The Solar System. The Inner Planets.
... Two families of planets in the Solar system: terrestrial (Earth-like) and Jovian (Jupiter-like) The terrestrial planets are relatively small and almost spherical The Earth has a radius of 6,378 km and an obliquity of 1/298 They are mostly made of rocky materials that can deform and flow Every object ...
... Two families of planets in the Solar system: terrestrial (Earth-like) and Jovian (Jupiter-like) The terrestrial planets are relatively small and almost spherical The Earth has a radius of 6,378 km and an obliquity of 1/298 They are mostly made of rocky materials that can deform and flow Every object ...
Table 7.1
... • Terrestrial planets are rocky, relatively small, and close to the Sun. • Jovian planets are gaseous, larger, and farther from the Sun. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... • Terrestrial planets are rocky, relatively small, and close to the Sun. • Jovian planets are gaseous, larger, and farther from the Sun. © 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
Ch. 23: “Touring Our Solar System”
... The centrifugal force of this rotation flattens it out into a rotating disk with a protostar at the center. The nebula is hot because of gravitational energy released by the collapse, and when the protostar ignites at the centre it produces more heat. So there is a strong temperature gradient across ...
... The centrifugal force of this rotation flattens it out into a rotating disk with a protostar at the center. The nebula is hot because of gravitational energy released by the collapse, and when the protostar ignites at the centre it produces more heat. So there is a strong temperature gradient across ...
Solar System Review inner and outer 2015
... • At the threshold of naked-eye visibility • Less than half the size of Saturn, and nearly twice as far • Another gas giant planet with rings (faint), many moons • Spin axis is tipped sideways ...
... • At the threshold of naked-eye visibility • Less than half the size of Saturn, and nearly twice as far • Another gas giant planet with rings (faint), many moons • Spin axis is tipped sideways ...
Kylie and Cody
... the sun, revolved around the Earth. Astronomers once thought that planetary orbits were circular and that the sun was in the center. Kepler showed that the orbits are elliptical. The sun is not at the center but slightly to one side. ...
... the sun, revolved around the Earth. Astronomers once thought that planetary orbits were circular and that the sun was in the center. Kepler showed that the orbits are elliptical. The sun is not at the center but slightly to one side. ...
Mid-term Exam 3 - Practice Version
... are consistent with what probably happened to the Solar System. show that the formation of the Solar System was an extremely rare event for a young star. show that outflows from young stars usually prevent disks from forming around them. reveal that double stars are usually required to form planets. ...
... are consistent with what probably happened to the Solar System. show that the formation of the Solar System was an extremely rare event for a young star. show that outflows from young stars usually prevent disks from forming around them. reveal that double stars are usually required to form planets. ...
Unit 8 Chapter 27 The Planets of the Solar System
... moon) • It has a diameter is 2,274 km (like from New York to Oklahoma City is 2140 km) • It has a moon Charon (about 1172 km diameter) along with 2 other moons • It has a Temp of approximately -235oC to 210oC • Pluto has been since removed from our solar system in 2006 and called a dwarf planet. ...
... moon) • It has a diameter is 2,274 km (like from New York to Oklahoma City is 2140 km) • It has a moon Charon (about 1172 km diameter) along with 2 other moons • It has a Temp of approximately -235oC to 210oC • Pluto has been since removed from our solar system in 2006 and called a dwarf planet. ...
Chapter 13 Lesson 3 Notes
... The planets are divided into four ___________________ planets and four ___________________ planets. The planets are separated by a huge ___________________ ___________________ between Mars and ___________________. The asteroid ___________________ is a ring shaped area where many small, rocky bodies ...
... The planets are divided into four ___________________ planets and four ___________________ planets. The planets are separated by a huge ___________________ ___________________ between Mars and ___________________. The asteroid ___________________ is a ring shaped area where many small, rocky bodies ...
Mars Land Rover ASTEROID BELT
... not like all eight planets. • Pluto is actually smaller than one of Neptune’ s moon Triton. ...
... not like all eight planets. • Pluto is actually smaller than one of Neptune’ s moon Triton. ...
... a.) the first telescope has better angular resolution (i.e., a smaller diffraction limit) and so is able to see stars that are closer together b.) the second telescope has better angular resolution (i.e., a smaller diffraction limit) and so is able to see stars that are closer together c.) both telesc ...
Students make a distance-scale solar system model with toilet paper.
... planets in our solar system. Voyager II, traveling at nearly 50,000 mph took 12 years to reach the planet Neptune. We can make a scale model of the distances between the planets using almost anything as our reference. In doing so, we may be able to determine a variety of ways to classify the planets ...
... planets in our solar system. Voyager II, traveling at nearly 50,000 mph took 12 years to reach the planet Neptune. We can make a scale model of the distances between the planets using almost anything as our reference. In doing so, we may be able to determine a variety of ways to classify the planets ...
Astronomy
... the escape velocity from the planet or moon. The velocity of a gas molecule depends on its mass according to the MaxwellBoltzmann distribution. The distribution has a a very long tail. Heavier molecules like O2, H2O, N2 have less of a tail than He and H2. On Earth the H2 and He in the tail of the sp ...
... the escape velocity from the planet or moon. The velocity of a gas molecule depends on its mass according to the MaxwellBoltzmann distribution. The distribution has a a very long tail. Heavier molecules like O2, H2O, N2 have less of a tail than He and H2. On Earth the H2 and He in the tail of the sp ...
Planets Powerpoint File
... 2. Must be a “round” shape as a result of its gravity. 3. The object must clear their orbital path of debris. (This is where Pluto failed) ...
... 2. Must be a “round” shape as a result of its gravity. 3. The object must clear their orbital path of debris. (This is where Pluto failed) ...
Pocket Solar System - California Academy of Sciences
... between them. For example, an accurate model using a 1” sphere to represent the Sun results in a distance to Pluto of over 350 feet (more than a football field away), and most of the planets would appear no larger than tiny specks. It is usually beneficial to address these two dimensions separately, ...
... between them. For example, an accurate model using a 1” sphere to represent the Sun results in a distance to Pluto of over 350 feet (more than a football field away), and most of the planets would appear no larger than tiny specks. It is usually beneficial to address these two dimensions separately, ...
Ch 27-Planets of Solar System
... hydrogen and ices-water ice, methane ice and ammonia ice • Gas giants-composed mostly of gases, low density and huge • Jupiter is 11 times Earth’s diameter • What about Pluto? – Dwarf planet, discovered in 1930’s, smaller than Earth’s moon – Ice ball made of frozen gases and rock ...
... hydrogen and ices-water ice, methane ice and ammonia ice • Gas giants-composed mostly of gases, low density and huge • Jupiter is 11 times Earth’s diameter • What about Pluto? – Dwarf planet, discovered in 1930’s, smaller than Earth’s moon – Ice ball made of frozen gases and rock ...
Week 6 Notes The Outer Planets
... a. Scientists think that __NEPTUNE__ is slowly __SHRINKING__ causing the interior to __HEAT__ up A. Discovery of Neptune a. The discovery of Neptune was a result of a __MATHEMATICAL__ prediction B. Exploring Neptune a. The __GREAT__ __DARK__ __SPOT__ was the size of __EARTH__ and was probably __GIAN ...
... a. Scientists think that __NEPTUNE__ is slowly __SHRINKING__ causing the interior to __HEAT__ up A. Discovery of Neptune a. The discovery of Neptune was a result of a __MATHEMATICAL__ prediction B. Exploring Neptune a. The __GREAT__ __DARK__ __SPOT__ was the size of __EARTH__ and was probably __GIAN ...
Directed Reading A
... The Saturn system is made up of the planet Saturn and the several moons that orbit it. B D 1 second light minute There are 8.3 light minutes in one astronomical unit. D C the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon C B the inner solar system terrestrial planets Mercury, Mars, ...
... The Saturn system is made up of the planet Saturn and the several moons that orbit it. B D 1 second light minute There are 8.3 light minutes in one astronomical unit. D C the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon C B the inner solar system terrestrial planets Mercury, Mars, ...
some interesting facts about planets
... Planets in our solar system are named after the Roman gods,like Mars was the god of war. ...
... Planets in our solar system are named after the Roman gods,like Mars was the god of war. ...
The Solar System The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar S
... slowly and has a long way to travel, so each orbit lasts 84 years. Uranus is a giant world, the third largest planet in our Solar System. 64 Earths would fit inside it. Despite its size, it spins rapidly. A day on Uranus lasts only 17 hours 14 minutes. Uranus has 27 moons. None of these are very big ...
... slowly and has a long way to travel, so each orbit lasts 84 years. Uranus is a giant world, the third largest planet in our Solar System. 64 Earths would fit inside it. Despite its size, it spins rapidly. A day on Uranus lasts only 17 hours 14 minutes. Uranus has 27 moons. None of these are very big ...
The Solar System and its Planets
... IAU regulaKons require a name from creaKon mythology for objects with orbital stability beyond Neptune's orbit. (from Wikipedia entry about the dwarf planet) ...
... IAU regulaKons require a name from creaKon mythology for objects with orbital stability beyond Neptune's orbit. (from Wikipedia entry about the dwarf planet) ...
How big is our Solar System?
... hydrogen) quietly hanging about in our neighborhood of the galaxy. This cloud was a nebula. • At the center of the rotating nebula, material drew together because of gravity, and our Sun was born. The rest of the dust and gas settled into a disk surrounding the sun. • Something disturbed this nebula ...
... hydrogen) quietly hanging about in our neighborhood of the galaxy. This cloud was a nebula. • At the center of the rotating nebula, material drew together because of gravity, and our Sun was born. The rest of the dust and gas settled into a disk surrounding the sun. • Something disturbed this nebula ...
doc - UWM
... We always see the same side of the Moon because it doesn’t rotate. FALSE. We always see the same side of the Moon because it does rotate. Because it takes about the same amount of time to rotate as it does to revolve around the Earth, we always see the same side. The side we don’t see is known as “t ...
... We always see the same side of the Moon because it doesn’t rotate. FALSE. We always see the same side of the Moon because it does rotate. Because it takes about the same amount of time to rotate as it does to revolve around the Earth, we always see the same side. The side we don’t see is known as “t ...
digest #: title - The Described and Captioned Media Program
... 1. What are some celestial bodies you might see in the night sky? (Stars, planets, meteors.) 2. Explain how the telescope helped people in studying the motion of the sun and stars. (It enlarged the celestial bodies and brought them into focus.) 3. What objects make up our solar system? (Sun, nine pl ...
... 1. What are some celestial bodies you might see in the night sky? (Stars, planets, meteors.) 2. Explain how the telescope helped people in studying the motion of the sun and stars. (It enlarged the celestial bodies and brought them into focus.) 3. What objects make up our solar system? (Sun, nine pl ...
Why are planets round?
... There are eight planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Some planets are much larger than others, and some are surrounded by rings or moons. But all planets have three things in common. They orbit the sun, they are massive enough that their gra ...
... There are eight planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Some planets are much larger than others, and some are surrounded by rings or moons. But all planets have three things in common. They orbit the sun, they are massive enough that their gra ...
The Planets in the Solar System There are an uncountable number
... removed from the inside outward by photoevaporation, the solar wind, and other similar effects. Thereafter there still may be many proto-planets orbiting the star or each other, but over time many will collide—either to form a single larger planet or release material for other larger protoplanets or ...
... removed from the inside outward by photoevaporation, the solar wind, and other similar effects. Thereafter there still may be many proto-planets orbiting the star or each other, but over time many will collide—either to form a single larger planet or release material for other larger protoplanets or ...
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.