Activity: Pocket solar system
... line along the fold marking the orbit and write the name of the planet along that line. This will help keep the writing small enough so the names are less likely to overlap orbits for other planets, especially for the inner planets. An alternative, to speed things up when visitors may not know how t ...
... line along the fold marking the orbit and write the name of the planet along that line. This will help keep the writing small enough so the names are less likely to overlap orbits for other planets, especially for the inner planets. An alternative, to speed things up when visitors may not know how t ...
Semester #1 – GeoScience Review Guide – Final Exam Scale
... 4. What is 1,430,500,000 km expressed as in scientific notation? 5. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is approximately _______________________. 6. Rank the following in order from smallest to largest: megameter, nanomter, kilometer 7. One millimeter equals how many meters? 8. Stellar distances ...
... 4. What is 1,430,500,000 km expressed as in scientific notation? 5. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is approximately _______________________. 6. Rank the following in order from smallest to largest: megameter, nanomter, kilometer 7. One millimeter equals how many meters? 8. Stellar distances ...
Heliocentric Model by Copernicus
... Why did Copernicus (1473-1543) think that the Earth and the other planets go around the Sun? How did Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) attempt to test the ideas of Copernicus? What paths do the planets follow as they move around the Sun? Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) What did Galileo (1564-1642) see in his tele ...
... Why did Copernicus (1473-1543) think that the Earth and the other planets go around the Sun? How did Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) attempt to test the ideas of Copernicus? What paths do the planets follow as they move around the Sun? Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) What did Galileo (1564-1642) see in his tele ...
The Formation of the Solar System Name
... momentum. Larger and larger particles form, which are rotating and orbiting counterclockwise, just like the original cloud. Eventually, most of the large particles have been gathered up into a few large bodies, and continue adding mass by running into lots of smaller particles. This is called accret ...
... momentum. Larger and larger particles form, which are rotating and orbiting counterclockwise, just like the original cloud. Eventually, most of the large particles have been gathered up into a few large bodies, and continue adding mass by running into lots of smaller particles. This is called accret ...
Crew Log Mission Information Sheet #2
... 2. How many glossary entries begin with the letter "G"? 2. What is the glossary definition of mythology? 4. In what section of StarChild can you find information about comets? 5. Which Universe topic has a picture of the central bulge? 6. What is the name of the first activity on the Solar System ac ...
... 2. How many glossary entries begin with the letter "G"? 2. What is the glossary definition of mythology? 4. In what section of StarChild can you find information about comets? 5. Which Universe topic has a picture of the central bulge? 6. What is the name of the first activity on the Solar System ac ...
Solar System
... • Irregularities in the predicted orbit of Uranus led astronomers Urbain Le Verrier in Paris and John Couch Adams in Cambridge to separately begin calculations to determine the nature and position of a new planet. Eventually, Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846 by Berlin Observatory. – It w ...
... • Irregularities in the predicted orbit of Uranus led astronomers Urbain Le Verrier in Paris and John Couch Adams in Cambridge to separately begin calculations to determine the nature and position of a new planet. Eventually, Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846 by Berlin Observatory. – It w ...
Lecture 7 Gravity and satellites
... R2 F is the gravitational force acting on each body (N) m1 and m2 are the masses of the objects (kg) R is the distance between the centres of the objects (m) ...
... R2 F is the gravitational force acting on each body (N) m1 and m2 are the masses of the objects (kg) R is the distance between the centres of the objects (m) ...
Study Guide for Astronomy
... Ptolemy – developed the Earth-centered theory of universe (called Geocentric) Copernicus – developed the Sun-centered theory of universe (called Heliocentric) Day – length of time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis, approximately 24 hours Month – length of time it takes the moon to orbit once ...
... Ptolemy – developed the Earth-centered theory of universe (called Geocentric) Copernicus – developed the Sun-centered theory of universe (called Heliocentric) Day – length of time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis, approximately 24 hours Month – length of time it takes the moon to orbit once ...
Universe 8e Lecture Chapter 14 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
... Satellites of Uranus and Neptune: Uranus has five satellites similar to the moderate-sized moons of Saturn, plus at least 22 more small satellites. Neptune has 13 satellites, one of which (Triton) is comparable in size to our Moon or the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. Triton has a young, icy surfac ...
... Satellites of Uranus and Neptune: Uranus has five satellites similar to the moderate-sized moons of Saturn, plus at least 22 more small satellites. Neptune has 13 satellites, one of which (Triton) is comparable in size to our Moon or the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. Triton has a young, icy surfac ...
October 2007
... • Runaway greenhouse effects get stronger as the temperature gets up, e.g. because this releases more greenhouse gases • If you like it cooler, a positive greenhouse effect could be “negative” ...
... • Runaway greenhouse effects get stronger as the temperature gets up, e.g. because this releases more greenhouse gases • If you like it cooler, a positive greenhouse effect could be “negative” ...
KilieScience6Elesson - ScienceMethodsSpring2012P60
... different way that may grab more students’ attention. We will use a few games that we have found online as virtual tools to help guide students. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/make-a-solar-system.htm -helps students put the planets in order. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/switch-a-roo/en/ -helps stude ...
... different way that may grab more students’ attention. We will use a few games that we have found online as virtual tools to help guide students. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/fun/make-a-solar-system.htm -helps students put the planets in order. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/switch-a-roo/en/ -helps stude ...
1 - Alice Pevyhouse
... 12. After Copernicus was done with his model, he was able to predict where a planet would be in the future with much more accuracy than the Ptolemaic model. 13. Why didn’t stellar parallax convince people of Copernicus’s time of the correctness of a heliocentric model? 14. Copernicus was not happy w ...
... 12. After Copernicus was done with his model, he was able to predict where a planet would be in the future with much more accuracy than the Ptolemaic model. 13. Why didn’t stellar parallax convince people of Copernicus’s time of the correctness of a heliocentric model? 14. Copernicus was not happy w ...
Side View of Our Solar System The Origins of
... disks are common. • Rapid advances in observational astronomy have allowed us to search for actual planets around other star systems. • In the beginning of 1990, there was no conclusive proof that planets existed around any star but the Sun. • By 2001, dozens of planet like objects have been detecte ...
... disks are common. • Rapid advances in observational astronomy have allowed us to search for actual planets around other star systems. • In the beginning of 1990, there was no conclusive proof that planets existed around any star but the Sun. • By 2001, dozens of planet like objects have been detecte ...
As a nebula
... 24. What is Pluto classified as? •A dwarf planet 25. What is revolution? •The motion of one object around another object 26. Identify an object that carries out this process. •The planets revolve around the sun. •The moon revolves around the Earth. •Asteroids and comets revolve around the sun. 27. ...
... 24. What is Pluto classified as? •A dwarf planet 25. What is revolution? •The motion of one object around another object 26. Identify an object that carries out this process. •The planets revolve around the sun. •The moon revolves around the Earth. •Asteroids and comets revolve around the sun. 27. ...
Smaller Bodies of the Solar System
... proposed as source for long-period comets and a replenisher of the Oort Cloud. beyond Neptune (extending from 30 AU out to around 100 AU). occasionally disturbed by gravitational interactions these objects are sent hurtling into the inner solar system to become short-period comets ...
... proposed as source for long-period comets and a replenisher of the Oort Cloud. beyond Neptune (extending from 30 AU out to around 100 AU). occasionally disturbed by gravitational interactions these objects are sent hurtling into the inner solar system to become short-period comets ...
astronomy ch 2 edit 1 - Fort Thomas Independent Schools
... clues suggesting that Earth is not the center of the universe the scientific revolution that dethroned Earth from its location at the center of the universe Copernicus’s argument that the planets orbit the Sun why the direction of motion of the planets on the celestial sphere sometimes appears to ch ...
... clues suggesting that Earth is not the center of the universe the scientific revolution that dethroned Earth from its location at the center of the universe Copernicus’s argument that the planets orbit the Sun why the direction of motion of the planets on the celestial sphere sometimes appears to ch ...
How to Use This Presentation
... • It spends most of its orbital period beyond Neptune’s orbit, but is sometimes closer to the sun than Neptune. • Scientists think Pluto is made up of frozen methane, rock, and ice, with an average temperature of –235 °C. Pluto has extensive methane icecaps and a very thin nitrogen atmosphere. • Plu ...
... • It spends most of its orbital period beyond Neptune’s orbit, but is sometimes closer to the sun than Neptune. • Scientists think Pluto is made up of frozen methane, rock, and ice, with an average temperature of –235 °C. Pluto has extensive methane icecaps and a very thin nitrogen atmosphere. • Plu ...
Rings, Moons, and Pluto - High Energy Physics at Wayne State
... (east-to-west), or else have orbits of high eccentricity, or high inclination Usually smaller satellites, located relatively far from their planet Formed subsequently or captured ...
... (east-to-west), or else have orbits of high eccentricity, or high inclination Usually smaller satellites, located relatively far from their planet Formed subsequently or captured ...
Venus Project1
... • Has volcanoes that erupt every few hundred years – 2.5 million years ago. • Young lava flows have been identified by the way they emit infrared radiation. • 1,000 craters relatively smaller than on other planets in the solar system. ...
... • Has volcanoes that erupt every few hundred years – 2.5 million years ago. • Young lava flows have been identified by the way they emit infrared radiation. • 1,000 craters relatively smaller than on other planets in the solar system. ...
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.