2016 – Term 3 (Jan) Newsletter – Space
... incidentally the first planet closest to the sun; we will visit all the planets listed from the smallest to the largest. Did you know Mercury is covered in craters and completely dry? It has a sunny side as well as a dark side so we may need torches to explore this week. We will start our space-them ...
... incidentally the first planet closest to the sun; we will visit all the planets listed from the smallest to the largest. Did you know Mercury is covered in craters and completely dry? It has a sunny side as well as a dark side so we may need torches to explore this week. We will start our space-them ...
Summer 2011 Newsletter
... When I was a kid, I learned that our solar system has nine planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. However, we were talking about the solar system in my science class recently and my teacher said there are only eight planets – Pluto is not a planet! So, did ...
... When I was a kid, I learned that our solar system has nine planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. However, we were talking about the solar system in my science class recently and my teacher said there are only eight planets – Pluto is not a planet! So, did ...
Solar System
... – work with a partner to help fill in the table – visit a website and do some interactive learning – learn a trick to help you remember the order of the planets – learn about gravity from Miss Frizzle and see how much you would weigh on the planet Mars ...
... – work with a partner to help fill in the table – visit a website and do some interactive learning – learn a trick to help you remember the order of the planets – learn about gravity from Miss Frizzle and see how much you would weigh on the planet Mars ...
Solar system topics
... the largest asteroid. Other asteroids were discovered in 1802, 1804, 1807, plus any others since. Many of these objects are situated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. If we could put all of them together, they would not make a planet as big as our Moon. Still, their existence was “predicted” b ...
... the largest asteroid. Other asteroids were discovered in 1802, 1804, 1807, plus any others since. Many of these objects are situated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. If we could put all of them together, they would not make a planet as big as our Moon. Still, their existence was “predicted” b ...
Solar System Tic Tac Toe
... The English composer Gustav Holst composed a group of pieces for orchestra entitled The Planets. The seven pieces described musically each of the planets. Listen to one of the pieces. Write a well-developed paragraph describing how Holst used music to represent the planet. ...
... The English composer Gustav Holst composed a group of pieces for orchestra entitled The Planets. The seven pieces described musically each of the planets. Listen to one of the pieces. Write a well-developed paragraph describing how Holst used music to represent the planet. ...
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... Haumea (how-MAY-uh). Makemake is named for a god worshipped by the people of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. Haumea, which is shaped like a rounded football, is named for a Hawaiian goddess. Not all dwarf planets are plutoids. To be a plutoid, a dwarf planet must orbit beyond Neptune. Ceres is a ...
... Haumea (how-MAY-uh). Makemake is named for a god worshipped by the people of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. Haumea, which is shaped like a rounded football, is named for a Hawaiian goddess. Not all dwarf planets are plutoids. To be a plutoid, a dwarf planet must orbit beyond Neptune. Ceres is a ...
Planets in different environments
... Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy The Sagittarius dwarf elliptical galaxy is orbiting our galaxy at almost a right angle to the disk. It is currently passing through the disk; stars are being stripped off of it with each pass and joining the halo of our galaxy. Stars in this galaxy are metal poor ...
... Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy The Sagittarius dwarf elliptical galaxy is orbiting our galaxy at almost a right angle to the disk. It is currently passing through the disk; stars are being stripped off of it with each pass and joining the halo of our galaxy. Stars in this galaxy are metal poor ...
Today`s Powerpoint
... Shows growth of terrestrial planets. If Jupiter's gravity not included, fifth terrestrial planet forms in Asteroid Belt. If Jupiter's gravity included, orbits of planetesimals there are disrupted. Almost all ejected from Solar System. ...
... Shows growth of terrestrial planets. If Jupiter's gravity not included, fifth terrestrial planet forms in Asteroid Belt. If Jupiter's gravity included, orbits of planetesimals there are disrupted. Almost all ejected from Solar System. ...
The search for exoplanets
... the research of this subject and nowadays we estimate that there are something like 1011 to 1012 stars in our galaxy and even 1022 to 1024 stars in our universe.(4) A mindboggling number, that isn’t easier to imagine, if you think about the fact, that there are more stars in our universe than there ...
... the research of this subject and nowadays we estimate that there are something like 1011 to 1012 stars in our galaxy and even 1022 to 1024 stars in our universe.(4) A mindboggling number, that isn’t easier to imagine, if you think about the fact, that there are more stars in our universe than there ...
The Origin of Our Solar System
... • In the inner region, the collisions between neighboring dust grains formed small chunks of solid material • Planetesimals: over a few million years, these small chucks coalesced into roughly a billion asteroid-like objects called planetesimals • Planetesimals have a typical diameter of a kilometer ...
... • In the inner region, the collisions between neighboring dust grains formed small chunks of solid material • Planetesimals: over a few million years, these small chucks coalesced into roughly a billion asteroid-like objects called planetesimals • Planetesimals have a typical diameter of a kilometer ...
The Origin of the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems
... solar system mentioned at the beginning. However, there are special cases not explained by the theory. 1. Mercury’s large metallic core may be the result of a collision between two planetesimals, where much of the mantle was lost. 2. Two large bodies may have merged to form Venus. 3. Earth–Moon syst ...
... solar system mentioned at the beginning. However, there are special cases not explained by the theory. 1. Mercury’s large metallic core may be the result of a collision between two planetesimals, where much of the mantle was lost. 2. Two large bodies may have merged to form Venus. 3. Earth–Moon syst ...
Newsletter Jan 2016 (2) - Ewelme Village Preschool
... incidentally the first planet closest to the sun; we will visit all the planets listed from the smallest to the largest. Did you know Mercury is covered in craters and completely dry? It has a sunny side as well as a dark side so we may need torches to explore this week. We will start our space-them ...
... incidentally the first planet closest to the sun; we will visit all the planets listed from the smallest to the largest. Did you know Mercury is covered in craters and completely dry? It has a sunny side as well as a dark side so we may need torches to explore this week. We will start our space-them ...
0156 Orbit Orrery - Cochranes of Oxford
... The order of the eight planets starting closest to the sun is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Orrerys are named after the Earl of Orrery, who was very interested in models of the planetary system. Pluto, dwarf planets and plutoids In addition to the eight planets ther ...
... The order of the eight planets starting closest to the sun is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Orrerys are named after the Earl of Orrery, who was very interested in models of the planetary system. Pluto, dwarf planets and plutoids In addition to the eight planets ther ...
The Milky Way
... Extrasolar Planets Modern theory of planet formation is evolutionary Many stars should have planets! planets ...
... Extrasolar Planets Modern theory of planet formation is evolutionary Many stars should have planets! planets ...
Unit 5
... recognize that inner planets tend to be orbited by few or no moons, while outer planets tend to be orbited by several moons ...
... recognize that inner planets tend to be orbited by few or no moons, while outer planets tend to be orbited by several moons ...
3rd Grape from the Sun - Community Resources for Science
... the Sun, and smaller objects such as dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, and comets. Students will classify objects based on appropriate criteria. Teaser: Our Solar System is home to an amazing family of celestial bodies, which span a huge range of sizes, shapes, chemical substances, and weather condit ...
... the Sun, and smaller objects such as dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, and comets. Students will classify objects based on appropriate criteria. Teaser: Our Solar System is home to an amazing family of celestial bodies, which span a huge range of sizes, shapes, chemical substances, and weather condit ...
1 The Solar System - e
... Administration (NASA) and launched several satellites. Images taken by these satellites have helped in broadening the knowledge about the universe. It was believed that the solar system has nine planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto including our living planet Ear ...
... Administration (NASA) and launched several satellites. Images taken by these satellites have helped in broadening the knowledge about the universe. It was believed that the solar system has nine planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto including our living planet Ear ...
Planet Finding
... the planet’s edge: it appeared to be enveloped in a thin haze. This marked the first time a scientist detected an atmosphere on another planet. Last year, NCAR’s Timothy Brown and a team of fellow astronomers also detected an atmosphere by observing light passing by the edge of a planet. Their disco ...
... the planet’s edge: it appeared to be enveloped in a thin haze. This marked the first time a scientist detected an atmosphere on another planet. Last year, NCAR’s Timothy Brown and a team of fellow astronomers also detected an atmosphere by observing light passing by the edge of a planet. Their disco ...
1 Patterns in the Solar System (Chapter 18)
... Use the space provided for you below for your scale model of the inner Solar System (see question 8 also). Use large points to represent the four terrestrial planets and place them at the appropriate distance from the Sun. Use the mean distance from the Sun in AUs listed in table 18.1 on the first p ...
... Use the space provided for you below for your scale model of the inner Solar System (see question 8 also). Use large points to represent the four terrestrial planets and place them at the appropriate distance from the Sun. Use the mean distance from the Sun in AUs listed in table 18.1 on the first p ...
For Immediate Release Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a
... Professor of Planetary Astronomy. "There have only been two true planets discovered since ancient times, and this would be a third. It's a pretty substantial chunk of our solar system that's still out there to be found, which is pretty exciting." Brown notes that the putative ninth planet—at 5,000 t ...
... Professor of Planetary Astronomy. "There have only been two true planets discovered since ancient times, and this would be a third. It's a pretty substantial chunk of our solar system that's still out there to be found, which is pretty exciting." Brown notes that the putative ninth planet—at 5,000 t ...
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... Start off the activity by making a list of Solar System objects. In most classrooms, students will have already learned the planet names; some students might know about asteroids and comets. Have them name different objects, until the list includes at least: - Sun - 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, ...
... Start off the activity by making a list of Solar System objects. In most classrooms, students will have already learned the planet names; some students might know about asteroids and comets. Have them name different objects, until the list includes at least: - Sun - 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, ...
Planets - Gravitational Force
... The teacher will ask the students how planets stay in their orbit around the sun. Next, the teacher will ask if astronauts traveling to the moon experienced weightlessness during space travel. Was this caused by lack of gravity? In fact, there is gravity in space, between the Earth and the Moon. In ...
... The teacher will ask the students how planets stay in their orbit around the sun. Next, the teacher will ask if astronauts traveling to the moon experienced weightlessness during space travel. Was this caused by lack of gravity? In fact, there is gravity in space, between the Earth and the Moon. In ...
DIY Solar system
... outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune, are composed largely of substances called ‘ices’, such as water, ammonia and methane.They are often referred to as ‘ice giants’. The Solar System also contains the asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter and is similar to the terrestrial planets as i ...
... outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune, are composed largely of substances called ‘ices’, such as water, ammonia and methane.They are often referred to as ‘ice giants’. The Solar System also contains the asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter and is similar to the terrestrial planets as i ...
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.