Solar System Study Guide 1
... the Great Red Spot. This weather, which is a lot like a hurricane, has lasted more than 300 years. It is so big around that three Earth’s would fit inside it. Saturn is a gas giant known for its rings. Saturn has at least 18 moons. Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, is a blue-green ball ...
... the Great Red Spot. This weather, which is a lot like a hurricane, has lasted more than 300 years. It is so big around that three Earth’s would fit inside it. Saturn is a gas giant known for its rings. Saturn has at least 18 moons. Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, is a blue-green ball ...
Unit 8.4 Solar System
... 4. a. Pluto lost its status as a planet in 2006. b. Pluto is regarded as a dwarf planet because normal planets have enough gravity to sweep their orbits clear of debris, whereas the gravitational pull of dwarf planets is insufficient to do so. c. Two other dwarf planets are Eris and Ceres. 5. Terres ...
... 4. a. Pluto lost its status as a planet in 2006. b. Pluto is regarded as a dwarf planet because normal planets have enough gravity to sweep their orbits clear of debris, whereas the gravitational pull of dwarf planets is insufficient to do so. c. Two other dwarf planets are Eris and Ceres. 5. Terres ...
The Planets! - Science CALC
... Smaller than the other planets Have orbits that bring them closer to the Sun Have no or very few moons ...
... Smaller than the other planets Have orbits that bring them closer to the Sun Have no or very few moons ...
summ assess astro sci 8 20152016
... 9. Which of the following is/are not true a) With gravitational attraction the sun pulls on the planets but the planets do not pull on the sun b) Gravity is a force where every mass is attracted to every other mass c) Gravitational force gets weaker as the distance increases between masses d) Gravi ...
... 9. Which of the following is/are not true a) With gravitational attraction the sun pulls on the planets but the planets do not pull on the sun b) Gravity is a force where every mass is attracted to every other mass c) Gravitational force gets weaker as the distance increases between masses d) Gravi ...
Astronomy Unit Test Review Sheet
... 24. What evidence can be used to support the Big Bang theory? Who is credited for this law? ...
... 24. What evidence can be used to support the Big Bang theory? Who is credited for this law? ...
ppt
... All planets orbit the Sun in same sense. The Sun and all planets (apart from Venus, Uranus, & Pluto) rotate in the same sense as they orbit the Sun. Inner planets are small and rocky, but outer planets are large and gaseous. There are also asteroids and comets ...
... All planets orbit the Sun in same sense. The Sun and all planets (apart from Venus, Uranus, & Pluto) rotate in the same sense as they orbit the Sun. Inner planets are small and rocky, but outer planets are large and gaseous. There are also asteroids and comets ...
ppt version
... Pluto is the largest of a class of icy bodies: • Found only in the outer solar system • Densities of 1.2 to 2 g/cc (like ices) ...
... Pluto is the largest of a class of icy bodies: • Found only in the outer solar system • Densities of 1.2 to 2 g/cc (like ices) ...
Astronomy 1 – Winter 2011
... - Low temperatures (far from sun) - Massive, strong gravity, can hold H, He ...
... - Low temperatures (far from sun) - Massive, strong gravity, can hold H, He ...
6th grade Test Review KEY
... The ice begins to melt/vaporize, and the comet appears to grow a “tail”. 17. Explain why mass and weight are two different things. Mass is the amount of space that an object takes up; weight depends on the pull of gravity. 18. Name all of the objects that you might find in our solar system. Asteroid ...
... The ice begins to melt/vaporize, and the comet appears to grow a “tail”. 17. Explain why mass and weight are two different things. Mass is the amount of space that an object takes up; weight depends on the pull of gravity. 18. Name all of the objects that you might find in our solar system. Asteroid ...
mary - Cal State LA - Instructional Web Server
... Includes four planets: Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune ...
... Includes four planets: Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune ...
day 2 - The Solar System Presentation
... OUTER PLANETS (Gas Giant planets): Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune located further from the sun composed mostly of gases (“gas giants”) low densities have rapid rotation have rings and many satellites (moons) ...
... OUTER PLANETS (Gas Giant planets): Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune located further from the sun composed mostly of gases (“gas giants”) low densities have rapid rotation have rings and many satellites (moons) ...
Chapter 20 Questions
... 1. What does the term AU stand for? 2. What measurements are used to indicate the distance between stars? 3. What are the names of the 2 groupings of planets? 4. What are 3 differences between the inner and outer planets? 5. What are the inner planets called or classified as? 6. What is the order of ...
... 1. What does the term AU stand for? 2. What measurements are used to indicate the distance between stars? 3. What are the names of the 2 groupings of planets? 4. What are 3 differences between the inner and outer planets? 5. What are the inner planets called or classified as? 6. What is the order of ...
Astronomy Name Solar System Objects Quiz Study Guide 1. Solar
... 7. What is the Oort Cloud, and where is it? 4. Other Objects 1. Draw the tails, if any, on the comet at locations A, B and C. Include size and direction. 2. Where are the best places to find meteorites? Why there? 3. Describe at least THREE characteristics of meteorites? 4. The largest asteroid is _ ...
... 7. What is the Oort Cloud, and where is it? 4. Other Objects 1. Draw the tails, if any, on the comet at locations A, B and C. Include size and direction. 2. Where are the best places to find meteorites? Why there? 3. Describe at least THREE characteristics of meteorites? 4. The largest asteroid is _ ...
The Inner Planets of Our Solar System
... – When they are in the inner solar system the radiation from the sun causes a tail to ...
... – When they are in the inner solar system the radiation from the sun causes a tail to ...
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... For some planets, temperature correlates with distance from the Sun: the closer to the Sun, the hotter the planet. This is not always the case, because a planet's temperature also depends on its reflectivity and on the strength of its greenhouse effect (if any). For example, the greenhouse effect gi ...
... For some planets, temperature correlates with distance from the Sun: the closer to the Sun, the hotter the planet. This is not always the case, because a planet's temperature also depends on its reflectivity and on the strength of its greenhouse effect (if any). For example, the greenhouse effect gi ...
Parallels: Proto-Planetary Disks and rings
... • Near the Sun (inside frost-line, also known as snow line or ice line) rocky objects become asteroids • Far from the Sun (outside frost-line) icy objects form the comets and Kuiper Belt Objects ...
... • Near the Sun (inside frost-line, also known as snow line or ice line) rocky objects become asteroids • Far from the Sun (outside frost-line) icy objects form the comets and Kuiper Belt Objects ...
post-class version, 374 KB - Department of Physics and Astronomy
... • Recall nearest neighbor star is 4 light years away from the Sun, or 270,000 AU. • 50,000 AU equals about 10 light months. ...
... • Recall nearest neighbor star is 4 light years away from the Sun, or 270,000 AU. • 50,000 AU equals about 10 light months. ...
Solar System Basics 1 - Usk Astronomical Society
... Uranus's 'twin', Neptune, is similar in size, and is a deeper blue-green in colour because there are even more methane ices in its atmosphere than Uranus. There have been great dark spots observed in its uppermost clouds, indicating that temporary storms may be formed as they are on Jupiter. ...
... Uranus's 'twin', Neptune, is similar in size, and is a deeper blue-green in colour because there are even more methane ices in its atmosphere than Uranus. There have been great dark spots observed in its uppermost clouds, indicating that temporary storms may be formed as they are on Jupiter. ...
Soaring into our Solar System - Etiwanda E
... • We will also learn about the planets that are farthest away from the sun, which are classified as the outer planets. ...
... • We will also learn about the planets that are farthest away from the sun, which are classified as the outer planets. ...
Space 8.1 notes
... The farther four planets are called the gas giants - they are made of gases and liquids Planets are non-luminous, because they cannot produce and emit their own light. We can see planets, because they reflect light Earth is the fourth largest planet in the solar system. Earth is a planet compo ...
... The farther four planets are called the gas giants - they are made of gases and liquids Planets are non-luminous, because they cannot produce and emit their own light. We can see planets, because they reflect light Earth is the fourth largest planet in the solar system. Earth is a planet compo ...
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.