Speed of Planets Google Document File
... 2. The dwarf planet Ceres orbits the Sun at an average distance of 2.8AU .Plot the point that would represent Ceres on the graph. What is the average speed of Ceres? 3. The dwarf planet Pluto orbits at an average distance from the Sun of 39.5 AU. Extrapolating from your graph, what is Pluto’s averag ...
... 2. The dwarf planet Ceres orbits the Sun at an average distance of 2.8AU .Plot the point that would represent Ceres on the graph. What is the average speed of Ceres? 3. The dwarf planet Pluto orbits at an average distance from the Sun of 39.5 AU. Extrapolating from your graph, what is Pluto’s averag ...
What is the solar system?
... List the planets in order of increasing distance from the Sun. __________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ...
... List the planets in order of increasing distance from the Sun. __________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ...
Sky Science Review Questions
... 1. Are stars made mostly of solids, liquids, or gases? __________________ 2. What is the name of the galaxy in which our Solar System is located? ___________________ 3. Which star is closest to the Earth? _______________________ 4. List the things that EMIT light: ___________________________________ ...
... 1. Are stars made mostly of solids, liquids, or gases? __________________ 2. What is the name of the galaxy in which our Solar System is located? ___________________ 3. Which star is closest to the Earth? _______________________ 4. List the things that EMIT light: ___________________________________ ...
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... The Solar System Study Guide 1. The solar system is made of the Sun and its eight planets along with many dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, and comets 2. The known planets in the solar system are: Mercury, Venus, Earth , Mars, Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus, Neptune and what was once known as Pluto is now ...
... The Solar System Study Guide 1. The solar system is made of the Sun and its eight planets along with many dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, and comets 2. The known planets in the solar system are: Mercury, Venus, Earth , Mars, Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus, Neptune and what was once known as Pluto is now ...
Planets
... 2. A planet is so big, it has to be round (hydrostatic equilibrium). 3. It dominates its dynamical neighborhood. ...
... 2. A planet is so big, it has to be round (hydrostatic equilibrium). 3. It dominates its dynamical neighborhood. ...
Extrasolar planets
... Jupiter) with relatively short periods. • Most planets are detected very close to their stars (less than ~0.1AU) ...
... Jupiter) with relatively short periods. • Most planets are detected very close to their stars (less than ~0.1AU) ...
UNIT D CH 3 – PLANETS
... -- An instrument that uses lenses to magnify distant objects is a _____. A. radio telescope B. refracting telescope C. reflecting telescope D. space station ...
... -- An instrument that uses lenses to magnify distant objects is a _____. A. radio telescope B. refracting telescope C. reflecting telescope D. space station ...
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... Made of rock, but low density Strange Orbit and Extreme Tilt Maybe Pluto was once a moon of Neptune, but collided with Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) Eccentric Orbit and Tilted Axis Maybe Pluto is related to a comet Sometimes Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune. ...
... Made of rock, but low density Strange Orbit and Extreme Tilt Maybe Pluto was once a moon of Neptune, but collided with Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) Eccentric Orbit and Tilted Axis Maybe Pluto is related to a comet Sometimes Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune. ...
How Was the Solar System Formed?
... forming larger and larger bodies. Eventually they formed the rocky inner planets. These include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are the closest planets to the sun. Farther from the Sun, the temperature was very cold. Water froze into ice. Chunks of ice bumped into each other. Gas and dust were ...
... forming larger and larger bodies. Eventually they formed the rocky inner planets. These include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are the closest planets to the sun. Farther from the Sun, the temperature was very cold. Water froze into ice. Chunks of ice bumped into each other. Gas and dust were ...
Planet Card Game - Space Awareness
... Question: Which planet was formerly the smallest of all planets and is now a dwarf planet? ...
... Question: Which planet was formerly the smallest of all planets and is now a dwarf planet? ...
Space Section 13.1 pages 400-403 The universe is everything that
... The universe is everything that exists, including all matter everywhere. Astronomy is the study of what is beyond earth. ...
... The universe is everything that exists, including all matter everywhere. Astronomy is the study of what is beyond earth. ...
How Was the Solar System Formed? Questions
... along. Eventually, the gas giant planets were formed. They include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Farther out in space, there was not as much matter. There were not as many collisions. Objects that were formed were smaller than the planets. The Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt are in this regio ...
... along. Eventually, the gas giant planets were formed. They include Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Farther out in space, there was not as much matter. There were not as many collisions. Objects that were formed were smaller than the planets. The Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt are in this regio ...
Solar System on a String
... → One – 5-inch string for the Sun → Eight – 10-inch strings for the four inner rocky planets and the asteroid belt → Four – 12-inch strings for the four outer giants ...
... → One – 5-inch string for the Sun → Eight – 10-inch strings for the four inner rocky planets and the asteroid belt → Four – 12-inch strings for the four outer giants ...
Our Solar System
... • Earth is warm enough to keep most of its water from freezing and cold enough to keep it’s water from boiling • Temperature is between –13 degrees Celsius and 37 degrees Celsius ...
... • Earth is warm enough to keep most of its water from freezing and cold enough to keep it’s water from boiling • Temperature is between –13 degrees Celsius and 37 degrees Celsius ...
Our Solar System Planets Their Size and Distance
... prepared worksheet table A set of paper images of the planets are available at this same scale to measure as a check on your diameter calculations ...
... prepared worksheet table A set of paper images of the planets are available at this same scale to measure as a check on your diameter calculations ...
Lesson #2: Planets - Center for Learning in Action
... Student will be able to: Learn about the nine planets and their order. Accurately place the planets in line on their clay diagrams. Background Information for Teacher: Our solar system consists of the sun, eight planets, moons, dwarf planets (or plutoids), an asteroid belt, comets, meteors, and othe ...
... Student will be able to: Learn about the nine planets and their order. Accurately place the planets in line on their clay diagrams. Background Information for Teacher: Our solar system consists of the sun, eight planets, moons, dwarf planets (or plutoids), an asteroid belt, comets, meteors, and othe ...
Name: Pd: _____ Ast: _____ Solar System Study Guide Vocabulary
... 4) Sun - The star around which Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light 5) Satellite - An object held in orbit by the gravity of a larger celestial body; for example a moon orbiting a planet or a man-made object orbiting Earth 6) Planets - Large celestial bodies tha ...
... 4) Sun - The star around which Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light 5) Satellite - An object held in orbit by the gravity of a larger celestial body; for example a moon orbiting a planet or a man-made object orbiting Earth 6) Planets - Large celestial bodies tha ...
Constellations
... interpretation of stars and planets based on the premise that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world. ...
... interpretation of stars and planets based on the premise that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world. ...
Scale of the Solar System
... THE SCALE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM What’s out there and where exactly is it? ...
... THE SCALE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM What’s out there and where exactly is it? ...
Our Solar System The Sun
... from the Sun • Short-period comets come from the “Kuiper Belt” and orbit the Sun every 200 years or less • Long-period comets come from the “Oort Cloud” and take longer to orbit the Sun ...
... from the Sun • Short-period comets come from the “Kuiper Belt” and orbit the Sun every 200 years or less • Long-period comets come from the “Oort Cloud” and take longer to orbit the Sun ...
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.