Journey to the Stars: Activities for Grades 6-8
... Class Discussion: Solar System Review with students the structure of the Solar System. Ask them: • What is at the center of the solar system? Answer: The Sun, our star, is at the center of the Solar System. What types of planets are there and where are they found? Answer: There are four inner, rocky ...
... Class Discussion: Solar System Review with students the structure of the Solar System. Ask them: • What is at the center of the solar system? Answer: The Sun, our star, is at the center of the Solar System. What types of planets are there and where are they found? Answer: There are four inner, rocky ...
Jupiter
... character to depths of about 15,000 km relative to the surface. Below the existence of a rocky core consisting mainly ice cream and denser materials about seven Earth masses expected (although a recent model increases the mass of the core of this planet between 14 and 18 Earth masses, 8 and others t ...
... character to depths of about 15,000 km relative to the surface. Below the existence of a rocky core consisting mainly ice cream and denser materials about seven Earth masses expected (although a recent model increases the mass of the core of this planet between 14 and 18 Earth masses, 8 and others t ...
Modeling the Orbits of the Outer Planets
... system. New Horizons also will explore – for the first time – how ice dwarf planets like Pluto and Kuiper Belt bodies have evolved over time. ...
... system. New Horizons also will explore – for the first time – how ice dwarf planets like Pluto and Kuiper Belt bodies have evolved over time. ...
File - 5th Grade Science Almost done!!!!!!!!!
... of Saturn's auroras. They show tall auroral curtains, rapidly changing over time when viewed at the limb, or edge, of the planet's northern hemisphere. The sequence of images also reveals that Saturn's auroral curtains reach heights of more than 1,200 km (746 mi) above the planet's limb. These are t ...
... of Saturn's auroras. They show tall auroral curtains, rapidly changing over time when viewed at the limb, or edge, of the planet's northern hemisphere. The sequence of images also reveals that Saturn's auroral curtains reach heights of more than 1,200 km (746 mi) above the planet's limb. These are t ...
Slide 1
... The asteroid belt is found between Mars and Jupiter. Most asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun. Scientists estimate the asteroid belt also contains more than 750,000 asteroids larger than three-fifths of a mile (1 kilometer) in diameter and millions of smaller ones. Not everything in the ma ...
... The asteroid belt is found between Mars and Jupiter. Most asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun. Scientists estimate the asteroid belt also contains more than 750,000 asteroids larger than three-fifths of a mile (1 kilometer) in diameter and millions of smaller ones. Not everything in the ma ...
Lesson 1 – Explain – Page 375 “The Structure of
... Objects in the Solar System Ancient observers looking at the night sky saw many stars but only five planets --Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The invention of the telescope in the 1600s led to the discovery of additional planets and many other space objects. The Sun The largest obje ...
... Objects in the Solar System Ancient observers looking at the night sky saw many stars but only five planets --Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The invention of the telescope in the 1600s led to the discovery of additional planets and many other space objects. The Sun The largest obje ...
Meet the Jovians` Hot Siblings DONT ERASE
... a quick 3.5 days and is 1.919 times the size of our own gaseous giant, Jupiter. When viewed at the right time, TrES-4b creates a total eclipse of its star (Which is saying something considering how close the hot-jupiter is to its star). ...
... a quick 3.5 days and is 1.919 times the size of our own gaseous giant, Jupiter. When viewed at the right time, TrES-4b creates a total eclipse of its star (Which is saying something considering how close the hot-jupiter is to its star). ...
13Overview1
... • Contents of the solar system – Sun: by far most massive. Only object in SS producing energy (by nuclear reactions in its core) – Planets: larger objects orbiting the Sun. Traditionally, there were 9 (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto), now usually considered eigh ...
... • Contents of the solar system – Sun: by far most massive. Only object in SS producing energy (by nuclear reactions in its core) – Planets: larger objects orbiting the Sun. Traditionally, there were 9 (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto), now usually considered eigh ...
1 The Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
... - 300x’ 300x’s the mass of Earth. - It takes 12 years to go around the sun. (year is 12x’ 12x’s as long) ...
... - 300x’ 300x’s the mass of Earth. - It takes 12 years to go around the sun. (year is 12x’ 12x’s as long) ...
Origin of the Solar System – Notes Rings encircle Jupiter, Saturn
... Hundreds of thousands of kilometre-sized asteroids are known, and there are probably hundreds of thousands more asteroids and meteoroids that are boulder-sized or smaller. All of these objects orbit the Sun in the same direction as the planets. Most asteroids and meteoroids orbit the Sun at distance ...
... Hundreds of thousands of kilometre-sized asteroids are known, and there are probably hundreds of thousands more asteroids and meteoroids that are boulder-sized or smaller. All of these objects orbit the Sun in the same direction as the planets. Most asteroids and meteoroids orbit the Sun at distance ...
File - We All Love Science
... What defines a “planet?” • International Astronomical Union (IAU) 2006 stated that a planet: 1. is in orbit around the Sun, 2. has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and 3. has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit. ...
... What defines a “planet?” • International Astronomical Union (IAU) 2006 stated that a planet: 1. is in orbit around the Sun, 2. has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and 3. has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit. ...
Diameter 49528 km
... Great Dark Spot (centre left in the above picture taken by NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe in its 1989 flyby) similar in appearance to Jupiter’s Giant Red Spot. ...
... Great Dark Spot (centre left in the above picture taken by NASA’s Voyager 2 space probe in its 1989 flyby) similar in appearance to Jupiter’s Giant Red Spot. ...
The Planets Handout (Download Only)
... 1. The inner planets are closer to the sun 2. Mercury is the hottest of the planets 3. Venus is the closest in size to the Earth 4. Earth is the only planet in our solar system known to harbor life. 5. Most scientists agree that there was once large amounts of water on the planet Mars. 6. The meteor ...
... 1. The inner planets are closer to the sun 2. Mercury is the hottest of the planets 3. Venus is the closest in size to the Earth 4. Earth is the only planet in our solar system known to harbor life. 5. Most scientists agree that there was once large amounts of water on the planet Mars. 6. The meteor ...
Our Solar System
... Our Solar System A Journey to Our Planetary Neighbors 1. Ideas about the night sky have changed over time… _____________________________-centered model – early Greeks thought planets, Sun, Moon and stars rotated around the Earth Modern view – The sun is the ________________________ of our solar s ...
... Our Solar System A Journey to Our Planetary Neighbors 1. Ideas about the night sky have changed over time… _____________________________-centered model – early Greeks thought planets, Sun, Moon and stars rotated around the Earth Modern view – The sun is the ________________________ of our solar s ...
The Planets of the Solar System
... help in analyzing the data he had collected. • Brahe started him out on his hardest problem: determine the orbit of Mars. • Mars has the largest observed retrograde motion and no circular orbit could be found to match Brahe’s observations. Brahe and assistants making observations ...
... help in analyzing the data he had collected. • Brahe started him out on his hardest problem: determine the orbit of Mars. • Mars has the largest observed retrograde motion and no circular orbit could be found to match Brahe’s observations. Brahe and assistants making observations ...
Planets of the Solar System Section 2 Kepler`s Laws, continued
... Law of Periods • Kepler’s third law, the law of periods, describes the relationship between the average distance of a planet from the sun and the orbital period of the planet. • orbital period the time required for a body to complete a single orbit • The mathematical equation, K x a3 = p2, where K i ...
... Law of Periods • Kepler’s third law, the law of periods, describes the relationship between the average distance of a planet from the sun and the orbital period of the planet. • orbital period the time required for a body to complete a single orbit • The mathematical equation, K x a3 = p2, where K i ...
Unit 2 Study Guide - Grant County Schools
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
Unit 2 Study Guide (word)
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
Astronomy Exam Reveiw ANSWER KEY
... 9. List the planets in our solar system in order from the sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Remember using a pneumonic like My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nuts) ...
... 9. List the planets in our solar system in order from the sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (Remember using a pneumonic like My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nuts) ...
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.