Lesson Title: Layers of the Earth
... of the following: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Lesson Overview: TTW begin class with an, "Attention Getter.” TTW go over the objectives for the day. TLW make a model of the solar system. TLW make a Planet Book. TLW answer two questions to evaluate what was ...
... of the following: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Lesson Overview: TTW begin class with an, "Attention Getter.” TTW go over the objectives for the day. TLW make a model of the solar system. TLW make a Planet Book. TLW answer two questions to evaluate what was ...
What do the stars tell us?
... Late stages of the Sun • The total power put out by the Sun will rise to several thousand times what it puts out today. • Earth will be very hot and will probably end up inside the Sun, where it may contribute to the dust that helps the Sun dump the unprocessed fuel (45% of its mass) back into spac ...
... Late stages of the Sun • The total power put out by the Sun will rise to several thousand times what it puts out today. • Earth will be very hot and will probably end up inside the Sun, where it may contribute to the dust that helps the Sun dump the unprocessed fuel (45% of its mass) back into spac ...
Astronomy Club of Asheville July 2016 Sky Events
... On July 6th Mercury reaches superior conjunction – on the other side of the Sun from Earth. Venus and Mercury will be lost in the Sun’s glare and not easily observable until the last week of the July. By then both planets will be orbiting toward Earth from behind the Sun. Looking very low into ...
... On July 6th Mercury reaches superior conjunction – on the other side of the Sun from Earth. Venus and Mercury will be lost in the Sun’s glare and not easily observable until the last week of the July. By then both planets will be orbiting toward Earth from behind the Sun. Looking very low into ...
Our Solar System
... courtesy of NASA; page 14: courtesy of NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); page 15: courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona; page 16: courtesy of NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona); page 18: courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute; page 19: courtesy of N ...
... courtesy of NASA; page 14: courtesy of NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); page 15: courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona; page 16: courtesy of NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona); page 18: courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute; page 19: courtesy of N ...
Pocket Planetarium V17N3.indd
... lower in the west at nightfall. As a result, the ringed planet will be visible for an increasingly shorter period in the evening. Note how the gap between Venus and Saturn diminishes as the weeks go by: From September 16 to 19, the two planets are less than 4 degrees apart. The ringed planet continu ...
... lower in the west at nightfall. As a result, the ringed planet will be visible for an increasingly shorter period in the evening. Note how the gap between Venus and Saturn diminishes as the weeks go by: From September 16 to 19, the two planets are less than 4 degrees apart. The ringed planet continu ...
Earth Is Not the Center of the Universe
... Comets are usually named after the people who first discover them. In 1705, Edmund Halley predicted that a comet everyone had seen many years before, would reappear in 1758. When his prediction came true, the comet was named after him. Halleyʼs Comet passes by Earth every 76 years. It was last seen ...
... Comets are usually named after the people who first discover them. In 1705, Edmund Halley predicted that a comet everyone had seen many years before, would reappear in 1758. When his prediction came true, the comet was named after him. Halleyʼs Comet passes by Earth every 76 years. It was last seen ...
Patterns in the Solar System
... Use the space provided for you below for your scale model of the inner Solar System (see question 9 also). Use large points to represent the four terrestrial planets and place them at the appropriate distance from the Sun. Use the mean distance from the Sun in AUs listed in table 18.1 on the first p ...
... Use the space provided for you below for your scale model of the inner Solar System (see question 9 also). Use large points to represent the four terrestrial planets and place them at the appropriate distance from the Sun. Use the mean distance from the Sun in AUs listed in table 18.1 on the first p ...
Astronomy 1001/1005 Midterm (200 points) Name:
... In the Oort cloud. In the Kuiper belt. Between Saturn and Uranus. Between Mars and Jupiter. None of the above. ...
... In the Oort cloud. In the Kuiper belt. Between Saturn and Uranus. Between Mars and Jupiter. None of the above. ...
Mass
... Because the star is so close that we should have received radio signals from the planet years ago. C Because the radio signals cannot penetrate the Earth’s atmosphere from outer space. D Because we are able to hear radio waves, this should have been discovered long ago. *E Because massive blue giant ...
... Because the star is so close that we should have received radio signals from the planet years ago. C Because the radio signals cannot penetrate the Earth’s atmosphere from outer space. D Because we are able to hear radio waves, this should have been discovered long ago. *E Because massive blue giant ...
The Copernican Cosmos
... Brahe used them for stellar measurements Better navigation for ships Observation of a stellar parallax for Tycho? No, a parallax is not observed until 1838 with the help of a strong telescope. ...
... Brahe used them for stellar measurements Better navigation for ships Observation of a stellar parallax for Tycho? No, a parallax is not observed until 1838 with the help of a strong telescope. ...
Solar System Weather
... This article describes Jupiter's many moons, along with discussing the conditions on the planet Jupiter. Images reveal stormy collision on Jupiter This article is great for learning about the many aspects of Jupiter's atmosphere with great detail. VENUS The first part of this article describes the r ...
... This article describes Jupiter's many moons, along with discussing the conditions on the planet Jupiter. Images reveal stormy collision on Jupiter This article is great for learning about the many aspects of Jupiter's atmosphere with great detail. VENUS The first part of this article describes the r ...
A Classroom Solar System
... whichever mechanism was constructed/found such that these could hang from the ceiling, attaching more paper clips if they need to be hooked into a panel ceiling or onto a dowel, etc. DISCUSSION: Students may see a pattern in the sizes and groupings of the planets. What happens to the size with dista ...
... whichever mechanism was constructed/found such that these could hang from the ceiling, attaching more paper clips if they need to be hooked into a panel ceiling or onto a dowel, etc. DISCUSSION: Students may see a pattern in the sizes and groupings of the planets. What happens to the size with dista ...
Ch. 22 Honors Study Guide Name 1. How did Eratosthenes
... 14. How does the fact that the Sun is at one focus of the elliptical orbits of the planets affect the distance that a planet is from the Sun? Draw a diagram ...
... 14. How does the fact that the Sun is at one focus of the elliptical orbits of the planets affect the distance that a planet is from the Sun? Draw a diagram ...
astrofe –astronomy ofe
... farther from the sun and much smaller than Earth. The average distance from Mars to the sun is about 141,620,000 miles (227,920,000 kilometers). This distance is roughly 1 1/2 times the distance from Earth to the sun. The average radius (distance from its center to its surface) of Mars is 2,107 mile ...
... farther from the sun and much smaller than Earth. The average distance from Mars to the sun is about 141,620,000 miles (227,920,000 kilometers). This distance is roughly 1 1/2 times the distance from Earth to the sun. The average radius (distance from its center to its surface) of Mars is 2,107 mile ...
Astronomy - Ascent Academies of Utah Blogging System Sites
... No spacecraft has ever traveled to the Kuiper Belt, but NASA's New Horizons mission, planned to arrive at Pluto in 2015, might be able to penetrate farther into the Kuiper Belt to study one of these mysterious objects. ...
... No spacecraft has ever traveled to the Kuiper Belt, but NASA's New Horizons mission, planned to arrive at Pluto in 2015, might be able to penetrate farther into the Kuiper Belt to study one of these mysterious objects. ...
CH 27 PPT
... • Metallic hydrogen is a state similar to liquid metal. It is caused by the pressure exerted by the outer layer of the planet. • Each have ring systems** orbiting over the planet’s equator. • Saturn’s rings are highly visible, the others are faint ring systems. ...
... • Metallic hydrogen is a state similar to liquid metal. It is caused by the pressure exerted by the outer layer of the planet. • Each have ring systems** orbiting over the planet’s equator. • Saturn’s rings are highly visible, the others are faint ring systems. ...
How does the earth orbit the sun?
... 25. Gravity keeps the ____________________ moving around the earth. It also keeps the planets moving around the _______________________. In the spaces provided write “True” if the sentence is true. Write “False” if the sentence is false. 26. _________ The planets move in circular orbits around the s ...
... 25. Gravity keeps the ____________________ moving around the earth. It also keeps the planets moving around the _______________________. In the spaces provided write “True” if the sentence is true. Write “False” if the sentence is false. 26. _________ The planets move in circular orbits around the s ...
Name: : :______ - Plain Local Schools
... Choose a name for your planet and give a brief description of your planet (feel free to be creative). Explain whether your planet is terrestrial or a gas giant. In the description give the reason for naming the planet. Choose a traditional historical name from any astronomically inclined culture suc ...
... Choose a name for your planet and give a brief description of your planet (feel free to be creative). Explain whether your planet is terrestrial or a gas giant. In the description give the reason for naming the planet. Choose a traditional historical name from any astronomically inclined culture suc ...
Student Exploration Sheet: Growing Plants
... Introduction: The velocity of a planet is represented by an arrow called a vector. The vector is described by two components: the i component represents east-west speed and the j component represents north-south speed. The unit of speed is kilometers per second (km/s). Question: How do we describe t ...
... Introduction: The velocity of a planet is represented by an arrow called a vector. The vector is described by two components: the i component represents east-west speed and the j component represents north-south speed. The unit of speed is kilometers per second (km/s). Question: How do we describe t ...
Keplers Laws
... Introduction: The velocity of a planet is represented by an arrow called a vector. The vector is described by two components: the i component represents east-west speed and the j component represents north-south speed. The unit of speed is kilometers per second (km/s). Question: How do we describe t ...
... Introduction: The velocity of a planet is represented by an arrow called a vector. The vector is described by two components: the i component represents east-west speed and the j component represents north-south speed. The unit of speed is kilometers per second (km/s). Question: How do we describe t ...
Chapter 7: A Planetary Overview
... 1. Catastrophe theory is a theory of the formation of the solar system that involves an unusual incident such as the collision of the Sun with another star. 2. The first catastrophe theory—that a comet pulled material from the Sun to form the planets—was proposed by Georges Louis de Buffon in 1745. ...
... 1. Catastrophe theory is a theory of the formation of the solar system that involves an unusual incident such as the collision of the Sun with another star. 2. The first catastrophe theory—that a comet pulled material from the Sun to form the planets—was proposed by Georges Louis de Buffon in 1745. ...
Question 1 (7-5 thru 7-7 PPT Questions)
... however, planets like Jupiter would take longer to form than the lifespan of the accretion disk around the star. 2. According to the disk-instability model, dense regions forming in the disk accrete more material and suddenly collapse to form one or more planets. However, such instabilities require ...
... however, planets like Jupiter would take longer to form than the lifespan of the accretion disk around the star. 2. According to the disk-instability model, dense regions forming in the disk accrete more material and suddenly collapse to form one or more planets. However, such instabilities require ...
Exploring the Solar System - The Federation of Galaxy Explorers
... objects. Today, we know that they are one object, not two. When Venus is on the same side of the Sun as we are, it can be as close to Earth as 23.7 million miles (that's 38.1 million kilometers). Venus is closer to Earth than any other large object, except for our own Moon. In 1761, and again in 187 ...
... objects. Today, we know that they are one object, not two. When Venus is on the same side of the Sun as we are, it can be as close to Earth as 23.7 million miles (that's 38.1 million kilometers). Venus is closer to Earth than any other large object, except for our own Moon. In 1761, and again in 187 ...
Star Track 2 - The Search for a Supermassive Black... Early radio astronomers detected an immensely
... 7. Why do astronomers think this makes SgrA* a black hole, and not some other kind of object? This is about half the mass of the sun per cubic AU – actually much less than the Sun's density. So in principle SgrA* "could" be some other object. However, this density is just a minimum, and we know of m ...
... 7. Why do astronomers think this makes SgrA* a black hole, and not some other kind of object? This is about half the mass of the sun per cubic AU – actually much less than the Sun's density. So in principle SgrA* "could" be some other object. However, this density is just a minimum, and we know of m ...
Solar System: Planets and Moon Size and
... is covered with craters, volcanoes, and large canyons. Mars is reddish in color. Mars has two small moons. It is named for the Roman god of war. 5. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, with a diameter of 142,980 kilometers, more than 11 times wider than the Earth. Jupiter orbits the Su ...
... is covered with craters, volcanoes, and large canyons. Mars is reddish in color. Mars has two small moons. It is named for the Roman god of war. 5. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, with a diameter of 142,980 kilometers, more than 11 times wider than the Earth. Jupiter orbits the Su ...
Planets beyond Neptune
Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit. The search began in the mid-19th century and culminated at the start of the 20th with Percival Lowell's quest for Planet X. Lowell proposed the Planet X hypothesis to explain apparent discrepancies in the orbits of the giant planets, particularly Uranus and Neptune, speculating that the gravity of a large unseen ninth planet could have perturbed Uranus enough to account for the irregularities.Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto in 1930 appeared to validate Lowell's hypothesis, and Pluto was officially named the ninth planet. In 1978, Pluto was conclusively determined to be too small for its gravity to affect the giant planets, resulting in a brief search for a tenth planet. The search was largely abandoned in the early 1990s, when a study of measurements made by the Voyager 2 spacecraft found that the irregularities observed in Uranus's orbit were due to a slight overestimation of Neptune's mass. After 1992, the discovery of numerous small icy objects with similar or even wider orbits than Pluto led to a debate over whether Pluto should remain a planet, or whether it and its neighbours should, like the asteroids, be given their own separate classification. Although a number of the larger members of this group were initially described as planets, in 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto and its largest neighbours as dwarf planets, leaving Neptune the farthest known planet in the Solar System.Today, the astronomical community widely agrees that Planet X, as originally envisioned, does not exist, but the concept of Planet X has been revived by a number of astronomers to explain other anomalies observed in the outer Solar System. In popular culture, and even among some astronomers, Planet X has become a stand-in term for any undiscovered planet in the outer Solar System, regardless of its relationship to Lowell's hypothesis. Other trans-Neptunian planets have also been suggested, based on different evidence. As of March 2014, observations with the WISE telescope have ruled out the possibility of a Saturn-sized object out to 10,000 AU, and a Jupiter-sized or larger object out to 26,000 AU.