Chapter 3 Chapter 4
... 48)We can calculate the kinetic energy of any moving object with a very simple formula: kinetic energy = 12 mv 2 where m is the object’s mass and v is its velocity or speed. Table 4.1 shows that metabolizing a candy bar releases about 106 joules. How fast must the candy bar travel to have the same 1 ...
... 48)We can calculate the kinetic energy of any moving object with a very simple formula: kinetic energy = 12 mv 2 where m is the object’s mass and v is its velocity or speed. Table 4.1 shows that metabolizing a candy bar releases about 106 joules. How fast must the candy bar travel to have the same 1 ...
Modern Astronomy - Sussex Astronomy Society
... Because of the precession of the Earth’s axis of rotation. Because of the moon’s 5o inclination with respect to the Ecliptic. Because the Earth is rotating around its axis more slowly in the summer (→ longer days!). Because the Earth is closest to the sun in January and most distant from the sun in ...
... Because of the precession of the Earth’s axis of rotation. Because of the moon’s 5o inclination with respect to the Ecliptic. Because the Earth is rotating around its axis more slowly in the summer (→ longer days!). Because the Earth is closest to the sun in January and most distant from the sun in ...
FROM COPERNICUS TO NEWTON TO EINSTEIN: TOWARD A
... THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Maria T. Zuber1, David E. Smith1, Erwan Mazarico2, Jonathan I. Lunine3, Gregory A. Neumann2, Frank G. Lemoine2, Antonio Genova1,2, Sander J. Goossens4,2, Xiaoli Sun2. 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 0212 ...
... THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Maria T. Zuber1, David E. Smith1, Erwan Mazarico2, Jonathan I. Lunine3, Gregory A. Neumann2, Frank G. Lemoine2, Antonio Genova1,2, Sander J. Goossens4,2, Xiaoli Sun2. 1Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 0212 ...
Impact Earth
... Left: Jupiter provides us with some protection. Its strong gravity hoovers up many NEOs, such as Comet ShoemakerLevy 9, which was observed as it collided with the giant planet on 18 July 1994. This artist’s impression shows that the comet was pulled apart by Jupiter’s gravity before impact ...
... Left: Jupiter provides us with some protection. Its strong gravity hoovers up many NEOs, such as Comet ShoemakerLevy 9, which was observed as it collided with the giant planet on 18 July 1994. This artist’s impression shows that the comet was pulled apart by Jupiter’s gravity before impact ...
Astro 10 Lecture 1 - Intro to Astronomy
... should be brighter in summer – Summer should be at the same time all over the Earth ...
... should be brighter in summer – Summer should be at the same time all over the Earth ...
Earth and Moon
... Earth looks very different today than it did when it first formed more than 4.5 billion years ago. Historical geologists study Earth’s past to understand what happened and when it happened. Paleontologists do the same thing, but with an emphasis on the history of life, especially as it is understood ...
... Earth looks very different today than it did when it first formed more than 4.5 billion years ago. Historical geologists study Earth’s past to understand what happened and when it happened. Paleontologists do the same thing, but with an emphasis on the history of life, especially as it is understood ...
Students make a distance-scale solar system model with toilet paper.
... Interplanetary travel is extremely difficult due to the almost unimaginable distances between the planets in our solar system. Voyager II, traveling at nearly 50,000 mph took 12 years to reach the planet Neptune. We can make a scale model of the distances between the planets using almost anything as ...
... Interplanetary travel is extremely difficult due to the almost unimaginable distances between the planets in our solar system. Voyager II, traveling at nearly 50,000 mph took 12 years to reach the planet Neptune. We can make a scale model of the distances between the planets using almost anything as ...
Camp Eberhart Astronomy Program AstroCamp Solar System Award
... that has to do with the sol is said to be solar in nature. The term solar system means those things in the orbital system of a sol. In our case that is the Sun and its planets. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a huge cloud of gas and d ...
... that has to do with the sol is said to be solar in nature. The term solar system means those things in the orbital system of a sol. In our case that is the Sun and its planets. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It formed about 4.6 billion years ago from a huge cloud of gas and d ...
Powerpoint
... • Newton’s law of gravity plus lots of math explains why planets must orbit the Sun in circles or ellipses, rather than any other kind of shape • Bonus – Newton’s Law also makes predictions for shape of comet orbits, which Kepler’s Laws do not ...
... • Newton’s law of gravity plus lots of math explains why planets must orbit the Sun in circles or ellipses, rather than any other kind of shape • Bonus – Newton’s Law also makes predictions for shape of comet orbits, which Kepler’s Laws do not ...
an isotopically homogeneous region of the inner terrestrial planet
... isotope composition in the disk. In contrast, the ∼107– 108 yr oligarchic growth stage of Venus and Earth is thought to involve giant impacts. During this stage, the planets are thought to acquire materials from a broad region of the proto-planetary disk. As a result, their compositions do not repre ...
... isotope composition in the disk. In contrast, the ∼107– 108 yr oligarchic growth stage of Venus and Earth is thought to involve giant impacts. During this stage, the planets are thought to acquire materials from a broad region of the proto-planetary disk. As a result, their compositions do not repre ...
THE SEARCH FOR LIFE: ARE WE ALONE
... 10. EUROPA. Zoom up to Europa, showing its ice rafted surface. One of them, Europa, may be the best place in our solar system to look for life. Its fractured icy crust floats on a deep ocean of water. Volcanic hot springs may be gushing from the sunless sea floor of Europa and feeding life, just as ...
... 10. EUROPA. Zoom up to Europa, showing its ice rafted surface. One of them, Europa, may be the best place in our solar system to look for life. Its fractured icy crust floats on a deep ocean of water. Volcanic hot springs may be gushing from the sunless sea floor of Europa and feeding life, just as ...
Week 5 Notes Inner Planets
... a. Venus takes about __7.5__ Earth moths to __REVOLVE__ around the Sun. b. ...
... a. Venus takes about __7.5__ Earth moths to __REVOLVE__ around the Sun. b. ...
Study Guide for 1ST Astronomy Exam
... Describe the essentials of the geocentric model of the Universe of Aristotle and Ptolemy. o The position and motion of the Earth o The nature of terrestrial and celestial matter o The role of epicycles in the Ptolemaic model of planetary motion. Where is a planet on its epicycle when it goes ret ...
... Describe the essentials of the geocentric model of the Universe of Aristotle and Ptolemy. o The position and motion of the Earth o The nature of terrestrial and celestial matter o The role of epicycles in the Ptolemaic model of planetary motion. Where is a planet on its epicycle when it goes ret ...
What`s That Up In The Sky???
... called solar energy. All eight planets orbit, or revolve, around the sun. The sun is so large that more than a million Earths ...
... called solar energy. All eight planets orbit, or revolve, around the sun. The sun is so large that more than a million Earths ...
Homework, August 29, 2002 AST110-6
... Distance by light. Just as a light-year is the distance that light can travel in 1 year, we define a light-second as the distance that light can travel in 1 second, a light-minute as the distance that light can travel in 1 minute, and so on. Calculate the distance in kilometers represented by each o ...
... Distance by light. Just as a light-year is the distance that light can travel in 1 year, we define a light-second as the distance that light can travel in 1 second, a light-minute as the distance that light can travel in 1 minute, and so on. Calculate the distance in kilometers represented by each o ...
File - Malone Science . com
... 4. Newton's theory of gravity showed that the force that causes a baseball to fall to Earth also moves the planets and stars. The Moon revolves around Earth because of the gravitational pull between the Moon and Earth. Earth and all the planets of the solar system stay in orbit around the Sun becau ...
... 4. Newton's theory of gravity showed that the force that causes a baseball to fall to Earth also moves the planets and stars. The Moon revolves around Earth because of the gravitational pull between the Moon and Earth. Earth and all the planets of the solar system stay in orbit around the Sun becau ...
Lecture 2: Origin of atmospheres (mainly rocky planets)
... EARTH: Typical volcanic gas from a subaerial volcano is: H2O ~ 80-90% by volume CO2 ~6-12% CO < 0.4% H2 ~0.6-1.5 Note: Hydrothermal (seafloor, crust) emissions are at a lower temperature and more H2-rich MARS: Analysis in Mars meteorites of partitioning of redox sensitive elements (e.g., Eu3+/Eu2+) ...
... EARTH: Typical volcanic gas from a subaerial volcano is: H2O ~ 80-90% by volume CO2 ~6-12% CO < 0.4% H2 ~0.6-1.5 Note: Hydrothermal (seafloor, crust) emissions are at a lower temperature and more H2-rich MARS: Analysis in Mars meteorites of partitioning of redox sensitive elements (e.g., Eu3+/Eu2+) ...
The Size and Distance Scale Of The Solar System
... inner part of the solar system travel, and may have originated in the early years of our solar system. • Surveys of the outer part of the solar system, beyond the orbit of Pluto, have recently found several additional objects comparable to Pluto in size. • Most recently, an object apparently larger ...
... inner part of the solar system travel, and may have originated in the early years of our solar system. • Surveys of the outer part of the solar system, beyond the orbit of Pluto, have recently found several additional objects comparable to Pluto in size. • Most recently, an object apparently larger ...
What`s Out There? Our Solar System and Beyond
... Print resources about the planets in our solar system ...
... Print resources about the planets in our solar system ...
Chapter 28 - Trimble County Schools
... between distance from the sun and the orbit period. –Orbit period: the time required for the planet to make one revolution around the sun. ...
... between distance from the sun and the orbit period. –Orbit period: the time required for the planet to make one revolution around the sun. ...
Solar System Bead Activity
... 3. Next discuss that distance in space is usually measured in light years because space is so vast a large unit is needed. Astronomers also use a unit called an AU (astronomical unit) to discuss distance in space (1 light year = 62,000 AU). 1 AU is the distance from the Sun to Earth. 4. Direct stude ...
... 3. Next discuss that distance in space is usually measured in light years because space is so vast a large unit is needed. Astronomers also use a unit called an AU (astronomical unit) to discuss distance in space (1 light year = 62,000 AU). 1 AU is the distance from the Sun to Earth. 4. Direct stude ...
Explore the Solar System - Museum of Science, Boston
... and stars of interest visible in the night sky. Students are asked to identify daily motions of the sky and its objects. The show then progresses to a space-based perspective of the solar system objects, allowing students to see these objects up close and in three dimensions. This perspective also a ...
... and stars of interest visible in the night sky. Students are asked to identify daily motions of the sky and its objects. The show then progresses to a space-based perspective of the solar system objects, allowing students to see these objects up close and in three dimensions. This perspective also a ...
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.