to the long ...
... • The greater the degree of shift of the spectral lines, the faster the object is moving away • The star light DOES NOT appear red or blue (it still appears as white light from the star) • The “bar code” for each element either shifts to the shorter wavelength blue end of the spectrum or to the long ...
Ecliptic 1 2 3 Three tell tale visual characteristics a planet:
... Venus • Dazzling white object. • Either above the western horizon in the evening, • or rising above the eastern horizon in the morning. • Very easy to see. ...
... Venus • Dazzling white object. • Either above the western horizon in the evening, • or rising above the eastern horizon in the morning. • Very easy to see. ...
PTYS/ASTR 206 – Section 2 – Fall 2004 Activity #1: 8/25/04
... A) Another name for the gas and dust from which our solar system formed B) A huge, spherical reservoir of comets in the outer reaches of our solar system C) The short-lived flash of green light sometimes seen just after the Sun sets D) The outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere #17. Just after the ...
... A) Another name for the gas and dust from which our solar system formed B) A huge, spherical reservoir of comets in the outer reaches of our solar system C) The short-lived flash of green light sometimes seen just after the Sun sets D) The outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere #17. Just after the ...
The Moon and tides
... • known for its storm, “The Great Red Spot” Saturn • known for its ring system Uranus • known for blue-green atmosphere ...
... • known for its storm, “The Great Red Spot” Saturn • known for its ring system Uranus • known for blue-green atmosphere ...
Astronomical Ideas Fall 2012 HW 2 solutions 1. a. Compare the
... planets nearby their parent stars in transit searches, because planets with smaller orbital radii have shorter periods. We need to observe multiple transits to confirm the presence of a planet via this technique. If a planet is very far away from its star, its period will be longer than a year so ob ...
... planets nearby their parent stars in transit searches, because planets with smaller orbital radii have shorter periods. We need to observe multiple transits to confirm the presence of a planet via this technique. If a planet is very far away from its star, its period will be longer than a year so ob ...
Origin of SS - Independence High School
... must explain most - if not all - of its characteristics: ...
... must explain most - if not all - of its characteristics: ...
1.4 Our Solar Neighbourhood
... The formation of our solar system (the Sun and nine planets) occurred the same way. The “protoplanet hypothesis” is a model for explaining the birth of solar systems. The process can be described in three steps: – 1. A cloud of gas and dust in space begins swirling. – 2. Most of the material (more t ...
... The formation of our solar system (the Sun and nine planets) occurred the same way. The “protoplanet hypothesis” is a model for explaining the birth of solar systems. The process can be described in three steps: – 1. A cloud of gas and dust in space begins swirling. – 2. Most of the material (more t ...
History of Astronomy
... stadia, which is probably ~ 14 % too large – better than any previous radius estimate. ...
... stadia, which is probably ~ 14 % too large – better than any previous radius estimate. ...
The Universe (solucionario)
... The Sun is the closet star to Earth. The Sun is very important for us because it gives us light and heat. The sun illuminates all of the celestial bodies in the Solar System. ...
... The Sun is the closet star to Earth. The Sun is very important for us because it gives us light and heat. The sun illuminates all of the celestial bodies in the Solar System. ...
Virtual Reality Moon Phases: http://tycho
... ____________________, the shape of the moon________________; this is because different amounts of the _____________ (lit up) part of the moon are ...
... ____________________, the shape of the moon________________; this is because different amounts of the _____________ (lit up) part of the moon are ...
Planetary Sciences
... Name your 3 favorite things that you learned in ASTR 8850 this year. 1. Io torus happens 2. more than 700,000 asteroids have a < 5.2 AU 3. Antarctica is weighted down by ice on top of it 4. Mercury is in a 3:2 spin:orbit resonance with the Sun 5. on the equator during the day, Mars can be as warm as ...
... Name your 3 favorite things that you learned in ASTR 8850 this year. 1. Io torus happens 2. more than 700,000 asteroids have a < 5.2 AU 3. Antarctica is weighted down by ice on top of it 4. Mercury is in a 3:2 spin:orbit resonance with the Sun 5. on the equator during the day, Mars can be as warm as ...
Slide 1
... Jupiter jostled Saturn into an unstable orbit; Saturn’s close encounters threw Uranus and Neptune into their larger orbits. Jupiter then crept to 1.5 a.u., plowing through the asteroids and throwing them to the outer solar system. In the process, Jupiter gravitationally shepherded a mini-disk near t ...
... Jupiter jostled Saturn into an unstable orbit; Saturn’s close encounters threw Uranus and Neptune into their larger orbits. Jupiter then crept to 1.5 a.u., plowing through the asteroids and throwing them to the outer solar system. In the process, Jupiter gravitationally shepherded a mini-disk near t ...
PLANETARY MOTION
... viewpoints: from one of the planets, from the Sun or from outside the Solar System. We start positioning outside the Solar System: from this position we can see how planets are arranged, which are their orbits and their distances from the Sun. Start Stellarium and open the location window (left menu ...
... viewpoints: from one of the planets, from the Sun or from outside the Solar System. We start positioning outside the Solar System: from this position we can see how planets are arranged, which are their orbits and their distances from the Sun. Start Stellarium and open the location window (left menu ...
PLANETARY MOTION G. Iafrate(a) and M. Ramella(a) (a) INAF
... viewpoints: from one of the planets, from the Sun or from outside the Solar System. We start positioning outside the Solar System: from this position we can see how planets are arranged, which are their orbits and their distances from the Sun. Start Stellarium and open the location window (left menu ...
... viewpoints: from one of the planets, from the Sun or from outside the Solar System. We start positioning outside the Solar System: from this position we can see how planets are arranged, which are their orbits and their distances from the Sun. Start Stellarium and open the location window (left menu ...
205 Tiffany Science
... The solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. All of these planets orbit the Sun, the only star in the solar system. When they orbit, they revolve around the Sun. When they rotate, the planets spin on their axis. Meteorites are masses of rock ...
... The solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. All of these planets orbit the Sun, the only star in the solar system. When they orbit, they revolve around the Sun. When they rotate, the planets spin on their axis. Meteorites are masses of rock ...
Team 1:The Outer Planets and Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
... Asteroids are rocky objects that mostly revolve around the sun in fairly circular orbits between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This region of the solar system is called the asteroid belt. There are more than 100,000 asteroids discovered in the asteroid belt. Some asteroids are so big they are cons ...
... Asteroids are rocky objects that mostly revolve around the sun in fairly circular orbits between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This region of the solar system is called the asteroid belt. There are more than 100,000 asteroids discovered in the asteroid belt. Some asteroids are so big they are cons ...
Definition of planet
The definition of planet, since the word was coined by the ancient Greeks, has included within its scope a wide range of celestial bodies. Greek astronomers employed the term asteres planetai (ἀστέρες πλανῆται), ""wandering stars"", for star-like objects which apparently moved over the sky. Over the millennia, the term has included a variety of different objects, from the Sun and the Moon to satellites and asteroids.By the end of the 19th century the word planet, though it had yet to be defined, had become a working term applied only to a small set of objects in the Solar System. After 1992, however, astronomers began to discover many additional objects beyond the orbit of Neptune, as well as hundreds of objects orbiting other stars. These discoveries not only increased the number of potential planets, but also expanded their variety and peculiarity. Some were nearly large enough to be stars, while others were smaller than Earth's moon. These discoveries challenged long-perceived notions of what a planet could be.The issue of a clear definition for planet came to a head in 2005 with the discovery of the trans-Neptunian object Eris, a body more massive than the smallest then-accepted planet, Pluto. In its 2006 response, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), recognised by astronomers as the world body responsible for resolving issues of nomenclature, released its decision on the matter. This definition, which applies only to the Solar System, states that a planet is a body that orbits the Sun, is massive enough for its own gravity to make it round, and has ""cleared its neighbourhood"" of smaller objects around its orbit. Under this new definition, Pluto and the other trans-Neptunian objects do not qualify as planets. The IAU's decision has not resolved all controversies, and while many scientists have accepted the definition, some in the astronomical community have rejected it outright.