Solar System
... The Task Primary Mission Research the internet to find information about our solar system and complete the Planetary Information worksheet (names, description, diameter and distance from the sun) Use your math skills to convert each planet’s diameter and distance from the sun to scale. Create a thre ...
... The Task Primary Mission Research the internet to find information about our solar system and complete the Planetary Information worksheet (names, description, diameter and distance from the sun) Use your math skills to convert each planet’s diameter and distance from the sun to scale. Create a thre ...
Quiz Comets
... Comets differ from most other objects in the solar system in that they a. can never be seen without a very powerful telescope. b. frequently orbit the Sun away from the plane of the ecliptic. c. are not gravitationally bound to the Sun. d. contain water. answer: b file:///F|/Astronomy/CometsMeteorsA ...
... Comets differ from most other objects in the solar system in that they a. can never be seen without a very powerful telescope. b. frequently orbit the Sun away from the plane of the ecliptic. c. are not gravitationally bound to the Sun. d. contain water. answer: b file:///F|/Astronomy/CometsMeteorsA ...
Facts and figures on the sun and planets
... Under such conditions, the methane found in Neptune's atmosphere also decomposes, as the bonds holding methane's four hydrogen atoms dissolve and the carbon atoms may bind to one another in the extreme pressure to form diamonds (according to a new hypothesis by a team at the University of California ...
... Under such conditions, the methane found in Neptune's atmosphere also decomposes, as the bonds holding methane's four hydrogen atoms dissolve and the carbon atoms may bind to one another in the extreme pressure to form diamonds (according to a new hypothesis by a team at the University of California ...
Origin of the Solar System
... Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth’s formation. Object perhaps the size of Mars collided with Earth and threw enough matter in the orbit to create the Moon. ...
... Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth’s formation. Object perhaps the size of Mars collided with Earth and threw enough matter in the orbit to create the Moon. ...
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Science test study guide for the last week in January 2011[1]
... 23.Earth is unique from all the other planets in our solar system because it is the only planet in our solar system to have liquid water and oceans. 24. Mars has frozen water and at one time had liquid water. 25. Venus and Earth are called sister planets because they are similar in size and density. ...
... 23.Earth is unique from all the other planets in our solar system because it is the only planet in our solar system to have liquid water and oceans. 24. Mars has frozen water and at one time had liquid water. 25. Venus and Earth are called sister planets because they are similar in size and density. ...
MarsGuide Field Test Version 1-23.pub
... Adapted from Kinesthetic Astronomy by C. A. Morrow and M. Zawaski Earth orbits once around the Sun in one year. Mars takes two years to go around the Sun. Let’s see what happens if we start Earth and Mars in a line with the Sun and move forward in time. ...
... Adapted from Kinesthetic Astronomy by C. A. Morrow and M. Zawaski Earth orbits once around the Sun in one year. Mars takes two years to go around the Sun. Let’s see what happens if we start Earth and Mars in a line with the Sun and move forward in time. ...
Earth
... Comets are small, fragile, irregularly shaped bodies composed of a mixture of non-volatile grains and frozen gases. They are thought to come from places in the Solar system called the Kuiper belt, and the Oort Cloud. The Kuiper Belt is a disk-shaped region past the orbit of Neptune extending roughly ...
... Comets are small, fragile, irregularly shaped bodies composed of a mixture of non-volatile grains and frozen gases. They are thought to come from places in the Solar system called the Kuiper belt, and the Oort Cloud. The Kuiper Belt is a disk-shaped region past the orbit of Neptune extending roughly ...
Directed Reading A
... gravitational tug of war between the planet Jupiter and its nearest neighbor, Europa. This causes Io to heat up, resulting in eruptions. Recent pictures show that Europa appears to have oceans of liquid water beneath its frozen surface. It is possible that life may have evolved in these subterranean ...
... gravitational tug of war between the planet Jupiter and its nearest neighbor, Europa. This causes Io to heat up, resulting in eruptions. Recent pictures show that Europa appears to have oceans of liquid water beneath its frozen surface. It is possible that life may have evolved in these subterranean ...
Mars
... •No large form of life on Earth survives these conditions •But some bacteria on Earth live in similar conditions! What would life on Mars look like? •Bacterial, too small to see without a microscope •Probably live well below the surface (cosmic rays) ...
... •No large form of life on Earth survives these conditions •But some bacteria on Earth live in similar conditions! What would life on Mars look like? •Bacterial, too small to see without a microscope •Probably live well below the surface (cosmic rays) ...
presentation source
... The Seven Ages of a Planet Our system is a stage, And both the Sun and planets merely players. They had their birth and’ll have their fiery end. A planet in its time plays many parts, Its acts being seven ages. The first of these Is condensation: dust grains drifting to The nebula plane in chondrit ...
... The Seven Ages of a Planet Our system is a stage, And both the Sun and planets merely players. They had their birth and’ll have their fiery end. A planet in its time plays many parts, Its acts being seven ages. The first of these Is condensation: dust grains drifting to The nebula plane in chondrit ...
Viking
... planets different from Ptolemy’s description? How did Galileo’s observations of Jupiter’s moons help to show that the geocentric explanation is incorrect? What shape are the orbits of the planets? How was the discovery of this orbit shape made? What two factors act together to keep the planets in or ...
... planets different from Ptolemy’s description? How did Galileo’s observations of Jupiter’s moons help to show that the geocentric explanation is incorrect? What shape are the orbits of the planets? How was the discovery of this orbit shape made? What two factors act together to keep the planets in or ...
NEXT MEETING 7:30 p.m., Monday, November 3, 2014
... The surface of the moon's near side is dominated by a unique area called the Procellarum region, characterized by low elevations, unique composition and numerous ancient volcanic plains. The rifts are buried beneath dark volcanic plains on the near side of the moon and have been detected only in the ...
... The surface of the moon's near side is dominated by a unique area called the Procellarum region, characterized by low elevations, unique composition and numerous ancient volcanic plains. The rifts are buried beneath dark volcanic plains on the near side of the moon and have been detected only in the ...
How the Hubble Telescope Will Look at the Moon to See Venus
... Food for Thought Hall of Fame Space Shuttle Astronauts Humbled by ...
... Food for Thought Hall of Fame Space Shuttle Astronauts Humbled by ...
theory comes unstuck! - Creation Resources Trust
... “hot Jupiters” are large planets which are very near their star, and, as their name suggests, unlike the gas giants in our solar system they are very hot. Some astronomers have suggested that they must have formed further from their star, then migrated inwards, but there is no evidence to support th ...
... “hot Jupiters” are large planets which are very near their star, and, as their name suggests, unlike the gas giants in our solar system they are very hot. Some astronomers have suggested that they must have formed further from their star, then migrated inwards, but there is no evidence to support th ...
PDF of story and photos
... over five months, has not shown that type of catastrophic event. Instead, calculations show that the tails could have formed by a series of dust ejection events, from April 15 to Sept. 4. A rather curious feature is that between the Hubble observations on Sept. 10 and Sept. 23, the entire structure ...
... over five months, has not shown that type of catastrophic event. Instead, calculations show that the tails could have formed by a series of dust ejection events, from April 15 to Sept. 4. A rather curious feature is that between the Hubble observations on Sept. 10 and Sept. 23, the entire structure ...
Comets
... Comet nuclei contain ices of water, carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, etc. (Materials that should have condensed from the outer solar nebula). ...
... Comet nuclei contain ices of water, carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, etc. (Materials that should have condensed from the outer solar nebula). ...
Slides in PDF format
... Formation location of the different classes of OCs? Initial average size of their parent bodies? Amplitude of the bias in our collections? How many parent bodies for a given meteorite class ? Level of radial mixing experienced by their parent bodies after their formation? • Their accretion timescal ...
... Formation location of the different classes of OCs? Initial average size of their parent bodies? Amplitude of the bias in our collections? How many parent bodies for a given meteorite class ? Level of radial mixing experienced by their parent bodies after their formation? • Their accretion timescal ...
the solar system
... temperatures on Earth allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas on its surface. Its atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and trace of other gases. ...
... temperatures on Earth allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas on its surface. Its atmosphere is 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and trace of other gases. ...
Optional HW Assignments SUN-EARTH
... Some have suggested that distance is the cause, but this was shown not to be true by the results of the Apparent Size of the Sun activity. According to the data from the activity, Earth is closest to the sun in January and furthest from the sun in July. The distance difference is relatively small, o ...
... Some have suggested that distance is the cause, but this was shown not to be true by the results of the Apparent Size of the Sun activity. According to the data from the activity, Earth is closest to the sun in January and furthest from the sun in July. The distance difference is relatively small, o ...
Chapter 2 The Solar System
... revolving around four moons Jupiter. Venus - he also saw that ____________ goes through phases similar to those of Earth’s moon. ...
... revolving around four moons Jupiter. Venus - he also saw that ____________ goes through phases similar to those of Earth’s moon. ...
Earth History Unit
... physical characteristics of each planet type, such as size, mass, and mean density. 4. Use the concept of ratios and unit conversions to create a scale model of the solar system that accurately represents both the size and relative location of each planet within the solar system. 5. Explain the phys ...
... physical characteristics of each planet type, such as size, mass, and mean density. 4. Use the concept of ratios and unit conversions to create a scale model of the solar system that accurately represents both the size and relative location of each planet within the solar system. 5. Explain the phys ...
Coconino Community College
... 2. describe the past, present and future ideas as they apply to exploration of Solar System. 3. describe the use of planetary data, remote sensing, and image processing in the geologic exploration of the Solar System. 4. analyze data returned from spacecraft instruments and apply the results to the ...
... 2. describe the past, present and future ideas as they apply to exploration of Solar System. 3. describe the use of planetary data, remote sensing, and image processing in the geologic exploration of the Solar System. 4. analyze data returned from spacecraft instruments and apply the results to the ...