Dvorak
... Then a sudden (thousands of years) increase in eccentricities up to 0.3 and 0.4 leads to a region where the so called OVERLAPPING of resonances is acting. This causes eventually an even larger eccentricity with later encounters to Jupiter (also of Mars). These encounters lead also to highly chaotic ...
... Then a sudden (thousands of years) increase in eccentricities up to 0.3 and 0.4 leads to a region where the so called OVERLAPPING of resonances is acting. This causes eventually an even larger eccentricity with later encounters to Jupiter (also of Mars). These encounters lead also to highly chaotic ...
Models of dynamical phenomena for certain moons in the solar
... For a planetary wobble omitting torque, steady state is obtained when two inertia moments are equal. Including torque and other interactions provides solutions also at other shapes. Then tank slapper corresponds to a large rotation oscillation around the axis with smallest J. In the case when this a ...
... For a planetary wobble omitting torque, steady state is obtained when two inertia moments are equal. Including torque and other interactions provides solutions also at other shapes. Then tank slapper corresponds to a large rotation oscillation around the axis with smallest J. In the case when this a ...
Saturn`s Moons The Moons of Uranus and Neptune
... Until the Space Age, Saturn was thought to have nine moons, all discovered before 1900. Recently, new moons have been discovered through telescopes and with spacecraft. At least 31 moons orbit Saturn outside of, or within, its rings. The largest and most interesting is Titan. Titan is the second-lar ...
... Until the Space Age, Saturn was thought to have nine moons, all discovered before 1900. Recently, new moons have been discovered through telescopes and with spacecraft. At least 31 moons orbit Saturn outside of, or within, its rings. The largest and most interesting is Titan. Titan is the second-lar ...
Quakes on other plantes
... Inferred density shows that a material with r~3 exists to 60 km consistent with basalt and gabbro (crust) Deeper than 60 km assumed density is consistent with pyroxenes (mantle) ...
... Inferred density shows that a material with r~3 exists to 60 km consistent with basalt and gabbro (crust) Deeper than 60 km assumed density is consistent with pyroxenes (mantle) ...
Formation of Regular Satellites from Ancient Massive Rings in the
... This specific architecture is a testable observational signature of this process. A comparison with today’s giant planet systems of regular moons reveals a very good match for Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (Fig. 1B). Neptune’s inner moons (blue stars) match our model (blue dotted line) very well, exce ...
... This specific architecture is a testable observational signature of this process. A comparison with today’s giant planet systems of regular moons reveals a very good match for Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (Fig. 1B). Neptune’s inner moons (blue stars) match our model (blue dotted line) very well, exce ...
ROTATION AND REVOLUTION
... of a spinning object. Each of the planets and moons in our solar system rotates about an axis. An axis is an imaginary line about which each planet or moon spins. This imaginary line marks the center of a planet or moon’s rotation. In space, there is no such thing as up or down. An object’s position ...
... of a spinning object. Each of the planets and moons in our solar system rotates about an axis. An axis is an imaginary line about which each planet or moon spins. This imaginary line marks the center of a planet or moon’s rotation. In space, there is no such thing as up or down. An object’s position ...
Seeding Life on the Moons of the Outer Planets via Lithopanspermia
... The ejected rocks were given the origin planet's orbital velocity plus a strictly radial ejection velocity vector varying randomly between one and three times the escape velocity from the planet at that location, simulating ejection. At these distances, escape velocities are 0.58 km/s for Earth and ...
... The ejected rocks were given the origin planet's orbital velocity plus a strictly radial ejection velocity vector varying randomly between one and three times the escape velocity from the planet at that location, simulating ejection. At these distances, escape velocities are 0.58 km/s for Earth and ...
Rotation and Revolution
... radiation, blocking it from warming Earth’s surface. This can cause temperatures to drop even more. Eventually, this can lead to an ice age. When Earth’s tilt decreases, the seasons become milder. It is important to realize that many factors contribute to climate on Earth. Although Milankovitch cycl ...
... radiation, blocking it from warming Earth’s surface. This can cause temperatures to drop even more. Eventually, this can lead to an ice age. When Earth’s tilt decreases, the seasons become milder. It is important to realize that many factors contribute to climate on Earth. Although Milankovitch cycl ...
Teacher Guide, Middle School
... of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them. This model of the solar system can explain eclipses of the sun and the moon. Earth’s spin axis is fixed in direction over the short-term but tilted relative to its orbit ...
... of objects, including planets, their moons, and asteroids that are held in orbit around the sun by its gravitational pull on them. This model of the solar system can explain eclipses of the sun and the moon. Earth’s spin axis is fixed in direction over the short-term but tilted relative to its orbit ...
Moons of the Jovian Planets: Satellites of Ice and Rock
... • Hot interiors needed for geological activity. • Ice deforms more easily than solid rock – Less internal heat is required – Smaller objects can be geologically active. • Tidal heating important for some icy moons, but not for rocky planets (example: the Moon's tides are slowing down the Earth, bu ...
... • Hot interiors needed for geological activity. • Ice deforms more easily than solid rock – Less internal heat is required – Smaller objects can be geologically active. • Tidal heating important for some icy moons, but not for rocky planets (example: the Moon's tides are slowing down the Earth, bu ...
Orbit of Mercury
... angle so angle must be measured to the right of the Sun Line up protractor and measure angle to the left of Sun Draw solid line between Earth position 2 and new angle mark ...
... angle so angle must be measured to the right of the Sun Line up protractor and measure angle to the left of Sun Draw solid line between Earth position 2 and new angle mark ...
Chapter 8—Earth`s Formative Stages and The Archean Eon
... This chapter opens with a short presentation of basic astronomy to place Earth in context with the rest of the Universe. Our solar system is a small part of a much larger aggregate of stars, planets, dust, and gases called a galaxy. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains the sun and the nine planets th ...
... This chapter opens with a short presentation of basic astronomy to place Earth in context with the rest of the Universe. Our solar system is a small part of a much larger aggregate of stars, planets, dust, and gases called a galaxy. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains the sun and the nine planets th ...
References and Resources
... Catherine M. Andronik. Enslow, 2002. Deep Space Astronomy Gregory Vogt. Twenty-First Century, 1999. The Grand Tour: A Traveler’s Guide to the Solar System William K. Hartmann, Ron Miller. Workman, ...
... Catherine M. Andronik. Enslow, 2002. Deep Space Astronomy Gregory Vogt. Twenty-First Century, 1999. The Grand Tour: A Traveler’s Guide to the Solar System William K. Hartmann, Ron Miller. Workman, ...
Collision Course
... In 1994 comet Shoemaker-Levy crashed into Jupiter with a force which would have devastated the Earth. The crash raised the inevitable question - could it happen here? STAR Centre is asking schools, through the Pupil Researcher Initiative, to research the issue of impacts of objects from space on the ...
... In 1994 comet Shoemaker-Levy crashed into Jupiter with a force which would have devastated the Earth. The crash raised the inevitable question - could it happen here? STAR Centre is asking schools, through the Pupil Researcher Initiative, to research the issue of impacts of objects from space on the ...
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... – Saturn is twice as far from Earth as Jupiter is. – Saturn's diameter, excluding the rings, is about ten times that of Earth. – Saturn has the lowest density of all planets—it could float in a giant bathtub (density is less than that of water). © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... – Saturn is twice as far from Earth as Jupiter is. – Saturn's diameter, excluding the rings, is about ten times that of Earth. – Saturn has the lowest density of all planets—it could float in a giant bathtub (density is less than that of water). © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
Dactyl - OSIRIS
... are also asteroids whose paths around the Sun bring them close to Earth. Those asteroids are called Near-Earth Asteroids, or NEAs. Another group of asteroids, called Trojans, can be found orbiting different planets in gravitationally-neutral areas. The latest Asteroid Alphabet card is below! Be sure ...
... are also asteroids whose paths around the Sun bring them close to Earth. Those asteroids are called Near-Earth Asteroids, or NEAs. Another group of asteroids, called Trojans, can be found orbiting different planets in gravitationally-neutral areas. The latest Asteroid Alphabet card is below! Be sure ...
Lesson 3 The Solar System
... Infer If you knew probes that traveled to Venus were crushed after a few hours, what could you infer about atmospheric ...
... Infer If you knew probes that traveled to Venus were crushed after a few hours, what could you infer about atmospheric ...
contents
... The Sun is roughly 4.6 billion years old and is about halfway through its life as a main sequence star. In 5 billion years, it will enter the next phase of its existence, swelling up to become a red giant. Eventually it will start to shed its outer layer and become a planetary nebula, which is the b ...
... The Sun is roughly 4.6 billion years old and is about halfway through its life as a main sequence star. In 5 billion years, it will enter the next phase of its existence, swelling up to become a red giant. Eventually it will start to shed its outer layer and become a planetary nebula, which is the b ...
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... of Mars. The two planets shared an orbit for several million years until they collided (crash). Earth absorbed Theia, and the remaining debris eventually coagulated into Earth’s moon. The mass donated/given by Theia gave Earth the gravity Before, people believed that Earth is the center of the Solar ...
... of Mars. The two planets shared an orbit for several million years until they collided (crash). Earth absorbed Theia, and the remaining debris eventually coagulated into Earth’s moon. The mass donated/given by Theia gave Earth the gravity Before, people believed that Earth is the center of the Solar ...
Table of Contents - What`s Out Tonight?
... atmosphere. Its craters were formed from a heavy bombardment of asteroids and comets during the first billion years of the solar system’s existence. The interior of Mercury, once molten, has cooled and is now solid. It is composed mostly of iron ore. Mercury is difficult to study with a telescope be ...
... atmosphere. Its craters were formed from a heavy bombardment of asteroids and comets during the first billion years of the solar system’s existence. The interior of Mercury, once molten, has cooled and is now solid. It is composed mostly of iron ore. Mercury is difficult to study with a telescope be ...
Gravitation - prettygoodphysics
... A. They went high enough so there was very little gravity acting on them. B. The plane was accelerating downward at 9.8m/s2 so they were “falling” while inside the plane. C. They had powerful magnets in the plane, but in order for them to work they needed to be off the ...
... A. They went high enough so there was very little gravity acting on them. B. The plane was accelerating downward at 9.8m/s2 so they were “falling” while inside the plane. C. They had powerful magnets in the plane, but in order for them to work they needed to be off the ...
Students
... The nine planets of our solar system have different characteristics because of their composition (what they are made of). They have different colors and different features because of their rocks, their atmosphere (air) and their temperatures. For this lesson, you will find out about the different ch ...
... The nine planets of our solar system have different characteristics because of their composition (what they are made of). They have different colors and different features because of their rocks, their atmosphere (air) and their temperatures. For this lesson, you will find out about the different ch ...
PRELAB CLEA : 4. The Revolution of the Moons of Jupiter
... the moon around Jupiter. The amplitude corresponds to the radius of the moon’s orbit. ...
... the moon around Jupiter. The amplitude corresponds to the radius of the moon’s orbit. ...
... betweenMarsand the Sun, Marsis at opposition (opposite the Stm in the sky). At these limes, Marsis very close to the Earth and appears bright. WhenEarth andMarsare far apart in their orbits, Marslooks muchfainter. Since the orbit of Marsis elliptical (owd) someoppositions are closer than others. In ...
