3rd Grape from the Sun - Community Resources for Science
... everyday objects to compare the sizes of planets and other bodies. Planet Earth is not the largest or the smallest object in the Solar System, but it has unique properties that allow life to flourish. Objective: As a result of your lesson, what will students learn? What will they be able to do? Stud ...
... everyday objects to compare the sizes of planets and other bodies. Planet Earth is not the largest or the smallest object in the Solar System, but it has unique properties that allow life to flourish. Objective: As a result of your lesson, what will students learn? What will they be able to do? Stud ...
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... 6. <10% of the mass accretes into larger and larger particles which eventually form planetesimals (60 – 100). As the planetesimals collided, they grew in size and mass (gravitational attraction), but fewer in number, to form the planets. Large collisions among planetesimals resulted in: a) b) ...
... 6. <10% of the mass accretes into larger and larger particles which eventually form planetesimals (60 – 100). As the planetesimals collided, they grew in size and mass (gravitational attraction), but fewer in number, to form the planets. Large collisions among planetesimals resulted in: a) b) ...
Dwarf planets
... planet. Everybody likes Pluto but Eris is more massive, bigger, and it has it’s own moon. ...
... planet. Everybody likes Pluto but Eris is more massive, bigger, and it has it’s own moon. ...
PHESCh23
... roaring at up to 1500 kilometers per hour. • Large cyclonic “storms” similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, although smaller, occur in Saturn’s ...
... roaring at up to 1500 kilometers per hour. • Large cyclonic “storms” similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, although smaller, occur in Saturn’s ...
answers
... 2. Name the American agency that sends stuff into space [NASA] 3. How many guide laws are there? [6] 4. Who was the first person to walk on the moon [Neil Armstrong] 5. Name a constellation [there are lots of these, such as Cassiopeia, Ursa Major, Orion] 6. Name a constellation NO REPEATS – THEY HAV ...
... 2. Name the American agency that sends stuff into space [NASA] 3. How many guide laws are there? [6] 4. Who was the first person to walk on the moon [Neil Armstrong] 5. Name a constellation [there are lots of these, such as Cassiopeia, Ursa Major, Orion] 6. Name a constellation NO REPEATS – THEY HAV ...
The Solar System
... Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun and it is an outer planet. Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU. Temperatures at the planet's center are approximately 5,400 K (5,000 °C). Neptune revolves around the sun once every 165 years. Neptune makes a full rotation in 16 hours. The diameter o ...
... Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun and it is an outer planet. Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU. Temperatures at the planet's center are approximately 5,400 K (5,000 °C). Neptune revolves around the sun once every 165 years. Neptune makes a full rotation in 16 hours. The diameter o ...
The Planets
... roaring at up to 1500 kilometers per hour. • Large cyclonic “storms” similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, although smaller, occur in Saturn’s ...
... roaring at up to 1500 kilometers per hour. • Large cyclonic “storms” similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, although smaller, occur in Saturn’s ...
PowerPoint 演示文稿
... 100,000 light-years across. It is about 14 billion years old and takes 225 million years or so to rotate（旋转） once. Like all spirals, it contains plenty of gas and dust, from which new stars are formed. The dense nucleus（核心） is the oldest part and has no gas left for new star. ...
... 100,000 light-years across. It is about 14 billion years old and takes 225 million years or so to rotate（旋转） once. Like all spirals, it contains plenty of gas and dust, from which new stars are formed. The dense nucleus（核心） is the oldest part and has no gas left for new star. ...
Maybe We Are Alone in the Universe, After All
... orbits, he said, are wildly eccentric, which would cause destructive chaos among smaller planets rather than shielding them. ''All the Jupiters seen today are bad Jupiters,'' Dr. Ward said. ''Ours is the only good one we know of. And it's got to be good, or you're thrown out into dark space or into ...
... orbits, he said, are wildly eccentric, which would cause destructive chaos among smaller planets rather than shielding them. ''All the Jupiters seen today are bad Jupiters,'' Dr. Ward said. ''Ours is the only good one we know of. And it's got to be good, or you're thrown out into dark space or into ...
Scale of the Solar System
... Just on the inside of the fold, closer to the Sun, mark the position of Earth. Just on the outside of the fold, closer to Ceres, mark the position of Mars. ...
... Just on the inside of the fold, closer to the Sun, mark the position of Earth. Just on the outside of the fold, closer to Ceres, mark the position of Mars. ...
THE MAJOR PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
... Lowell also predicted the presence of a planet beyond Neptune, which was discovered in 1930 and named Pluto. Although the concept of a Martian civilisation did not survive Lowell's death in 1916, the idea that biological life exists on Mars was widely accepted for most of the twentieth century. Howe ...
... Lowell also predicted the presence of a planet beyond Neptune, which was discovered in 1930 and named Pluto. Although the concept of a Martian civilisation did not survive Lowell's death in 1916, the idea that biological life exists on Mars was widely accepted for most of the twentieth century. Howe ...
My Solar System Lab
... Kepler’s laws predict that the period depends only on the mass of the Sun and satellite distance. Do you agree?__________ (yes/no) ...
... Kepler’s laws predict that the period depends only on the mass of the Sun and satellite distance. Do you agree?__________ (yes/no) ...
Summary of week 1:
... Preview: Some basic astronomical objects and their approximate size scales Planet (ex.: Earth) An object held together by its self-gravity, in orbit about a star, that has insufficient mass to become a star (< 80 Jupiter masses) or a brown dwarf (< 13 Jupiter masses). Brown dwarf: A “failed star”, t ...
... Preview: Some basic astronomical objects and their approximate size scales Planet (ex.: Earth) An object held together by its self-gravity, in orbit about a star, that has insufficient mass to become a star (< 80 Jupiter masses) or a brown dwarf (< 13 Jupiter masses). Brown dwarf: A “failed star”, t ...
Astronomical Figures
... *studied the causes of disturbances in the Solar System. His work led to improved knowledge of the masses of the planets, the scale of the Solar System, and the velocity. ...
... *studied the causes of disturbances in the Solar System. His work led to improved knowledge of the masses of the planets, the scale of the Solar System, and the velocity. ...
2b. Which of Kepler`s laws did this illustrate? (State the law – don`t
... 3. Imagine another solar system with a star of the same mass as the Sun. In this solar system there is a planet with a mass twice that of Earth orbiting at a distance of 1 AU from the star. What is the orbital period of that planet? Explain your answer based on what you observed in this activity. 4. ...
... 3. Imagine another solar system with a star of the same mass as the Sun. In this solar system there is a planet with a mass twice that of Earth orbiting at a distance of 1 AU from the star. What is the orbital period of that planet? Explain your answer based on what you observed in this activity. 4. ...
To learn how the shape and period of... To learn how the shape of the orbit... Gravity, Orbits and Kepler’s Laws
... 3. Imagine another solar system with a star of the same mass as the Sun. In this solar system there is a planet with a mass twice that of Earth orbiting at a distance of 1 AU from the star. What is the orbital period of that planet? Explain your answer based on what you observed in this activity. 4. ...
... 3. Imagine another solar system with a star of the same mass as the Sun. In this solar system there is a planet with a mass twice that of Earth orbiting at a distance of 1 AU from the star. What is the orbital period of that planet? Explain your answer based on what you observed in this activity. 4. ...
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... sun which is the same as _____________________(scientific notation) and also the same as _________ toilet paper squares (each square is 17,500,000 miles). The first thing that you want to tell people are the three most important characteristics of the planet which are: 1. ___________________________ ...
... sun which is the same as _____________________(scientific notation) and also the same as _________ toilet paper squares (each square is 17,500,000 miles). The first thing that you want to tell people are the three most important characteristics of the planet which are: 1. ___________________________ ...
How many moons does Mercury have? (Update)
... moons. Earth has the moon, Mars has Phobos and Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune's and Uranus' smaller, Deimos, and Jupiter and Saturn have 67 and 62 irregular moons. It is also believed that Neptune's officially named moons, respectively. Heck, even largest moon, Triton, was once a Trans-Neptunian the recen ...
... moons. Earth has the moon, Mars has Phobos and Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune's and Uranus' smaller, Deimos, and Jupiter and Saturn have 67 and 62 irregular moons. It is also believed that Neptune's officially named moons, respectively. Heck, even largest moon, Triton, was once a Trans-Neptunian the recen ...
Science 9 – Unit E - JA Williams High School
... Imagine that two new planets have been discovered. Planet X has been found between the orbits of Venus and Earth. Planet Y has been found between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Use the following table to help you answer the questions below. ...
... Imagine that two new planets have been discovered. Planet X has been found between the orbits of Venus and Earth. Planet Y has been found between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Use the following table to help you answer the questions below. ...
Beyond Neptune: The Kuiper Belt
... gravitationally clear its own orbital range • – It has a highly inclined and elliptical orbit which crosses Neptune: an orbit like a comet, not a planet. • – it’s one of thousands of small objects out there; a new class of objects – the Kuiper Belt Objects or KBO’s. We had indirect evidence they are ...
... gravitationally clear its own orbital range • – It has a highly inclined and elliptical orbit which crosses Neptune: an orbit like a comet, not a planet. • – it’s one of thousands of small objects out there; a new class of objects – the Kuiper Belt Objects or KBO’s. We had indirect evidence they are ...
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.