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In Our Sky
... Our solar system consists of the sun and the objects that travel around it. Objects in our Solar System Planets are spherical matter that revolve around a sun. There are 9 planets in our solar system – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Moons are matter th ...
... Our solar system consists of the sun and the objects that travel around it. Objects in our Solar System Planets are spherical matter that revolve around a sun. There are 9 planets in our solar system – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Moons are matter th ...
Our Solar System
... • Earth is warm enough to keep most of its water from freezing and cold enough to keep it’s water from boiling • Temperature is between –13 degrees Celsius and 37 degrees Celsius ...
... • Earth is warm enough to keep most of its water from freezing and cold enough to keep it’s water from boiling • Temperature is between –13 degrees Celsius and 37 degrees Celsius ...
Gas Planets
... on the gas giant planets are so much greater than the wind speeds on Earth? The gas giant planets have a greater speed of rotation. ...
... on the gas giant planets are so much greater than the wind speeds on Earth? The gas giant planets have a greater speed of rotation. ...
Document
... What is the Solar System? • Answer: The system of objects in the solar neighborhood (near the Sun) • What are these objects? One Star Six Planets Nine Planets Dozens of moons Thousands of asteroids Trillions of comets ...
... What is the Solar System? • Answer: The system of objects in the solar neighborhood (near the Sun) • What are these objects? One Star Six Planets Nine Planets Dozens of moons Thousands of asteroids Trillions of comets ...
What is a planet
... **Moons revolve around ______________________ and rotate on their axis. Earth only has _______________ moon. How long does it takes our Moon to revolve: ______________ How long does it takes our Moon to rotate: _____________________ Planet with the MOST moons: ________________________(63) Plan ...
... **Moons revolve around ______________________ and rotate on their axis. Earth only has _______________ moon. How long does it takes our Moon to revolve: ______________ How long does it takes our Moon to rotate: _____________________ Planet with the MOST moons: ________________________(63) Plan ...
Unit 4 5 vocabulary terms to define: Vocabulary Term Definition
... 2. Draw and label a picture of a comet. Include: the sun, nucleus, coma and tails. ...
... 2. Draw and label a picture of a comet. Include: the sun, nucleus, coma and tails. ...
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... this second largest planet apart. • 2nd largest planet and 2nd largest mass. • 96% H, 3% He, less dense than water. • Rocky core is embedded in an outer core of water, methane, and ammonia. • Above the core is liquid hydrogen 21,000 km deep • Rocks, dust, and ice orbiting the planet form several lar ...
... this second largest planet apart. • 2nd largest planet and 2nd largest mass. • 96% H, 3% He, less dense than water. • Rocky core is embedded in an outer core of water, methane, and ammonia. • Above the core is liquid hydrogen 21,000 km deep • Rocks, dust, and ice orbiting the planet form several lar ...
- Glasgow Science Centre
... Solar System Feature Link This short activity is intended to help gauge existing knowledge about the eight planets in the solar system. Learning Objectives ...
... Solar System Feature Link This short activity is intended to help gauge existing knowledge about the eight planets in the solar system. Learning Objectives ...
Trans Neptunian Objects (TNOs)
... There are many icy/rock objects (planetesimals) in the Kuiper Belt and an area called the Scattered Disc. If one of these has an orbit that crosses inside the orbit of Neptune, the object becomes classified as a Trans Neptunian Object (TNO). Pluto is the biggest TNO. Some of the Kuiper Belt Objects ...
... There are many icy/rock objects (planetesimals) in the Kuiper Belt and an area called the Scattered Disc. If one of these has an orbit that crosses inside the orbit of Neptune, the object becomes classified as a Trans Neptunian Object (TNO). Pluto is the biggest TNO. Some of the Kuiper Belt Objects ...
Gaseous Planets (Furthest from the Sun)
... • Called different things based on their location and movement: Called a Meteor – if it burns up in a planet’s atmosphere Called a Meteorite – if it strikes the surface of a planet or moon ...
... • Called different things based on their location and movement: Called a Meteor – if it burns up in a planet’s atmosphere Called a Meteorite – if it strikes the surface of a planet or moon ...
Solar System Worksheet
... rotation because of its lack of atmosphere 2. Mercury’s surface is covered in _____________ _ 3. As a general rule, the further you move away from the sun, the __________ a planet’s period of revolution becomes. 4. Uranus’s axis of tilt is peculiar because ___________________________________ 5. Jupi ...
... rotation because of its lack of atmosphere 2. Mercury’s surface is covered in _____________ _ 3. As a general rule, the further you move away from the sun, the __________ a planet’s period of revolution becomes. 4. Uranus’s axis of tilt is peculiar because ___________________________________ 5. Jupi ...
ES1.Powerpoint.SolarSystem es1.powerpoint.solarsystem
... Neptune • 8th planet from sun • Triton largest moon • Great Dark Spot thought ...
... Neptune • 8th planet from sun • Triton largest moon • Great Dark Spot thought ...
The Planet Walk Brochure - Take it on the walk for fun on the go
... To begin, visit the Sun station on the corner of 5th Avenue and “G” Street. The map will guide you. Then proceed down 5th Avenue, following the signs to each of the four inner planet stations: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. If you’re up for more, you can continue the Planet Walk along the Tony Kno ...
... To begin, visit the Sun station on the corner of 5th Avenue and “G” Street. The map will guide you. Then proceed down 5th Avenue, following the signs to each of the four inner planet stations: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. If you’re up for more, you can continue the Planet Walk along the Tony Kno ...
Quiz # 5
... C) the freezing of immense gas clouds by the cold temperature of space. D) the break-up by tidal distortion of one single large companion body to the Sun. ...
... C) the freezing of immense gas clouds by the cold temperature of space. D) the break-up by tidal distortion of one single large companion body to the Sun. ...
Our Solar System - After School Astronomy Clubs
... so they called the one that rose the Morning Star, and the one that set the Evening Star. ...
... so they called the one that rose the Morning Star, and the one that set the Evening Star. ...
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
... Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is 88,846 miles (142,984 kilometers), more than 11 times that of Earth, and about onetenth that of the sun. It would take more than 1,000 Earths to fill up the volume of the giant planet. It is usually the second brightest planet—after ...
... Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is 88,846 miles (142,984 kilometers), more than 11 times that of Earth, and about onetenth that of the sun. It would take more than 1,000 Earths to fill up the volume of the giant planet. It is usually the second brightest planet—after ...
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
... Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is 88,846 miles (142,984 kilometers), more than 11 times that of Earth, and about onetenth that of the sun. It would take more than 1,000 Earths to fill up the volume of the giant planet. It is usually the second brightest planet—after ...
... Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter is 88,846 miles (142,984 kilometers), more than 11 times that of Earth, and about onetenth that of the sun. It would take more than 1,000 Earths to fill up the volume of the giant planet. It is usually the second brightest planet—after ...
Power Point
... • The sun is a star with nine planets orbiting around it. • This family of planets is called the solar system. • The planets all travel around the sun in the same direction, and are held in orbit by the gravitational pull of the sun. • The orbits of the planets are slightly elliptical in shape. • Th ...
... • The sun is a star with nine planets orbiting around it. • This family of planets is called the solar system. • The planets all travel around the sun in the same direction, and are held in orbit by the gravitational pull of the sun. • The orbits of the planets are slightly elliptical in shape. • Th ...
The outer planets
... The outer planets • The outer planets are the planets found after the asteroid belt • Not counting Pluto, the outer planets are giant, gas or ice planets • Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006 ...
... The outer planets • The outer planets are the planets found after the asteroid belt • Not counting Pluto, the outer planets are giant, gas or ice planets • Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006 ...
Solar System and Astronomy puzzle 001
... a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass 10. natural satellite 12. a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust 13. growth of a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter ...
... a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass 10. natural satellite 12. a massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust 13. growth of a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter ...
Make up notes
... • Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars • Earth - only one with water on the surface and can support life ...
... • Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars • Earth - only one with water on the surface and can support life ...
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.