Minerals: how do they form in planets? - Mixon 12-13
... mafic rock-forming minerals olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase feldspar. These minerals are the primary constituents of basalt, a dark volcanic rock that also makes up the Earth's oceanic crust and the lunar maria. The mineral olivine occurs all over the planet, but some of the largest concentration ...
... mafic rock-forming minerals olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase feldspar. These minerals are the primary constituents of basalt, a dark volcanic rock that also makes up the Earth's oceanic crust and the lunar maria. The mineral olivine occurs all over the planet, but some of the largest concentration ...
Document
... Jupiter is named after the Roman king of the Gods. It would take 11 earths lined up next to each other to get from one side of Jupiter to the other, it would also take 317 earths to equal Jupiter's mass. Jupiter's red spot is a gigantic storm that has been there for over 300 years! If Jupiter had 80 ...
... Jupiter is named after the Roman king of the Gods. It would take 11 earths lined up next to each other to get from one side of Jupiter to the other, it would also take 317 earths to equal Jupiter's mass. Jupiter's red spot is a gigantic storm that has been there for over 300 years! If Jupiter had 80 ...
31_Finding Earths
... and He such as C, O, Fe…). We think these elements helped form the first solids as the gas cloud cooled and these solids acted as nucleation sites for additional material to condense to form rocky cores of planets. ...
... and He such as C, O, Fe…). We think these elements helped form the first solids as the gas cloud cooled and these solids acted as nucleation sites for additional material to condense to form rocky cores of planets. ...
Contact: Sharon Worthy
... that two Earths would fit in it. The spot is thought to be a high-pressure weather system. Befitting such a behemoth, astronomers so far have discovered 61 celestial bodies orbiting Jupiter, including four large moons, three of which are larger than Earth’s moon. The Galileo spacecraft was launched ...
... that two Earths would fit in it. The spot is thought to be a high-pressure weather system. Befitting such a behemoth, astronomers so far have discovered 61 celestial bodies orbiting Jupiter, including four large moons, three of which are larger than Earth’s moon. The Galileo spacecraft was launched ...
Your 2nd midterm …
... • Meteorites are structurally much stronger and appear to be pieces of asteroids. In fact, studies of their orbits trace them back to the asteroid belt ...
... • Meteorites are structurally much stronger and appear to be pieces of asteroids. In fact, studies of their orbits trace them back to the asteroid belt ...
The Solar System
... Our Solar System lies on one of the outer arms of the Milky Way, thirty thousand light years from its galactic centre. Our sun is an average sized yellow star and is one of the millions throughout the Galaxy. It is the central point of the nine planets in our Solar System. Besides the planets, the ...
... Our Solar System lies on one of the outer arms of the Milky Way, thirty thousand light years from its galactic centre. Our sun is an average sized yellow star and is one of the millions throughout the Galaxy. It is the central point of the nine planets in our Solar System. Besides the planets, the ...
Solar System
... Mercury-Venus-Earth-Mars-Asteroid belt-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune-Kuiper belt (Pluto)-Scattered disc (Eris) ...
... Mercury-Venus-Earth-Mars-Asteroid belt-Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune-Kuiper belt (Pluto)-Scattered disc (Eris) ...
Scale of the Universe
... 11. Europa is one of Jupiter’s many moons. What might be found underneath its ice?______________________. 12. Io is another one of Jupiter’s moons and is the 4th largest in the solar system . It is the most ________________ object in our solar system. 13. Sedna is the farthest object in our solar s ...
... 11. Europa is one of Jupiter’s many moons. What might be found underneath its ice?______________________. 12. Io is another one of Jupiter’s moons and is the 4th largest in the solar system . It is the most ________________ object in our solar system. 13. Sedna is the farthest object in our solar s ...
The Planets
... Voyager 1 and 2 have given us information about Neptune Is really cold Has a dark blue spot (storm System) that is larger than Earth\ Composition is a lot like Uranus (small rocky core surrounded by liquids and gases) Blue in color because of the methane Has rings (very narrow and bunched up or thic ...
... Voyager 1 and 2 have given us information about Neptune Is really cold Has a dark blue spot (storm System) that is larger than Earth\ Composition is a lot like Uranus (small rocky core surrounded by liquids and gases) Blue in color because of the methane Has rings (very narrow and bunched up or thic ...
AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY Dr. Uri Griv Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University
... otherwise relatively bright planet and the normally faint rings. In fact, the narrow Uranian rings are all but impossible to see in visible light with earthbound telescopes and were discovered only in 1977 as careful astronomers noticed the then unknown rings blocking light from background stars. Th ...
... otherwise relatively bright planet and the normally faint rings. In fact, the narrow Uranian rings are all but impossible to see in visible light with earthbound telescopes and were discovered only in 1977 as careful astronomers noticed the then unknown rings blocking light from background stars. Th ...
Chapter 3: the Sun
... orbited by a massive, young (therefore warm) planet at a distance of approximately 20 times the distance between Jupiter and our Sun. ...
... orbited by a massive, young (therefore warm) planet at a distance of approximately 20 times the distance between Jupiter and our Sun. ...
Solar System
... This picture of Eros, the first of an asteroid taken from an orbiting spacecraft, is a mosaic of four images obtained by NASA's NEAR mission immediately after the spacecraft's insertion into orbit. ...
... This picture of Eros, the first of an asteroid taken from an orbiting spacecraft, is a mosaic of four images obtained by NASA's NEAR mission immediately after the spacecraft's insertion into orbit. ...
Study guide
... 36. Where are the Trojan asteroids located? 37. What is a: TNO? KBO? 38. What gives C, M and S type asteroids their individual designations (i.e. why those 3 letters?) 39. As of 2006, what are the three criteria for a solar system body being classified as a planet? 40. What are the four parts of a c ...
... 36. Where are the Trojan asteroids located? 37. What is a: TNO? KBO? 38. What gives C, M and S type asteroids their individual designations (i.e. why those 3 letters?) 39. As of 2006, what are the three criteria for a solar system body being classified as a planet? 40. What are the four parts of a c ...
Our Solar System Formation
... planets. Where gas giants are formed there is rocky solid material and much more gas. The rocky material first accretes solid material to become planetesimals and then with its gravity it will collect the gasses around making them a giant like Jupiter. At the beginning of our solar system there wher ...
... planets. Where gas giants are formed there is rocky solid material and much more gas. The rocky material first accretes solid material to become planetesimals and then with its gravity it will collect the gasses around making them a giant like Jupiter. At the beginning of our solar system there wher ...
Name Sample Spiral Review: Quarter 3 S4E2d Monday S4E2d. 1
... 3. There are eight planets in the solar system. They can be classified as inner or outer planets, depending on their distance from the Sun. Which are the names of the inner planets in order of distance from the Sun? a. Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury b. Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars c. Mercury, Venus, Ear ...
... 3. There are eight planets in the solar system. They can be classified as inner or outer planets, depending on their distance from the Sun. Which are the names of the inner planets in order of distance from the Sun? a. Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury b. Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars c. Mercury, Venus, Ear ...
Anw, samenvatting, h15+16
... When he knew how far away a galaxy was he looked at the red shift. When he knew the red shift he could calculate the velocity of the galaxy. He found a correlation between the distance from Earth and the velocity of the galaxy. When he knew how far away the galaxies are and how fast they move, he co ...
... When he knew how far away a galaxy was he looked at the red shift. When he knew the red shift he could calculate the velocity of the galaxy. He found a correlation between the distance from Earth and the velocity of the galaxy. When he knew how far away the galaxies are and how fast they move, he co ...
Class activities Due Now: Planet Brochure Discuss MC#2
... Earth is the third planet from the sun in a system that includes the Moon, the Sun, seven other major planets and their moons, and smaller objects such as asteroids, plutoids, and comets. These bodies differ in many characteristics (e.g. size, composition, relative position). ...
... Earth is the third planet from the sun in a system that includes the Moon, the Sun, seven other major planets and their moons, and smaller objects such as asteroids, plutoids, and comets. These bodies differ in many characteristics (e.g. size, composition, relative position). ...
The Sun - ic crosia
... It’s called the ‘ goldilocks planet ‘, because it’s not too hot and not to cold it is the densest major body in the solar system. This means that it's the most "compact" of all the planets it is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old 71 % of the Earth's surface is covered with water.. Water is essenti ...
... It’s called the ‘ goldilocks planet ‘, because it’s not too hot and not to cold it is the densest major body in the solar system. This means that it's the most "compact" of all the planets it is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old 71 % of the Earth's surface is covered with water.. Water is essenti ...
The two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, are small and non
... Does Mars have liquid water on its surface today? ...
... Does Mars have liquid water on its surface today? ...
Discover the planets of our solar system In 90 minutes through the
... The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. Of the many objects that orbit the Sun, most of the mass is contained within eight relativ ...
... The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. Of the many objects that orbit the Sun, most of the mass is contained within eight relativ ...
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.