Assignment: Earth - Virginia Living Museum
... This program makes the exploration of the Earth-Moon-Sun system fun and exciting by taking the point of view of an alien observer, trying to explain a strange new world to his fellows back home. Some historical background of the study of our planetary home is also included. Students will have the o ...
... This program makes the exploration of the Earth-Moon-Sun system fun and exciting by taking the point of view of an alien observer, trying to explain a strange new world to his fellows back home. Some historical background of the study of our planetary home is also included. Students will have the o ...
Lecture Five (Powerpoint format)
... Mars vs. Earth Mars is much smaller than the Earth, with a radius about half that of Earth, and a mass of about a tenth the Earth’s. The surface temperature today is far below the freezing point of water. Even if one could warm water ice on Mars today, it would go directly into a gaseous stat ...
... Mars vs. Earth Mars is much smaller than the Earth, with a radius about half that of Earth, and a mass of about a tenth the Earth’s. The surface temperature today is far below the freezing point of water. Even if one could warm water ice on Mars today, it would go directly into a gaseous stat ...
Final exam
... from a 'radiant' Meteors appear to come from a single point This is an 'illusion'; it just appears to do so because the meteors are coming from a single direction in ...
... from a 'radiant' Meteors appear to come from a single point This is an 'illusion'; it just appears to do so because the meteors are coming from a single direction in ...
Solar-System Bianka N
... by water ice Density: 2.0 gm/cm3 Atmosphere: Frozen most of the time. When it is closest to the Sun the bright layer of frozen methane, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide thaws out and gives it a thin atmosphere Size: 0.05 the volume of the Earth Planetary satellites(Moons): 3 Moons ...
... by water ice Density: 2.0 gm/cm3 Atmosphere: Frozen most of the time. When it is closest to the Sun the bright layer of frozen methane, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide thaws out and gives it a thin atmosphere Size: 0.05 the volume of the Earth Planetary satellites(Moons): 3 Moons ...
Moons, Rings, Pluto and other Solar System Debris
... Radii range from 1570 km (Europa, slightly smaller than our Moon), to 2630 km (Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System). Orbital periods range from 1.77 days (Io) to 16.7 days (Callisto). The closer to Jupiter, the higher the moon density: from 3.5 g/cm3 (Io) to 1.8 g/cm3 (Callisto). Higher density ...
... Radii range from 1570 km (Europa, slightly smaller than our Moon), to 2630 km (Ganymede - largest moon in Solar System). Orbital periods range from 1.77 days (Io) to 16.7 days (Callisto). The closer to Jupiter, the higher the moon density: from 3.5 g/cm3 (Io) to 1.8 g/cm3 (Callisto). Higher density ...
A Secret Number in Astronomy
... since have erased most, if not all, of the traces of early astronomical endeavours. Interestingly though, these seem to have evolved independently(?) at many different places all over the world some 4,000 years ago. One of these places is Stonehenge, UK (Fig. 1), of which the oldest traces date back ...
... since have erased most, if not all, of the traces of early astronomical endeavours. Interestingly though, these seem to have evolved independently(?) at many different places all over the world some 4,000 years ago. One of these places is Stonehenge, UK (Fig. 1), of which the oldest traces date back ...
ARibbon at the Solar Systems Edge
... occurring at the edge of the solar system, surpassing its mission objectives with images that reveal the invisible interactions between our home in the galaxy and interstellar space to be surprisingly structured and intense. Now, its science program has also flourished into multiple research studies ...
... occurring at the edge of the solar system, surpassing its mission objectives with images that reveal the invisible interactions between our home in the galaxy and interstellar space to be surprisingly structured and intense. Now, its science program has also flourished into multiple research studies ...
01 - Ionia Public Schools
... 32. Some of Earth’s early organisms, such as cyanobacteria and early green plants, used ______________________during photosynthesis. 33. Which byproduct of photosynthesis was released into the atmosphere? _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________ ...
... 32. Some of Earth’s early organisms, such as cyanobacteria and early green plants, used ______________________during photosynthesis. 33. Which byproduct of photosynthesis was released into the atmosphere? _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________ ...
File
... • Artist’s Conception of the impact of a Mars sized object with Earth which caused the formation of the Moon. ...
... • Artist’s Conception of the impact of a Mars sized object with Earth which caused the formation of the Moon. ...
Handout #1
... of the plates that form the Earth’s crust is a far more efficient way to recycle the surface. The plates, which are rather stiff, brittle, and buoyant, float on the denser and plastic mantle region of the Earth. The mantle is an iron-rich rock that oozes and flows slowly – a good analogy is steel pi ...
... of the plates that form the Earth’s crust is a far more efficient way to recycle the surface. The plates, which are rather stiff, brittle, and buoyant, float on the denser and plastic mantle region of the Earth. The mantle is an iron-rich rock that oozes and flows slowly – a good analogy is steel pi ...
Comets - Earth & Planetary Sciences
... volatile rich, carbonaceous asteroids beyond the outer asteroid belt. • Its composition (by number of molecules) is mainly ice: water ice ...
... volatile rich, carbonaceous asteroids beyond the outer asteroid belt. • Its composition (by number of molecules) is mainly ice: water ice ...
1 THE SMALL SATELLITES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM: A WHITE
... should include observations during SOI of Phoebe, and if possible one or more of the outermost satellites. The required observations include visible and IR spectroscopy to determine their composition, and imaging to determine size, crater frequency, and geologic history. Another important area is th ...
... should include observations during SOI of Phoebe, and if possible one or more of the outermost satellites. The required observations include visible and IR spectroscopy to determine their composition, and imaging to determine size, crater frequency, and geologic history. Another important area is th ...
What Causes Tides?
... but difference between front and back is 4 times larger for the Moon than for the Sun, because ...
... but difference between front and back is 4 times larger for the Moon than for the Sun, because ...
OPAG Steering Committee - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... NASA missions and research programs, such as via the ongoing Cassini mission at Saturn and Titan, the New Horizons encounter with Jupiter in 2007, and Earth-based studies of Uranus and Neptune. The Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) was established by NASA in 2004 to identify scientific prioritie ...
... NASA missions and research programs, such as via the ongoing Cassini mission at Saturn and Titan, the New Horizons encounter with Jupiter in 2007, and Earth-based studies of Uranus and Neptune. The Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) was established by NASA in 2004 to identify scientific prioritie ...
Chapter 6 - Formation of the Solar System
... Mount Olympus – 3 times higher than Mt. Everest, 600 km across. The largest volcano known in the Solar System. ...
... Mount Olympus – 3 times higher than Mt. Everest, 600 km across. The largest volcano known in the Solar System. ...
Future exploration of the outer sola
... gaseous atmospheres and extended magnetospheres, which serve as natural planetary-scale laboratories for the fundamental physical and chemical processes at work throughout our galaxy. Their bulk compositions and internal structures provide signatures of the conditions within our solar nebula during ...
... gaseous atmospheres and extended magnetospheres, which serve as natural planetary-scale laboratories for the fundamental physical and chemical processes at work throughout our galaxy. Their bulk compositions and internal structures provide signatures of the conditions within our solar nebula during ...
The Solar System
... - The fast rotation makes the outer flat and the center dense - The dense core eventually become the Sun, the flat outer disk eventually becomes planets and others n Consequences from the formation ...
... - The fast rotation makes the outer flat and the center dense - The dense core eventually become the Sun, the flat outer disk eventually becomes planets and others n Consequences from the formation ...
951 Gaspra
... 1. Small objects in the solar system are leftovers that never accreted into planets 2. Minor planets mostly orbit between Mars and Jupiter 3. Comets formed in the outer solar system and were flung outward by close encounters with other planets 4. Comets can be trapped in the inner solar system by pl ...
... 1. Small objects in the solar system are leftovers that never accreted into planets 2. Minor planets mostly orbit between Mars and Jupiter 3. Comets formed in the outer solar system and were flung outward by close encounters with other planets 4. Comets can be trapped in the inner solar system by pl ...
OBSERVING OUTER PLANET SYSTEMS IN THE MID
... limitations on our work. This will open an entirely new horizon with regard to time-domain science. It is not difficult to imagine a number of space telescopes, each focused on extended observations of one or a few targets. This will enable us to move beyond understanding basic structure and to focu ...
... limitations on our work. This will open an entirely new horizon with regard to time-domain science. It is not difficult to imagine a number of space telescopes, each focused on extended observations of one or a few targets. This will enable us to move beyond understanding basic structure and to focu ...
Planetary Two-Step Reshaped Solar System, Saved Earth?
... clear of gas. But plenty more of it remained inside its shrinking orbit, plowing them even right,” but he still has reservations. For examoutside their orbits. Simulations showed that closer to the sun. One way would be by locking ple, the researchers need to confirm that the although unable to cross ...
... clear of gas. But plenty more of it remained inside its shrinking orbit, plowing them even right,” but he still has reservations. For examoutside their orbits. Simulations showed that closer to the sun. One way would be by locking ple, the researchers need to confirm that the although unable to cross ...
SOL_Study_Book_4.7_Earth_Patterns
... -Earth orbits the sun in a circular motion -Did not publish his theory until his death because of the Catholic Church Galileo -Built a telescope and discovered mountains and craters on the moon -Observed the phases of Venus and Sun Spots -Discovered Jupiter’s moon (4 largest) -Upheld Copernicus’s su ...
... -Earth orbits the sun in a circular motion -Did not publish his theory until his death because of the Catholic Church Galileo -Built a telescope and discovered mountains and craters on the moon -Observed the phases of Venus and Sun Spots -Discovered Jupiter’s moon (4 largest) -Upheld Copernicus’s su ...
FIT_colloq_2nov2012
... (2) A “dwarf planet” is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satelli ...
... (2) A “dwarf planet” is a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, (c) has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit, and (d) is not a satelli ...
Chapter 10
... back to when they first condensed from the solar nebula • Some chondrules contain ancient dust grains that have survived from before the Solar System’s birth! ...
... back to when they first condensed from the solar nebula • Some chondrules contain ancient dust grains that have survived from before the Solar System’s birth! ...
Inner Planets08
... 2. What are the distances between all four planets and the sun? 3. What type of planet is Mercury? 4. The side of Mercury that faces the sun is so hot is can melt what? 5. What is Venus also known as? 6. How means kilometers is Venus from the earth? 7. What are Venus’s clouds made of? 8. How much mo ...
... 2. What are the distances between all four planets and the sun? 3. What type of planet is Mercury? 4. The side of Mercury that faces the sun is so hot is can melt what? 5. What is Venus also known as? 6. How means kilometers is Venus from the earth? 7. What are Venus’s clouds made of? 8. How much mo ...