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The Solar System Planets, Moons and Other Bodies Mercury Venus
... • Orbital period ~ 3 months • Rotational period ~ 59 days • Visible shortly after sunset or before sunrise • Highly cratered; no atmosphere ...
... • Orbital period ~ 3 months • Rotational period ~ 59 days • Visible shortly after sunset or before sunrise • Highly cratered; no atmosphere ...
Extrasolar planets
... Jupiter) with relatively short periods. • Most planets are detected very close to their stars (less than ~0.1AU) ...
... Jupiter) with relatively short periods. • Most planets are detected very close to their stars (less than ~0.1AU) ...
The Solar System
... Earth. It spins around the Sun quickly,so it’s days are only ten hours long. It doesn’t have a solid surface. It’s not possible to land a spaceship on Jupiter. It’s a very stormy planet.It also has many moons. Some moons are bigger than Mercury and Pluto. ...
... Earth. It spins around the Sun quickly,so it’s days are only ten hours long. It doesn’t have a solid surface. It’s not possible to land a spaceship on Jupiter. It’s a very stormy planet.It also has many moons. Some moons are bigger than Mercury and Pluto. ...
Outer Solar System - Effingham County Schools
... Xena (2003 UB313) - a body larger and farther away than Pluto There are a number of other potential candidates for dwarf planets. ...
... Xena (2003 UB313) - a body larger and farther away than Pluto There are a number of other potential candidates for dwarf planets. ...
Mars Land Rover ASTEROID BELT
... • Since 2000 astronomers realized that Pluto is not like all eight planets. • Pluto is actually smaller than one of Neptune’ s moon Triton. ...
... • Since 2000 astronomers realized that Pluto is not like all eight planets. • Pluto is actually smaller than one of Neptune’ s moon Triton. ...
Solar System Presentation
... – is in orbit around the Sun; – has sufficient mass for selfgravity so it assumes a nearly round shape; and – has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. ...
... – is in orbit around the Sun; – has sufficient mass for selfgravity so it assumes a nearly round shape; and – has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. ...
After Dark in Allenspark
... last two stars in the handle of the Big Dipper, make a triangle that's two and a half times longer than wide. Ed's at the point of that triangle. Ed may be faint, but Ed's special. Ed has a planet. ...
... last two stars in the handle of the Big Dipper, make a triangle that's two and a half times longer than wide. Ed's at the point of that triangle. Ed may be faint, but Ed's special. Ed has a planet. ...
The Solar System
... Has two moons and the largest volcano in the solar system Red planet because the soil is dark reddish brown Has dust storms that last months There is no liquid water now but scientists suspect there may have been once because of the valleys and sedimentary rock. ...
... Has two moons and the largest volcano in the solar system Red planet because the soil is dark reddish brown Has dust storms that last months There is no liquid water now but scientists suspect there may have been once because of the valleys and sedimentary rock. ...
Introduction to the Solar System
... The distance between stars (and galaxies) is HUGE so we measure it in light years. Light Years is the distance light will travel in a year **very important**: a light year is not a time, but a distance! ...
... The distance between stars (and galaxies) is HUGE so we measure it in light years. Light Years is the distance light will travel in a year **very important**: a light year is not a time, but a distance! ...
DeKalb Middle School Weekly Lesson Plan Teacher: Angela
... Chapter 9, Section 2 notes Vocabulary: terrestrial planet, ...
... Chapter 9, Section 2 notes Vocabulary: terrestrial planet, ...
Volcanoes and Igneous Activity Earth - Chapter 4
... Johannes Kepler • Kepler discovered three laws of planetary motion: 1. Orbits of the planets are elliptical. 2. Planets revolve around the sun at varying speed. 3. There is a proportional relationship between a planet’s orbital period and its distance to the sun. ...
... Johannes Kepler • Kepler discovered three laws of planetary motion: 1. Orbits of the planets are elliptical. 2. Planets revolve around the sun at varying speed. 3. There is a proportional relationship between a planet’s orbital period and its distance to the sun. ...
The Nine Planets
... Earth. Its atmosphere is made up of mostly hydrogen, with some helium and methane. This planet has winds that blow up to 500 km/h. In our night sky ...
... Earth. Its atmosphere is made up of mostly hydrogen, with some helium and methane. This planet has winds that blow up to 500 km/h. In our night sky ...
Planetary Chart
... - atmospheres formed from gases that poured out of volcanoes (atmosphere can make a surface warmer and more uniform in temperature) - four types of processes that shape planets’ surfaces (tectonics, volcanism, weathering and erosion, impact cratering) - asteroids are also located in the inner solar ...
... - atmospheres formed from gases that poured out of volcanoes (atmosphere can make a surface warmer and more uniform in temperature) - four types of processes that shape planets’ surfaces (tectonics, volcanism, weathering and erosion, impact cratering) - asteroids are also located in the inner solar ...
Name Class Date
... 29. The orbital period for Uranus is almost____________________ years. 30. Although most planets rotate with their axis perpendicular to their orbital planes, Uranus’s axis is almost ______________________to the plane of its orbit. 31. How often does Uranus rotate? 32. The planet’s blue-green color ...
... 29. The orbital period for Uranus is almost____________________ years. 30. Although most planets rotate with their axis perpendicular to their orbital planes, Uranus’s axis is almost ______________________to the plane of its orbit. 31. How often does Uranus rotate? 32. The planet’s blue-green color ...
recognise the planets
... Standards: 1.1.2, 2.1.2, 4.1.2 1.1.2 Chooses planets on pictures 2.1.2Compare their places and sizes in solar system 4.1.2 can write the names of the planets Aim: -Students develop vocabulary and speaking –reading skills learning planets ,solar system ...
... Standards: 1.1.2, 2.1.2, 4.1.2 1.1.2 Chooses planets on pictures 2.1.2Compare their places and sizes in solar system 4.1.2 can write the names of the planets Aim: -Students develop vocabulary and speaking –reading skills learning planets ,solar system ...
Pd. 4 Solar System Acts
... Why was Galileo (The scientist to discover Jupiter’s 4 largest moons) able to see only Jupiter’s 4 moons? ...
... Why was Galileo (The scientist to discover Jupiter’s 4 largest moons) able to see only Jupiter’s 4 moons? ...
Slide 1 - Students` Blog
... our solar system, located five planets from the Sun. Jupiter has a total radius of nearly 70,000 kilometers, which is second only to that of the Sun’s 696,000 kilometer radius. Jupiter’s overall size is 318 times greater than that of the Earth. Jupiter is 2.5 times larger than all of the other plane ...
... our solar system, located five planets from the Sun. Jupiter has a total radius of nearly 70,000 kilometers, which is second only to that of the Sun’s 696,000 kilometer radius. Jupiter’s overall size is 318 times greater than that of the Earth. Jupiter is 2.5 times larger than all of the other plane ...
Across 1. How stars produce light. 3. Has "Great Dark Spot" storm. 6
... 14. Venus is the only planet whose day is ____ than its year. 16. Means "partial darkness." 17. The time it takes for the Earth to do one complete rotation. 18. How many minutes it takes light to reach Earth from the sun. 20. The name of our star system. 23. Anything that orbits a larger body. 24. M ...
... 14. Venus is the only planet whose day is ____ than its year. 16. Means "partial darkness." 17. The time it takes for the Earth to do one complete rotation. 18. How many minutes it takes light to reach Earth from the sun. 20. The name of our star system. 23. Anything that orbits a larger body. 24. M ...
The Sun and Planets Exercise 2.
... needed to form today’s Solar System. We will try to derive it quickly below. We assume the solar composition to be: X = 0.734 ; Y = 0.25 ; Z = 0.016, where X is the Hydrogen fraction, Y is the Helium fraction, and Z is the fraction of heavy elements (in astonomy this includes all elements not named ...
... needed to form today’s Solar System. We will try to derive it quickly below. We assume the solar composition to be: X = 0.734 ; Y = 0.25 ; Z = 0.016, where X is the Hydrogen fraction, Y is the Helium fraction, and Z is the fraction of heavy elements (in astonomy this includes all elements not named ...
mary - Cal State LA - Instructional Web Server
... Includes four planets: Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune ...
... Includes four planets: Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune ...
SMART Notebook
... Venus is the second planet from the sun. It is the hottest planet in which trap heat from the Sun. Its thick atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. Venus is slightly smaller than the Earth. It has no moons. Venus is known as the "morning star" since it is visible and quite bright at dawn or dusk(this ...
... Venus is the second planet from the sun. It is the hottest planet in which trap heat from the Sun. Its thick atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide. Venus is slightly smaller than the Earth. It has no moons. Venus is known as the "morning star" since it is visible and quite bright at dawn or dusk(this ...
Extraterrestrial Life: Homework #5 Due, in class, Thursday April 10th
... 1) Briefly explain the radial velocity (or Doppler) method for detecting extrasolar planets. Why does this technique work best for finding massive planets, and those in short period orbits around their host stars? The method is described in lecture #19. It works best for massive planets, and for tho ...
... 1) Briefly explain the radial velocity (or Doppler) method for detecting extrasolar planets. Why does this technique work best for finding massive planets, and those in short period orbits around their host stars? The method is described in lecture #19. It works best for massive planets, and for tho ...
trek across the milky way
... • Sometimes, Pluto’s orbit crosses Neptune’s, making Neptune the furthest planet from the sun. • Similar composition to Uranus—composed of rock and ice, also has blue tint as Uranus • Neptune is known for its Great Dark Spot which is half the size of Jupiter’s Red Spot • 25 known moons ...
... • Sometimes, Pluto’s orbit crosses Neptune’s, making Neptune the furthest planet from the sun. • Similar composition to Uranus—composed of rock and ice, also has blue tint as Uranus • Neptune is known for its Great Dark Spot which is half the size of Jupiter’s Red Spot • 25 known moons ...
Planets beyond Neptune
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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.