Voyage of Discovery Teacher Page
... 2. If the ground is soft, use pins to fasten the model planet cards; otherwise, use tapeBefore taking the class outside, introduce the “pace” as the “ruler” for this model. A pace is two steps – one with each foot. One pace is about one meter. 3. Have each team predict how far away the Earth card sh ...
... 2. If the ground is soft, use pins to fasten the model planet cards; otherwise, use tapeBefore taking the class outside, introduce the “pace” as the “ruler” for this model. A pace is two steps – one with each foot. One pace is about one meter. 3. Have each team predict how far away the Earth card sh ...
Finding the Small Moons of the Outer Planets
... of the solar system. These asteroid and comet type objects would have likely had collisions or gravitational How to Capture a Satellite interactions with each other within the Hill spheres Only the four giant planets have known outer satellite of the planets. During these Hill sphere interactions, p ...
... of the solar system. These asteroid and comet type objects would have likely had collisions or gravitational How to Capture a Satellite interactions with each other within the Hill spheres Only the four giant planets have known outer satellite of the planets. During these Hill sphere interactions, p ...
Parallels: Proto-Planetary Disks and rings
... because not enough gravity to hold gas from the solar nebula • Jovian (Jupiter-like) cores are bigger, mostly ice, since it is available outside frost-line. Maybe 10x Earth, the core gravity is strong enough attract H and He gas, they become gas giants • The attracted gas forms a disk around the gia ...
... because not enough gravity to hold gas from the solar nebula • Jovian (Jupiter-like) cores are bigger, mostly ice, since it is available outside frost-line. Maybe 10x Earth, the core gravity is strong enough attract H and He gas, they become gas giants • The attracted gas forms a disk around the gia ...
Lab_Solar system scale inside_afw
... 1. Draw a 25 cm line across the map of this area starting from the base of the flag at Pickens Middle (Junior High). 2. Starting from PMS, use the scale to show where each of the planets would be located. ...
... 1. Draw a 25 cm line across the map of this area starting from the base of the flag at Pickens Middle (Junior High). 2. Starting from PMS, use the scale to show where each of the planets would be located. ...
Week 5 File
... A ray that emanates from the edge of the slit can be associated with another ray that emanates from the centre of the slit at distance D/2 away. The difference in the path length of the tw ...
... A ray that emanates from the edge of the slit can be associated with another ray that emanates from the centre of the slit at distance D/2 away. The difference in the path length of the tw ...
Worksheet
... Objective – Watching a dvd, I can identify characteristics of the planets in the Solar System. 2. B (8 choices) 3. F (8 choices) 4. C (8 choices) 5. E (8 choices) 6. D (8 choices) 7. H (8 choices) 8. A (8 choices) 9. G (8 choices) 10. Planets shine because they produce their own light. a. True ...
... Objective – Watching a dvd, I can identify characteristics of the planets in the Solar System. 2. B (8 choices) 3. F (8 choices) 4. C (8 choices) 5. E (8 choices) 6. D (8 choices) 7. H (8 choices) 8. A (8 choices) 9. G (8 choices) 10. Planets shine because they produce their own light. a. True ...
Planets - burnsburdick11
... fire, and gas. You would die before you even got to the sun, since it is so hot. The sun is just at its medium stage. It will hurt your eyes if you look at the sun. The Sun was a god of many religions back in the day. The sun is half way through its lifetime. More than 1 million earths would fit ins ...
... fire, and gas. You would die before you even got to the sun, since it is so hot. The sun is just at its medium stage. It will hurt your eyes if you look at the sun. The Sun was a god of many religions back in the day. The sun is half way through its lifetime. More than 1 million earths would fit ins ...
AST 301 Fall 2007 AST 301: Review for Exam 3 This exam covers
... surprising results? They are nearly all massive (e.g. like Jupiter or larger)—was this a surprise? Explain. More lower-mass planets with larger periods have been discovered as more time has elapsed since the first discovery in 1995—can you explain why? Why do these discoveries point to the importanc ...
... surprising results? They are nearly all massive (e.g. like Jupiter or larger)—was this a surprise? Explain. More lower-mass planets with larger periods have been discovered as more time has elapsed since the first discovery in 1995—can you explain why? Why do these discoveries point to the importanc ...
Week 9
... Moons include Titan w/ 1.5 bar surface atmosphere Cassini spacecraft currently mapping the system ...
... Moons include Titan w/ 1.5 bar surface atmosphere Cassini spacecraft currently mapping the system ...
It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the
... Why are small icy moons more geologically active than small rocky planets? Ices deform and melt at much lower temperatures than rock, allowing icy volcanism and tectonics at surprisingly low temperatures. In addition, some jovian moons have a heat source - tidal heating - that is not important for ...
... Why are small icy moons more geologically active than small rocky planets? Ices deform and melt at much lower temperatures than rock, allowing icy volcanism and tectonics at surprisingly low temperatures. In addition, some jovian moons have a heat source - tidal heating - that is not important for ...
modern astronomy
... Overview of the Solar System • Asteroids, comets, meteoroids – Leftover material from solar system formation – Fragments from collisions ...
... Overview of the Solar System • Asteroids, comets, meteoroids – Leftover material from solar system formation – Fragments from collisions ...
The Solar System Information Pack
... sun (and the new planet that has been found!). The relative sizes of the planets and their distance from the sun. The sun is a star at the centre of our solar system. The sun, earth and moon are approximately spherical bodies. That some of the planets have moons and the number of moons for e ...
... sun (and the new planet that has been found!). The relative sizes of the planets and their distance from the sun. The sun is a star at the centre of our solar system. The sun, earth and moon are approximately spherical bodies. That some of the planets have moons and the number of moons for e ...
GEARS Workshop Monday - Georgia Southern University
... surface of Europa and water is a good place to look for life. This is fantasy because it would take more than 10 years for a spacecraft to reach Jupiter using current rocket technology. This is fantasy because the X-ray emission from Jupiter has effectively sterilized all the moons around it. ...
... surface of Europa and water is a good place to look for life. This is fantasy because it would take more than 10 years for a spacecraft to reach Jupiter using current rocket technology. This is fantasy because the X-ray emission from Jupiter has effectively sterilized all the moons around it. ...
pptx
... Ncivil = N* fp np fl fi fc fL Now make your best guess at each number and multiply them. What do you get? N* = the number of stars in the Milky Way = 200,000,000,000 fp = the fraction of stars that have “habitable planets” = 0.5 np = the number of habitable planets per system = 2 fl = t ...
... Ncivil = N* fp np fl fi fc fL Now make your best guess at each number and multiply them. What do you get? N* = the number of stars in the Milky Way = 200,000,000,000 fp = the fraction of stars that have “habitable planets” = 0.5 np = the number of habitable planets per system = 2 fl = t ...
The Origin of the Solar System
... Doppler shifts of lines in the stellar spectrum due to a wobble of the star around the center of mass caused by orbiting planets As of today, over 150 giant, Jupiter-mass planets have been found around other solar-type stars. About 5% of such stars appear to have gas giant planets around them. Unlik ...
... Doppler shifts of lines in the stellar spectrum due to a wobble of the star around the center of mass caused by orbiting planets As of today, over 150 giant, Jupiter-mass planets have been found around other solar-type stars. About 5% of such stars appear to have gas giant planets around them. Unlik ...
Solar System Teacher Notes
... According to the IAU (International Astronomical Union’s) 2006 definition, a planet is an object that meets each of the following 3 criteria: 1. It orbits the sun, but is not a moon 2. Its mass is large enough to have pulled it into a spherical shape 3. It has cleared its orbit of other objects. ...
... According to the IAU (International Astronomical Union’s) 2006 definition, a planet is an object that meets each of the following 3 criteria: 1. It orbits the sun, but is not a moon 2. Its mass is large enough to have pulled it into a spherical shape 3. It has cleared its orbit of other objects. ...
Skinner Chapter 2
... c. are part of the evidence that the Earth's core is more active than that of the other terrestrial planets. d. range up to 8 km in thickness from one place to another. 26. To date, no spacecraft have landed on a. Venus. b. Mercury. c. Mars. d. the Moon. 27. One of the outer planets is much smaller ...
... c. are part of the evidence that the Earth's core is more active than that of the other terrestrial planets. d. range up to 8 km in thickness from one place to another. 26. To date, no spacecraft have landed on a. Venus. b. Mercury. c. Mars. d. the Moon. 27. One of the outer planets is much smaller ...
The Formation of the Solar System Name
... momentum. Larger and larger particles form, which are rotating and orbiting counterclockwise, just like the original cloud. Eventually, most of the large particles have been gathered up into a few large bodies, and continue adding mass by running into lots of smaller particles. This is called accret ...
... momentum. Larger and larger particles form, which are rotating and orbiting counterclockwise, just like the original cloud. Eventually, most of the large particles have been gathered up into a few large bodies, and continue adding mass by running into lots of smaller particles. This is called accret ...
sorption feature centered near 0.7 µm and attributed → Fe 3+
... (“reddening”). Spectral evidence shows, however, that the outer main asteroid belt is dominated by the grossly spectrally neutral (“grey”) C-type asteroids from 2.6 to 3.2 AU. Approximately 50% of these C-type asteroids also show absorption features in the 0.3- to- 3.5 µm range suggesting aqueous al ...
... (“reddening”). Spectral evidence shows, however, that the outer main asteroid belt is dominated by the grossly spectrally neutral (“grey”) C-type asteroids from 2.6 to 3.2 AU. Approximately 50% of these C-type asteroids also show absorption features in the 0.3- to- 3.5 µm range suggesting aqueous al ...
Powers of ten notation
... The convective cells in the planets do not make it to the surface, but are stopped at the base of the lithosphere. The lithosphere includes the crust and the upper mantel region of cooler, stronger rock which does not flow as easily as the warmer, lower ...
... The convective cells in the planets do not make it to the surface, but are stopped at the base of the lithosphere. The lithosphere includes the crust and the upper mantel region of cooler, stronger rock which does not flow as easily as the warmer, lower ...
second grade - Math/Science Nucleus
... composed largely of CO2. Its surface is very cold, and is covered with craters, volcanoes, and large canyons. Mars is reddish in color. Mars has two small moons. It is named for the Roman god of war. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, with a diameter of 142,980 kilometers, more than ...
... composed largely of CO2. Its surface is very cold, and is covered with craters, volcanoes, and large canyons. Mars is reddish in color. Mars has two small moons. It is named for the Roman god of war. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System, with a diameter of 142,980 kilometers, more than ...
α Centauri: a double star - University of Canterbury
... Wiegert & Holman found stable orbits inside 2.34 AU, but unstable 3 to 70 AU from each star, provided i = 0° (coplanar with binary orbit). ...
... Wiegert & Holman found stable orbits inside 2.34 AU, but unstable 3 to 70 AU from each star, provided i = 0° (coplanar with binary orbit). ...
KERPOOF LESSON PLAN
... Mercury: Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System, and the closest planet to the Sun. Venus: Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Aside from the moon, it’s the brightest object in the night sky. Earth: Earth is the planet we live on, the third planet from the Sun. It’s the only p ...
... Mercury: Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System, and the closest planet to the Sun. Venus: Venus is the second planet from the Sun. Aside from the moon, it’s the brightest object in the night sky. Earth: Earth is the planet we live on, the third planet from the Sun. It’s the only p ...
Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that is neither a planet nor a natural satellite. That is, it is in direct orbit of the Sun, and is massive enough for its shape to be in hydrostatic equilibrium under its own gravity, but has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.The term dwarf planet was adopted in 2006 as part of a three-way categorization of bodies orbiting the Sun, brought about by an increase in discoveries of objects farther away from the Sun than Neptune that rivaled Pluto in size, and finally precipitated by the discovery of an even more massive object, Eris. The exclusion of dwarf planets from the roster of planets by the IAU has been both praised and criticized; it was said to be the ""right decision"" by astronomer Mike Brown, who discovered Eris and other new dwarf planets, but has been rejected by Alan Stern, who had coined the term dwarf planet in 1990.The International Astronomical Union (IAU) currently recognizes five dwarf planets: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris. Brown criticizes this official recognition: ""A reasonable person might think that this means that there are five known objects in the solar system which fit the IAU definition of dwarf planet, but this reasonable person would be nowhere close to correct.""It is suspected that another hundred or so known objects in the Solar System are dwarf planets. Estimates are that up to 200 dwarf planets may be found when the entire region known as the Kuiper belt is explored, and that the number may exceed 10,000 when objects scattered outside the Kuiper belt are considered. Individual astronomers recognize several of these, and in August 2011 Mike Brown published a list of 390 candidate objects, ranging from ""nearly certain"" to ""possible"" dwarf planets. Brown currently identifies eleven known objects – the five accepted by the IAU plus 2007 OR10, Quaoar, Sedna, Orcus, 2002 MS4 and Salacia – as ""virtually certain"", with another dozen highly likely. Stern states that there are more than a dozen known dwarf planets.However, only two of these bodies, Ceres and Pluto, have been observed in enough detail to demonstrate that they actually fit the IAU's definition. The IAU accepted Eris as a dwarf planet because it is more massive than Pluto. They subsequently decided that unnamed trans-Neptunian objects with an absolute magnitude brighter than +1 (and hence a diameter of ≥838 km assuming a geometric albedo of ≤1) are to be named under the assumption that they are dwarf planets. The only two such objects known at the time, Makemake and Haumea, went through this naming procedure and were declared to be dwarf planets. The question of whether other likely objects are dwarf planets has never been addressed by the IAU. The classification of bodies in other planetary systems with the characteristics of dwarf planets has not been addressed.