The Planets
... Named after the Roman goddess of beauty and love (Venus) Has phases like our moon Has no satellites (moons) Sixth largest planet in the solar system (just a little smaller than Earth) Known as Earth’s “sister” planet (almost as big as Earth) Gravity is about 90% of Earth’s Has an iron core but does ...
... Named after the Roman goddess of beauty and love (Venus) Has phases like our moon Has no satellites (moons) Sixth largest planet in the solar system (just a little smaller than Earth) Known as Earth’s “sister” planet (almost as big as Earth) Gravity is about 90% of Earth’s Has an iron core but does ...
Astronomy 110 Announcements: Chapter 7 Earth and the Terrestrial
... Our Goals for Learning • Why is Earth geologically active? • What processes shape Earth’s surface? • How does Earth’s atmosphere affect the planet? ...
... Our Goals for Learning • Why is Earth geologically active? • What processes shape Earth’s surface? • How does Earth’s atmosphere affect the planet? ...
Lecture Two (Powerpoint format) - FLASH Center for Computational
... sistere or sun stops in Latin) in declination -- roughly June 21 and December 21. The equinoxes occur when the sun intersects the celestial equator -roughly March 21 and September 21. On this day, the sun appears directly above the equator, and every point on earth has equal day and night. ...
... sistere or sun stops in Latin) in declination -- roughly June 21 and December 21. The equinoxes occur when the sun intersects the celestial equator -roughly March 21 and September 21. On this day, the sun appears directly above the equator, and every point on earth has equal day and night. ...
CHAPTER 9.3: The Outer Planets
... cycle vs. a water cycle!! 33. _________________________ is the seventh planet from the Sun. 34. The last Cme it was visited by a probe was in ______________ when Voyager 2 flew by. 35. Uranus, like ...
... cycle vs. a water cycle!! 33. _________________________ is the seventh planet from the Sun. 34. The last Cme it was visited by a probe was in ______________ when Voyager 2 flew by. 35. Uranus, like ...
Review 2 (October 19-10)
... Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter Some asteroids cross Earth’s orbit and eventually collide with Earth Ceres is the largest asteroid There are several types of asteroids Meteorites are solid objects from space that reach the Earth’s surface Most meteorites are from as ...
... Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter Some asteroids cross Earth’s orbit and eventually collide with Earth Ceres is the largest asteroid There are several types of asteroids Meteorites are solid objects from space that reach the Earth’s surface Most meteorites are from as ...
Atmosphere
... Particles are called solar wind Chromosphere and corona not seen from earth b/c of brightness of blue sky during the day During solar eclipse – moon blocks sun – can see corona ...
... Particles are called solar wind Chromosphere and corona not seen from earth b/c of brightness of blue sky during the day During solar eclipse – moon blocks sun – can see corona ...
Travel into Space
... • First suggested by Italian born American Scientist Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo • The probe ‘steals’ some of the angular momentum from a planet to increase its own speed, this barely has any impact on the planets velocity. • If spacecraft passes behind the motion of the planet craft gains speed and los ...
... • First suggested by Italian born American Scientist Giuseppe 'Bepi' Colombo • The probe ‘steals’ some of the angular momentum from a planet to increase its own speed, this barely has any impact on the planets velocity. • If spacecraft passes behind the motion of the planet craft gains speed and los ...
Sun 2013
... • Dark spots on the sun’s surface • Areas of gas on the sun’s surface that are cooler than the gases around them • Cooler gases don’t give off as much light as hotter gases • The number of sunspots varies over a period of about 11 years • Increase in sunspot activity=Increase in magnetic storms ...
... • Dark spots on the sun’s surface • Areas of gas on the sun’s surface that are cooler than the gases around them • Cooler gases don’t give off as much light as hotter gases • The number of sunspots varies over a period of about 11 years • Increase in sunspot activity=Increase in magnetic storms ...
Celestial Motions - Norwich High School
... Retrograde Motion • “apparent” motion that objects are moving backwards • Farther from the sun because orbital velocities are slower ...
... Retrograde Motion • “apparent” motion that objects are moving backwards • Farther from the sun because orbital velocities are slower ...
Section 7
... It has been suggested that rotating cylinders about 10 mi long and 5.0 mi in diameter be placed in space and used as colonies. What angular speed must such a cylinder have so that the centripetal acceleration at its surface equals the free-fall acceleration on Earth? ...
... It has been suggested that rotating cylinders about 10 mi long and 5.0 mi in diameter be placed in space and used as colonies. What angular speed must such a cylinder have so that the centripetal acceleration at its surface equals the free-fall acceleration on Earth? ...
Supervised by
... The sidereal site of planet is very important element that make the life on it possible. The sidereal site of the Earth is considered the best one between the other sites of the solar system planets. Earth's movement also affects at its climate, it contains : 1) .The Earth rotation : It is a term t ...
... The sidereal site of planet is very important element that make the life on it possible. The sidereal site of the Earth is considered the best one between the other sites of the solar system planets. Earth's movement also affects at its climate, it contains : 1) .The Earth rotation : It is a term t ...
Mars` Moons
... Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter Some asteroids cross Earth’s orbit and eventually collide with Earth Ceres is the largest asteroid There are several types of asteroids Meteorites are solid objects from space that reach the Earth’s surface Most meteorites are from as ...
... Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter Some asteroids cross Earth’s orbit and eventually collide with Earth Ceres is the largest asteroid There are several types of asteroids Meteorites are solid objects from space that reach the Earth’s surface Most meteorites are from as ...
powerpoint
... Our astronomy comes from the Greeks and Romans via the Arabic culture names. Greeks believed the Earth a sphere: 1. The Moon is, so the Earth should be as well. 2. The Earth casts a round shadow on the Moon during ...
... Our astronomy comes from the Greeks and Romans via the Arabic culture names. Greeks believed the Earth a sphere: 1. The Moon is, so the Earth should be as well. 2. The Earth casts a round shadow on the Moon during ...
Relative positions of the Sun, Moon and Earth - E
... As the Earth travels around the Sun, it has a companion that travels with it – the Moon. Moons or satellites, are objects made of rock that orbit around planets in the same way that the planet orbits the Sun. MOONS Can you remember how many moons each planet has? Mercury ...
... As the Earth travels around the Sun, it has a companion that travels with it – the Moon. Moons or satellites, are objects made of rock that orbit around planets in the same way that the planet orbits the Sun. MOONS Can you remember how many moons each planet has? Mercury ...
Material for Exam 4
... Explain how the Solar Nebula Theory accounts for the following properties of the Solar System: How the composition of terrestrial planets relates to its position near the Sun. Terrestrial planets have small atmospheres. Low orbital inclinations of all the planets. All planets orbit the Sun in the sa ...
... Explain how the Solar Nebula Theory accounts for the following properties of the Solar System: How the composition of terrestrial planets relates to its position near the Sun. Terrestrial planets have small atmospheres. Low orbital inclinations of all the planets. All planets orbit the Sun in the sa ...
Review Worksheet - Mrs. Sepulveda's Classes
... body and blasted material from the Earth’s mantle into orbit. This material eventually coalesced to form the Moon. ...
... body and blasted material from the Earth’s mantle into orbit. This material eventually coalesced to form the Moon. ...
Earth, Sun, and Moon System
... circumference is slightly wider at the equator than it is across the poles. This shape is called an oblate spheroid. In most photographs and diagrams, Earth typically looks like a perfect sphere. ...
... circumference is slightly wider at the equator than it is across the poles. This shape is called an oblate spheroid. In most photographs and diagrams, Earth typically looks like a perfect sphere. ...
Homework 3
... The easiest way to do this problem is to compute the volumes based on the relative radii of each object with respect to each other. In this case, we can adopt the books values of the size of the Sun and Jupiter in terms of Earth radii. The radius of the sun is 108 earth radii, while Jupiter is 11.2 ...
... The easiest way to do this problem is to compute the volumes based on the relative radii of each object with respect to each other. In this case, we can adopt the books values of the size of the Sun and Jupiter in terms of Earth radii. The radius of the sun is 108 earth radii, while Jupiter is 11.2 ...
THE CORIOLIS EFFECT IN METEOROLOGY - IDC
... Thinking about motion over the Earth's surface is rather complicated, so I turn now to a model that is simpler but still presents the feature that gives rise to the Coriolis effect. ...
... Thinking about motion over the Earth's surface is rather complicated, so I turn now to a model that is simpler but still presents the feature that gives rise to the Coriolis effect. ...
Kepler*s Laws of Planetary Motion
... Any planet around a sun The moon around the Earth Any satellite around the Earth The International Space Station Any rings around any planet ...
... Any planet around a sun The moon around the Earth Any satellite around the Earth The International Space Station Any rings around any planet ...
How big is our Solar System?
... rotating cloud of dust and gas (mostly 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 ...
... rotating cloud of dust and gas (mostly 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 ...
Earth Science Day 04: Earthquakes
... 2. The Lithosphere would be 2.35cm thick on your model. 2.35% x 1.00 m = 0.0235 m or 2.35 cm Explanation: This could also be set up as a ratio: 2.35/100=x/1.00m. The percentage you figured out in the first question tells you that for every 100units of Earth’s radius there will be 2.35units of the li ...
... 2. The Lithosphere would be 2.35cm thick on your model. 2.35% x 1.00 m = 0.0235 m or 2.35 cm Explanation: This could also be set up as a ratio: 2.35/100=x/1.00m. The percentage you figured out in the first question tells you that for every 100units of Earth’s radius there will be 2.35units of the li ...
Mercury
... • Some scientists think its axis of rotation is due to a collision with another planet. • While this incredible axis causes very long “seasons” (over 20 years long), the temperatures don’t change much due to its distance from the Sun. The temperature near the cloud-tops is about -215 degrees Celsius ...
... • Some scientists think its axis of rotation is due to a collision with another planet. • While this incredible axis causes very long “seasons” (over 20 years long), the temperatures don’t change much due to its distance from the Sun. The temperature near the cloud-tops is about -215 degrees Celsius ...
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1 LECTURE 14 1] NEWTON`S LAW OF GRAVITY
... Note : Kepler’s laws are valid for elliptical paths of any planet around a central body; for example the 4π 2 ...
... Note : Kepler’s laws are valid for elliptical paths of any planet around a central body; for example the 4π 2 ...
What is a Planet
... been rotating around the planet and as been observed for the past 340 years. ...
... been rotating around the planet and as been observed for the past 340 years. ...
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.