Overview of our Solar System 1112 notes
... system • Contains 98.5% of all of the mass of the solar system • The first thing formed in our solar system • The largest and only star in our solar system • Provides almost all of the energy used in the solar system • Earth only gets 0.000000001% of the sun’s total energy ...
... system • Contains 98.5% of all of the mass of the solar system • The first thing formed in our solar system • The largest and only star in our solar system • Provides almost all of the energy used in the solar system • Earth only gets 0.000000001% of the sun’s total energy ...
HW8 (due 4/3/14)
... 2. Give a specific example of a historical impact of an asteroid or comet that hit the Earth. Why are impact craters rare on the surface of Earth but plentiful on the Moon? 3. Three different things can happen when two continental plates meet. What is the name given to each, and briefly explain what ...
... 2. Give a specific example of a historical impact of an asteroid or comet that hit the Earth. Why are impact craters rare on the surface of Earth but plentiful on the Moon? 3. Three different things can happen when two continental plates meet. What is the name given to each, and briefly explain what ...
Solar System Unit Objectives
... List planets in order from the sun, rank their relative sizes, and approx. distances from the sun in rounded AUs From a scale model, give the planets distances and sizes in AUs and km From data giving planet sizes and distances from the sun construct a scale model of the solar system Identify unique ...
... List planets in order from the sun, rank their relative sizes, and approx. distances from the sun in rounded AUs From a scale model, give the planets distances and sizes in AUs and km From data giving planet sizes and distances from the sun construct a scale model of the solar system Identify unique ...
Some Slides from the Space Studies Institute
... effort must proceed in a more sustainable way, for this time we are on the moon not for political purposes, but to do economically valuable work. ...
... effort must proceed in a more sustainable way, for this time we are on the moon not for political purposes, but to do economically valuable work. ...
Unit 4 - Astronomy - Tewksbury Township Schools
... Evidence is generated and evaluated as part of building and refining models and explanations. Mathematics and technology are used to gather, analyze, and communicate results. Scientific reasoning is used to support scientific conclusions. Scientific models and understandings of fundamental c ...
... Evidence is generated and evaluated as part of building and refining models and explanations. Mathematics and technology are used to gather, analyze, and communicate results. Scientific reasoning is used to support scientific conclusions. Scientific models and understandings of fundamental c ...
Comparative Planetology of the Terrestrial Planets
... • No, due to slow rotation Mars, Moon: • No, because core froze ...
... • No, due to slow rotation Mars, Moon: • No, because core froze ...
ASTRONOMY: THE SOLAR SYSTEM How it All Began! About 6
... protoplanets as large as the moon was a runaway process The young Solar System may have developed a swarm of hundreds of Lunarmass protoplanets in as little as 100,000 years. In a longer, succeeding phase of growth into Mars-sized protoplanets, however, these objects interacted gravitationally over ...
... protoplanets as large as the moon was a runaway process The young Solar System may have developed a swarm of hundreds of Lunarmass protoplanets in as little as 100,000 years. In a longer, succeeding phase of growth into Mars-sized protoplanets, however, these objects interacted gravitationally over ...
Solar System Quiz
... ____ 13. The right combination of temperature, water, and oxygen a. affects Neptune’s orbit. c. supports life on Earth. b. causes gas giants to form. d. results in storms on Jupiter. ____ 14. The two inner planets most alike in size, mass, and density are a. Mercury and Venus. c. Venus and Earth. b. ...
... ____ 13. The right combination of temperature, water, and oxygen a. affects Neptune’s orbit. c. supports life on Earth. b. causes gas giants to form. d. results in storms on Jupiter. ____ 14. The two inner planets most alike in size, mass, and density are a. Mercury and Venus. c. Venus and Earth. b. ...
Test#2
... b) The Jovian planets generally have higher densities than terrestrial planets. c) Comparisons are useless because the jovian planets are so much larger than terrestrial planets. d) The terrestrial planets have higher densities than the jovian planets. 14. In light of modern solar system theory, why ...
... b) The Jovian planets generally have higher densities than terrestrial planets. c) Comparisons are useless because the jovian planets are so much larger than terrestrial planets. d) The terrestrial planets have higher densities than the jovian planets. 14. In light of modern solar system theory, why ...
Outer core
... ago The Big Bang Theory states that, in the beginning, the universe was all in one place All of its matter and energy were squished into an infinitely small point, a singularity Then it exploded ...
... ago The Big Bang Theory states that, in the beginning, the universe was all in one place All of its matter and energy were squished into an infinitely small point, a singularity Then it exploded ...
CHAPTER 6 LESSON 4 GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
... - Great Red Spot- a hurricane-like storm that has lasted for at least 300 years. - Where comet ShoemakerLevy hit, left spots on the planet. ...
... - Great Red Spot- a hurricane-like storm that has lasted for at least 300 years. - Where comet ShoemakerLevy hit, left spots on the planet. ...
Nebula Theory
... 2. According the equation for gravity, what are the 2 factors gravity is dependent on: ...
... 2. According the equation for gravity, what are the 2 factors gravity is dependent on: ...
Our Solar System
... Fourth planet from sun Appears as bright reddish color in the night sky Surface features volcanoes and huge dust storms Has 2 moons: Phobos and Deimos ...
... Fourth planet from sun Appears as bright reddish color in the night sky Surface features volcanoes and huge dust storms Has 2 moons: Phobos and Deimos ...
Astronomy Review Document
... • Apparent magnitude: brightness as seen from Earth • Absolute magnitude: brightness a star would have if it were a standard distance from Earth ...
... • Apparent magnitude: brightness as seen from Earth • Absolute magnitude: brightness a star would have if it were a standard distance from Earth ...
Problems in Fc Set equal to Force Providing
... 4. A washer is spinning clockwise so that the socks in it are stuck to the wall. Sketch a 0.02kg sock in the dryer and show the direction of the sock’s velocity, acceleration, and all the forces acting on the sock. ...
... 4. A washer is spinning clockwise so that the socks in it are stuck to the wall. Sketch a 0.02kg sock in the dryer and show the direction of the sock’s velocity, acceleration, and all the forces acting on the sock. ...
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM By Nicholas Larnerd
... The sun is a big ball of flaming gas. The sun is what brought life to Earth The sun is about 67,000 mi. away. ...
... The sun is a big ball of flaming gas. The sun is what brought life to Earth The sun is about 67,000 mi. away. ...
Notes: Unmanned Space Programs
... that included 15 trips around the Sun and flybys of Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury three times — before it was inserted into orbit around its target planet in 2011. ...
... that included 15 trips around the Sun and flybys of Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury three times — before it was inserted into orbit around its target planet in 2011. ...
Curriculum-Based Measurement: Oral Reading
... Earth revolves around the sun once a year (365 days). The Earth rotates on its axis once a day (24 hours). The moon revolves around the Earth once a month (28 days). The moon does not produce its own light. It reflects the sun's light. In space, half of the moon is always exposed to light and the ot ...
... Earth revolves around the sun once a year (365 days). The Earth rotates on its axis once a day (24 hours). The moon revolves around the Earth once a month (28 days). The moon does not produce its own light. It reflects the sun's light. In space, half of the moon is always exposed to light and the ot ...
5 ICP-A 1. A 65-kg merry-go-round worker stands on the ride`s
... 3. A 10-kg can of paint sits 0.7 meters from the axis of rotation. To balance the can of paint, what force must be applied 1.65-m from the axis? Force of the paint can is m*g Set the two torques equal to one another. 41.6-N ...
... 3. A 10-kg can of paint sits 0.7 meters from the axis of rotation. To balance the can of paint, what force must be applied 1.65-m from the axis? Force of the paint can is m*g Set the two torques equal to one another. 41.6-N ...
Orbits of Planets and Moons
... orbit: a. Inertia – Keeps the planet in a path moving away from the sun b. Gravity keeps the planet moving towards the sun. c. A balance of these 2 forces keep the planet moving towards the ...
... orbit: a. Inertia – Keeps the planet in a path moving away from the sun b. Gravity keeps the planet moving towards the sun. c. A balance of these 2 forces keep the planet moving towards the ...
The Solar system
... • Asteroid: Asteroids are small solar system bodies that orbit the Sun. Made of rock and metal, they can also contain organic compounds. Asteroids are similar to comets but do not have a visible coma (fuzzy outline and tail) like comets do. • Comet: A comet is a relatively small solar system body th ...
... • Asteroid: Asteroids are small solar system bodies that orbit the Sun. Made of rock and metal, they can also contain organic compounds. Asteroids are similar to comets but do not have a visible coma (fuzzy outline and tail) like comets do. • Comet: A comet is a relatively small solar system body th ...
Terrestrial Planets
... • The force by the Moon on the Earth is greatest on the near side and smallest on the far side. • This causes two high tides at each of these points. • There are TWO high tides per 24 hours! ...
... • The force by the Moon on the Earth is greatest on the near side and smallest on the far side. • This causes two high tides at each of these points. • There are TWO high tides per 24 hours! ...
Earth's rotation
Earth's rotation is the rotation of the planet Earth around its own axis. The Earth rotates from the west towards east. As viewed from North Star or polestar Polaris, the Earth turns counter-clockwise.The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. This point is distinct from the Earth's North Magnetic Pole. The South Pole is the other point where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface, in Antarctica.The Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the sun and once every 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to the stars (see below). Earth's rotation is slowing slightly with time; thus, a day was shorter in the past. This is due to the tidal effects the Moon has on Earth's rotation. Atomic clocks show that a modern-day is longer by about 1.7 milliseconds than a century ago, slowly increasing the rate at which UTC is adjusted by leap seconds.