Planet Highlights Lesson
... liquid hydrogen metal outer core, and a rocky inner core • Has large, prominent rings with spaces between them • Cassini is orbiting since 2004 • Voyager and Pioneer visited • 34 moons ...
... liquid hydrogen metal outer core, and a rocky inner core • Has large, prominent rings with spaces between them • Cassini is orbiting since 2004 • Voyager and Pioneer visited • 34 moons ...
The Solar System: Unit 3 Review/Study Guide
... Small Bodies in the Solar System: Lesson 6 Scientists estimate that there are up to a trillion small bodies in the solar system. These bodies lack atmosphere and have weak surface gravity. The largest of the small bodies are known as dwarf planets. A dwarf planet is a celestial body that orbits the ...
... Small Bodies in the Solar System: Lesson 6 Scientists estimate that there are up to a trillion small bodies in the solar system. These bodies lack atmosphere and have weak surface gravity. The largest of the small bodies are known as dwarf planets. A dwarf planet is a celestial body that orbits the ...
The Outer Planets - Mr. Cramer
... • Region near Triton’s south pole is covered by nitrogen ice. ...
... • Region near Triton’s south pole is covered by nitrogen ice. ...
5SC16 The Solar System
... The sixth planet from the Sun is Saturn. Saturn is famous for its rings – and you might be amazed to discover that the rings are made of ice and rock! The seventh planet from the Sun is Uranus. A cool fact about Uranus is that it has 26 moons. ...
... The sixth planet from the Sun is Saturn. Saturn is famous for its rings – and you might be amazed to discover that the rings are made of ice and rock! The seventh planet from the Sun is Uranus. A cool fact about Uranus is that it has 26 moons. ...
Name: Date: Student Exploration: Solar System Vocabulary
... four inner planets. The distances of the planets to the Sun are to scale, but sizes are not. 1. Move the cursor over each planet to learn its name. What are the four inner planets? ______________________________________ These planets are called rocky planets because their surfaces are rocky. 2. Clic ...
... four inner planets. The distances of the planets to the Sun are to scale, but sizes are not. 1. Move the cursor over each planet to learn its name. What are the four inner planets? ______________________________________ These planets are called rocky planets because their surfaces are rocky. 2. Clic ...
Solar System
... four inner planets. The distances of the planets to the Sun are to scale, but sizes are not. 1. Move the cursor over each planet to learn its name. What are the four inner planets? ______________________________________ These planets are called rocky planets because their surfaces are rocky. 2. Clic ...
... four inner planets. The distances of the planets to the Sun are to scale, but sizes are not. 1. Move the cursor over each planet to learn its name. What are the four inner planets? ______________________________________ These planets are called rocky planets because their surfaces are rocky. 2. Clic ...
practice exam #1
... c. During solar system formation, the inner solar system was too hot to retain most ice and gases d. Astronomers don’t know why 12. Which of the following is NOT a difference between terrestrial and Jovian planets? (circle one answer) a. Diameter b. Atmospheric thickness c. Length of year d. Length ...
... c. During solar system formation, the inner solar system was too hot to retain most ice and gases d. Astronomers don’t know why 12. Which of the following is NOT a difference between terrestrial and Jovian planets? (circle one answer) a. Diameter b. Atmospheric thickness c. Length of year d. Length ...
Solar System - wikithurston
... It takes Jupiter 4332.59 days to orbit the Sun. Jupiter has 63 moons! It takes Mercury 87.969 days to orbit the Sun. If you moved to Mercury you would way a lot less. If you wayed 70 pounds on Earth you would way 27 pounds on Mercury. It takes Mars 686.98 days to orbit the Sun. Mars excites because ...
... It takes Jupiter 4332.59 days to orbit the Sun. Jupiter has 63 moons! It takes Mercury 87.969 days to orbit the Sun. If you moved to Mercury you would way a lot less. If you wayed 70 pounds on Earth you would way 27 pounds on Mercury. It takes Mars 686.98 days to orbit the Sun. Mars excites because ...
Earth Science Lecture
... a. Planets, like the earth. orbit along the elliptical planes b. all planets orbit the sun along the same path of parallelism c. all planets orbit the sun in circular paths d. all planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths 18. The planet Jupiter is ________ AU which is _________ miles from the sun. a ...
... a. Planets, like the earth. orbit along the elliptical planes b. all planets orbit the sun along the same path of parallelism c. all planets orbit the sun in circular paths d. all planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths 18. The planet Jupiter is ________ AU which is _________ miles from the sun. a ...
Solar System (Ch. 7)
... The sun and all bodies that orbit the sun, like: 9 planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteors ...
... The sun and all bodies that orbit the sun, like: 9 planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteors ...
the earth and other planets
... suggested the influence of another planet • It had been observed earlier but not recognized as a planet • William Herschel (March 1781) initially thought it was a comet • The orbit was determined to be circular by Russian astronomer Anders Johan Lexell and Bode said it must be a planet • Herschel, r ...
... suggested the influence of another planet • It had been observed earlier but not recognized as a planet • William Herschel (March 1781) initially thought it was a comet • The orbit was determined to be circular by Russian astronomer Anders Johan Lexell and Bode said it must be a planet • Herschel, r ...
Quick Reference - Objects in the skies
... A Cepheid is a member of a class of very luminous variable or pulsating stars. The pulses can be anything from a day, to many months. They are used for establishing Galactic and extragalactic distances, by using the variable luminosity and very regular pulsation periods. Comet: A relatively small, e ...
... A Cepheid is a member of a class of very luminous variable or pulsating stars. The pulses can be anything from a day, to many months. They are used for establishing Galactic and extragalactic distances, by using the variable luminosity and very regular pulsation periods. Comet: A relatively small, e ...
The Solar System and its Origin
... • Vesc = sqrt(2 GM / R) – Massive/compact objects have high surface ...
... • Vesc = sqrt(2 GM / R) – Massive/compact objects have high surface ...
Moab Scale Model Solar System
... from the Sun is so distant that it takes 84 years to complete one orbit. Neptune, mile marker 118. Neptune was the first planet located through mathematical predictions rather than through regular observations of the sky. Nearly 4.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, Neptune orbits the Sun once every ...
... from the Sun is so distant that it takes 84 years to complete one orbit. Neptune, mile marker 118. Neptune was the first planet located through mathematical predictions rather than through regular observations of the sky. Nearly 4.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, Neptune orbits the Sun once every ...
PPT
... The spectrum of reflected light tells us what an object is made of (at least on the surface). ...
... The spectrum of reflected light tells us what an object is made of (at least on the surface). ...
ASTRONOMY 161
... (1) The terrestrial planets are made primarily of rock and metal. (2) The Jovian planets are made primarily of hydrogen and helium. (3) Moons (a.k.a. satellites) orbit the planets; some moons are large. (4) Asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and Kuiper Belt objects orbit the Sun. (5) Collision between o ...
... (1) The terrestrial planets are made primarily of rock and metal. (2) The Jovian planets are made primarily of hydrogen and helium. (3) Moons (a.k.a. satellites) orbit the planets; some moons are large. (4) Asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and Kuiper Belt objects orbit the Sun. (5) Collision between o ...
Intro to Earth Science Chapter 23 Study Guide
... 28. On which thickly clouded planet has radar mapping revealed a varied topography consisting of plains, highlands, and thousands of volcanic structures? __________________________________________________________________ 29. What is the atmosphere of Venus composed of? ___________________________ 30 ...
... 28. On which thickly clouded planet has radar mapping revealed a varied topography consisting of plains, highlands, and thousands of volcanic structures? __________________________________________________________________ 29. What is the atmosphere of Venus composed of? ___________________________ 30 ...
WhatsInSolarSystem - School
... As telescopes and techniques have improved astronomers have discovered more and more distant and smaller objects in our solar system. In the late 20th century several objects were discovered comparable in size to Pluto, e.g. Sedna and Eris. If Pluto was a planet then these objects too should be plan ...
... As telescopes and techniques have improved astronomers have discovered more and more distant and smaller objects in our solar system. In the late 20th century several objects were discovered comparable in size to Pluto, e.g. Sedna and Eris. If Pluto was a planet then these objects too should be plan ...
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.