THE FRIGID REALM
... No ammonia is observed, unlike the situation for Jupiter & Saturn. The few clouds or spots observed are located deep in the atmosphere. Voyager 2 discovered that the Urainian magnetic field (~100X Earth’s in strength) is offset from the center of the planet and misaligned with the rotation axis. No ...
... No ammonia is observed, unlike the situation for Jupiter & Saturn. The few clouds or spots observed are located deep in the atmosphere. Voyager 2 discovered that the Urainian magnetic field (~100X Earth’s in strength) is offset from the center of the planet and misaligned with the rotation axis. No ...
The Solar System
... Uranus is the seventh planet in our solar system and is almost twice as far from the sun as Saturn. Uranus is also a gas planet made of mostly hydrogen, helium, and methane. Strong evidence was found that Uranus is covered by an ocean of superheated water than may have formed from melted comets. The ...
... Uranus is the seventh planet in our solar system and is almost twice as far from the sun as Saturn. Uranus is also a gas planet made of mostly hydrogen, helium, and methane. Strong evidence was found that Uranus is covered by an ocean of superheated water than may have formed from melted comets. The ...
Our Solar System Do Nows and Discussions
... wind is stopped and the gravitational force of our Sun fades. That occurs at about 90 AU, giving the Solar System a diameter of 180 AU. If the Sun’s influence ends here, how could Sedna be considered part of the Solar System, you may wonder. While it is beyond the heliopause at aphelion, it falls ba ...
... wind is stopped and the gravitational force of our Sun fades. That occurs at about 90 AU, giving the Solar System a diameter of 180 AU. If the Sun’s influence ends here, how could Sedna be considered part of the Solar System, you may wonder. While it is beyond the heliopause at aphelion, it falls ba ...
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... Asteroids • Asteroids are small and rocky objects orbiting the Sun, also called minor planets • Asteroids belt: most asteroids orbit the Sun at distance between 2 to 3.5 AU, between the orbits between Mars and Jupiter • They are thousands of kilometer-sized asteroids and millions of meter-sized ast ...
... Asteroids • Asteroids are small and rocky objects orbiting the Sun, also called minor planets • Asteroids belt: most asteroids orbit the Sun at distance between 2 to 3.5 AU, between the orbits between Mars and Jupiter • They are thousands of kilometer-sized asteroids and millions of meter-sized ast ...
Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System
... Asteroids • Asteroids are small and rocky objects orbiting the Sun, also called minor planets • Asteroids belt: most asteroids orbit the Sun at distance between 2 to 3.5 AU, between the orbits between Mars and Jupiter • They are thousands of kilometer-sized asteroids and millions of meter-sized ast ...
... Asteroids • Asteroids are small and rocky objects orbiting the Sun, also called minor planets • Asteroids belt: most asteroids orbit the Sun at distance between 2 to 3.5 AU, between the orbits between Mars and Jupiter • They are thousands of kilometer-sized asteroids and millions of meter-sized ast ...
hydrogen & helium
... with the terrestrial planets. Pluto is small, has only one moon, relatively dense and does not have an atmosphere. ...
... with the terrestrial planets. Pluto is small, has only one moon, relatively dense and does not have an atmosphere. ...
Terrestrial Planets Jovian Planets Dwarf Planets
... Diameter: 3,031 miles (4,878 km) the terrestrial planets, and because they are gaseous in nature rather than having rocky surfaces (though some or all of them may have solid cores, astronomers say). These worlds are also frequently called the gas giants, but that’s not a great way to describe them, ...
... Diameter: 3,031 miles (4,878 km) the terrestrial planets, and because they are gaseous in nature rather than having rocky surfaces (though some or all of them may have solid cores, astronomers say). These worlds are also frequently called the gas giants, but that’s not a great way to describe them, ...
Planets Order, Characteristics, and Orbits
... how objects in A the solar system are in . regular and predictable motions that explain such phenomena as days, years, seasons, eclipses, tides and moon cycles. ...
... how objects in A the solar system are in . regular and predictable motions that explain such phenomena as days, years, seasons, eclipses, tides and moon cycles. ...
Other Planetary Systems
... Major impacts may have been responsible for the retrograde (backwards) spin of Venus the fact that Uranus is ‘tipped’ on its side as it spins …and possibly also the formation of our Moon! ...
... Major impacts may have been responsible for the retrograde (backwards) spin of Venus the fact that Uranus is ‘tipped’ on its side as it spins …and possibly also the formation of our Moon! ...
The long hunt for new objects in our expanding solar
... anomalies more precisely. The simplest way to Kuiper proposed that a similar belt of icy objects explain them was another planet. beyond Neptune's orbit could account for shortperiod and short-lived comets. In 1992 astronomers The 2016 orbital calculations by Konstantin Batygin David Jewitt and Jane ...
... anomalies more precisely. The simplest way to Kuiper proposed that a similar belt of icy objects explain them was another planet. beyond Neptune's orbit could account for shortperiod and short-lived comets. In 1992 astronomers The 2016 orbital calculations by Konstantin Batygin David Jewitt and Jane ...
Lesson 1 – Explain – Page 375 “The Structure of
... Dwarf planets are made of rock and ice and are much smaller than Earth. Asteroids Millions of small, rocky objects called asteroids orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids range in size from less than a meter to several hundred kilometers in length. ...
... Dwarf planets are made of rock and ice and are much smaller than Earth. Asteroids Millions of small, rocky objects called asteroids orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids range in size from less than a meter to several hundred kilometers in length. ...
Intro to Earth Science Chapter 23 Study Guide
... 32. What process is currently responsible for the shaping of Mars’ surface? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ __ 33. Which features on Mars point to the possibility of liquid water on the planet? ______ ...
... 32. What process is currently responsible for the shaping of Mars’ surface? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ __ 33. Which features on Mars point to the possibility of liquid water on the planet? ______ ...
Solar System Scale Poster
... You may want to draw Pluto “freehand”, since it’s so small. The circles may overlap or be cut off the page by a small amount. ...
... You may want to draw Pluto “freehand”, since it’s so small. The circles may overlap or be cut off the page by a small amount. ...
Gravitational Force
... 6. Planets A, B and C are identical. A and C have a giant moon orbiting them, while B has a lightweight artificial satellite orbiting it, as shown in the diagram. Which planet has the strongest gravitational interaction with its satellite? a. Planet A, because its moon is heavy and close to it. b. ...
... 6. Planets A, B and C are identical. A and C have a giant moon orbiting them, while B has a lightweight artificial satellite orbiting it, as shown in the diagram. Which planet has the strongest gravitational interaction with its satellite? a. Planet A, because its moon is heavy and close to it. b. ...
Observing the Solar System
... 8.4.c. Students know how to use astronomical units and light years as measures of distance between the sun, stars, and Earth. 8.4.d. Students know that stars are the source of light for all bright objects in outer space and that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight, not by their ...
... 8.4.c. Students know how to use astronomical units and light years as measures of distance between the sun, stars, and Earth. 8.4.d. Students know that stars are the source of light for all bright objects in outer space and that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight, not by their ...
Unit 2 Study Guide (word)
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
Unit 2 Study Guide - Grant County Schools
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
... Planets are in constant motion. The two motions that all planets do is rotate and revolve. A rotation is one spin of a planet on its axis. As the planet spins half of the planet is facing the sun and the other half is facing away. The lit side is day and the dark side is night. The spinning of the p ...
1 - Humble ISD
... 33. What do we theorize that comets brought to Earth?Water & Organic compounds 34. What is another name for the objects that exist beyond the orbit of Neptune?TransNeptunian Objects 35. How do dwarf planets differ from regular planets?They have failed to clear their orbits of other objects 36. What ...
... 33. What do we theorize that comets brought to Earth?Water & Organic compounds 34. What is another name for the objects that exist beyond the orbit of Neptune?TransNeptunian Objects 35. How do dwarf planets differ from regular planets?They have failed to clear their orbits of other objects 36. What ...
Explore the Solar System - Museum of Science, Boston
... A typical Explore the Solar System show begins on the Earth, examining several constellations, planets, and stars of interest visible in the night sky. Students are asked to identify daily motions of the sky and its objects. The show then progresses to a space-based perspective of the solar system o ...
... A typical Explore the Solar System show begins on the Earth, examining several constellations, planets, and stars of interest visible in the night sky. Students are asked to identify daily motions of the sky and its objects. The show then progresses to a space-based perspective of the solar system o ...
Asteroids and comets
... 5. Explain why astronomers infer two separate reservoirs for comets and briefly describe the shape and size (in terms of distance from the Sun) of each reservoir. 6. Explain what the three-fold division of most meteorites into stony, iron, and stony-iron families tells us about the bodies they origi ...
... 5. Explain why astronomers infer two separate reservoirs for comets and briefly describe the shape and size (in terms of distance from the Sun) of each reservoir. 6. Explain what the three-fold division of most meteorites into stony, iron, and stony-iron families tells us about the bodies they origi ...
Planets-in-solar
... What constitutes a planet? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) developed some definitions in 2001, modified them again in 2003, and as of August 24, 2006, the IAU has come up with another definition. The IAU said in a statement that the definition for a planet is now officially known as "a ce ...
... What constitutes a planet? The International Astronomical Union (IAU) developed some definitions in 2001, modified them again in 2003, and as of August 24, 2006, the IAU has come up with another definition. The IAU said in a statement that the definition for a planet is now officially known as "a ce ...
File
... • A celestial object that orbits the Sun and has a spherical shape but does not dominate its orbit. • Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris • Pluto’s tilted orbit crosses Neptune’s orbit ...
... • A celestial object that orbits the Sun and has a spherical shape but does not dominate its orbit. • Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris • Pluto’s tilted orbit crosses Neptune’s orbit ...
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.