CHAPTER 6: The Solar System
... All are within 1.5 AU of the sun All are small with relatively low mass Earth is the largest & most massive All have rocky composition and solid surface ...
... All are within 1.5 AU of the sun All are small with relatively low mass Earth is the largest & most massive All have rocky composition and solid surface ...
Tutorial - TIL BIRNSTIEL
... where S is the solar flux (1360 W m−2 at the Earth’s distance), A is the albedo of the planet, σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (5.67 × 10−8 W m−2 K−4 , in SI units) and f is a constant of order unity (assume f = 4 for the rest of the exercise, why?). • For an Earth albedo of 0.29, derive the habi ...
... where S is the solar flux (1360 W m−2 at the Earth’s distance), A is the albedo of the planet, σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (5.67 × 10−8 W m−2 K−4 , in SI units) and f is a constant of order unity (assume f = 4 for the rest of the exercise, why?). • For an Earth albedo of 0.29, derive the habi ...
Science Success Academy
... What is a planet? A planet is a large ball of rock or gas that follows a path round the sun. What else orbits the sun? moons, drawf planets, comets, asteroids ...
... What is a planet? A planet is a large ball of rock or gas that follows a path round the sun. What else orbits the sun? moons, drawf planets, comets, asteroids ...
solar system study guide - East Hanover Township School District
... Venus – second closest planet to the sun, terrestrial planet, has many volcanoes, dense heavy atmosphere, very hot, no moons, named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, a day on Venus (one ROTATION) is longer than Venus’s year (one REVOLUTION); hottest planet Earth - third closest planet to t ...
... Venus – second closest planet to the sun, terrestrial planet, has many volcanoes, dense heavy atmosphere, very hot, no moons, named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, a day on Venus (one ROTATION) is longer than Venus’s year (one REVOLUTION); hottest planet Earth - third closest planet to t ...
Notes 21 Inner Solar System
... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars By size (lg. to sm.): Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury Inner Planets (Terrestrial Planets) common traits Solid Surface High Density (rocky) Few or no moons No Rings Weak Magnetic Field Close to the Sun Slow rotation Closely spaced orbits Small mass/size Mercury: 2nd hottest 1/ ...
... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars By size (lg. to sm.): Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury Inner Planets (Terrestrial Planets) common traits Solid Surface High Density (rocky) Few or no moons No Rings Weak Magnetic Field Close to the Sun Slow rotation Closely spaced orbits Small mass/size Mercury: 2nd hottest 1/ ...
PowerPoint Lecture Chapter 8
... b. Kepler also discovered planets travel at different speeds in their orbits 1). Closer planets travel faster (Mercury takes only 88 days to complete one orbit) 2). Outer planets travel slower (Pluto takes 248 years to complete on orbit) ...
... b. Kepler also discovered planets travel at different speeds in their orbits 1). Closer planets travel faster (Mercury takes only 88 days to complete one orbit) 2). Outer planets travel slower (Pluto takes 248 years to complete on orbit) ...
“Solar System Study Guide”
... 6. Great Red Spot- Lightning storms continually occur on Jupiter. (THIS is the most spectacular.) 7. Roche Limit- The distance away from the planet a moon must be before being torn apart. 8. Kuiper Belt - a band of icy debris that is in orbit around the sun, outside of Neptunes orbit. 9. Planet- is ...
... 6. Great Red Spot- Lightning storms continually occur on Jupiter. (THIS is the most spectacular.) 7. Roche Limit- The distance away from the planet a moon must be before being torn apart. 8. Kuiper Belt - a band of icy debris that is in orbit around the sun, outside of Neptunes orbit. 9. Planet- is ...
8 The Planet`s Motions
... Earth’s diameter Moon’s diameter Sun’s diameter Earth-Moon distance Earth-Sun distance ...
... Earth’s diameter Moon’s diameter Sun’s diameter Earth-Moon distance Earth-Sun distance ...
Name: Astronomy Study Guide Part 1 Define Astronomy
... Astronomy Study Guide Part 1 Define Astronomy- The study of all physical objects outside of the Earth Describe the 7 Astronomers Astronomers What they did that was important! Ptolemy Geocentric Copernicus ...
... Astronomy Study Guide Part 1 Define Astronomy- The study of all physical objects outside of the Earth Describe the 7 Astronomers Astronomers What they did that was important! Ptolemy Geocentric Copernicus ...
Earth Science, 10th edition Chapter 21: Touring Our Solar System I
... 1. Most lie between Mars and Jupiter 2. Small bodies – largest (Ceres) is about 620 miles in diameter 3. Some have very eccentric orbits 4. Many of the recent impacts on the Moon and Earth were collisions with asteroids 5. Irregular shapes 6. Origin is uncertain B. Comets 1. Often compared to large, ...
... 1. Most lie between Mars and Jupiter 2. Small bodies – largest (Ceres) is about 620 miles in diameter 3. Some have very eccentric orbits 4. Many of the recent impacts on the Moon and Earth were collisions with asteroids 5. Irregular shapes 6. Origin is uncertain B. Comets 1. Often compared to large, ...
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... Not clear how small brown dwarfs could be; could they be as small as “planets”? How do we distinguish planets and BDs? ...
... Not clear how small brown dwarfs could be; could they be as small as “planets”? How do we distinguish planets and BDs? ...
Unit 3 Bell Ringers 1. Early historical models of the solar system
... Which objects are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter? A. asteroids B. comets C. Kuiper Belt objects D. meteorites 11. Weight depends on the force of gravity. The greater the gravitational attraction of a planet, the more an object weighs on that planet. On which planet would you weigh le ...
... Which objects are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter? A. asteroids B. comets C. Kuiper Belt objects D. meteorites 11. Weight depends on the force of gravity. The greater the gravitational attraction of a planet, the more an object weighs on that planet. On which planet would you weigh le ...
Chapter 27 Formation of the Solar System
... in the sky relative to the stars = retrograde motion. ...
... in the sky relative to the stars = retrograde motion. ...
32) What spacecraft mission crashed because the NASA contractor
... 33) The planets, the Earth, and the Sun all tend to fall in the same plane called … A) perihelion. B) aphelion. C) the ecliptic. D) retrograde motion. E) the umbra. 34) All stars in the sky appear to lie on the … A) celestial equator. B) celestial sphere. C) zodiac. D) celestial north pole. E) celes ...
... 33) The planets, the Earth, and the Sun all tend to fall in the same plane called … A) perihelion. B) aphelion. C) the ecliptic. D) retrograde motion. E) the umbra. 34) All stars in the sky appear to lie on the … A) celestial equator. B) celestial sphere. C) zodiac. D) celestial north pole. E) celes ...
1 - Quia
... 23. Which of the following is not an inner planet? a. Venus c. Jupiter b. Mars d. Earth 24. ____________ allows Earth to sustain life. a. An abundance of liquid water c. The moon’s craters b. An oxygen-rich atmosphere d. both (a) and (b) 25. The inner planets are separated from the outer planets by ...
... 23. Which of the following is not an inner planet? a. Venus c. Jupiter b. Mars d. Earth 24. ____________ allows Earth to sustain life. a. An abundance of liquid water c. The moon’s craters b. An oxygen-rich atmosphere d. both (a) and (b) 25. The inner planets are separated from the outer planets by ...
Kepler`s Laws of Planetary Motion
... why previous models had not been able to exactly describe the observed motions of the planets. 3. Kepler’s laws are the first recorded mathematical descriptions of the universe. They demonstrate not only the order of what appears disorderly, but that math and science are inseparable. 4. As with Newt ...
... why previous models had not been able to exactly describe the observed motions of the planets. 3. Kepler’s laws are the first recorded mathematical descriptions of the universe. They demonstrate not only the order of what appears disorderly, but that math and science are inseparable. 4. As with Newt ...
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... • A celestial object that orbits the Sun and has a spherical shape but does not dominate its orbit. • Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris • Pluto’s tilted orbit crosses Neptune’s orbit ...
... • A celestial object that orbits the Sun and has a spherical shape but does not dominate its orbit. • Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris • Pluto’s tilted orbit crosses Neptune’s orbit ...
Physical Attributes of Stars
... • A solar system is a group of objects in space that orbit a star • Objects include: inner and outer planets, dwarf planets, moons, and asteroids The inner planets are closest to the sun: ...
... • A solar system is a group of objects in space that orbit a star • Objects include: inner and outer planets, dwarf planets, moons, and asteroids The inner planets are closest to the sun: ...
What`s In Outer Space?
... • Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in the solar system. • Saturn’s day is only 10 hours and 39 minutes long. • Saturn is so dense that if a large enough ocean could be found, it would float in it. • Saturn has rings around it that make it very beautiful. ...
... • Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in the solar system. • Saturn’s day is only 10 hours and 39 minutes long. • Saturn is so dense that if a large enough ocean could be found, it would float in it. • Saturn has rings around it that make it very beautiful. ...
DR packet 21.1-3_2016
... a. because they are very hot b. because, like Earth, they are dense and rocky c. because most are gas giants d. because they can support life 2. In what three ways do the inner planets differ from the outer planets? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ...
... a. because they are very hot b. because, like Earth, they are dense and rocky c. because most are gas giants d. because they can support life 2. In what three ways do the inner planets differ from the outer planets? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ...
Written by Abby Cessna Eight Planets The eight planets in our Solar
... distinctive ring system, which can seen from Earth by the naked eye. Uranus, which is the only planet to rotate on its size, has 27 known moons. Many satellites have names from mythology, but Uranus' moons are named after characters from the works of Alexander Pope and Shakespeare. Some of the satel ...
... distinctive ring system, which can seen from Earth by the naked eye. Uranus, which is the only planet to rotate on its size, has 27 known moons. Many satellites have names from mythology, but Uranus' moons are named after characters from the works of Alexander Pope and Shakespeare. Some of the satel ...
Solar System Summary Sheet File
... Gas clouds in space, called nebulae, are mainly made up of Hydrogen gas and some Helium gas and dust particles. Gravitational forces acting between all the particles caused them to pull towards each other and clump together. As the particles are forced to move, due to gravitational forces, the ...
... Gas clouds in space, called nebulae, are mainly made up of Hydrogen gas and some Helium gas and dust particles. Gravitational forces acting between all the particles caused them to pull towards each other and clump together. As the particles are forced to move, due to gravitational forces, the ...
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.