Explained in 60 Seconds: Why Visit a Comet?
... new orbits that slingshot them closer to the Sun. Many meet a fiery death and others are flung clear of the Solar System, but some become trapped in elliptical orbits that see them returning time and time again. ...
... new orbits that slingshot them closer to the Sun. Many meet a fiery death and others are flung clear of the Solar System, but some become trapped in elliptical orbits that see them returning time and time again. ...
A global geological map of Ganymede
... functions after a second lunar night. China was only the third nation to achieve a soft landing on the Moon when the Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu rover touched down in December 2013. Yutu uses solar power and shuts down during the lunar night. After the first fortnight of dormancy, problems with moveme ...
... functions after a second lunar night. China was only the third nation to achieve a soft landing on the Moon when the Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu rover touched down in December 2013. Yutu uses solar power and shuts down during the lunar night. After the first fortnight of dormancy, problems with moveme ...
Celestial bodies
... Tides- rising and lowering of ocean water level Spring Tide-highest of the high tides-new and full moons-180° Neap Tide-Lowest of the low tides- 1st and 3rd quarter moons- 90° High Tide and Low Tide-regular level tidescrescents and gibbous moons Eclipses- one celestial body casts a shadow on another ...
... Tides- rising and lowering of ocean water level Spring Tide-highest of the high tides-new and full moons-180° Neap Tide-Lowest of the low tides- 1st and 3rd quarter moons- 90° High Tide and Low Tide-regular level tidescrescents and gibbous moons Eclipses- one celestial body casts a shadow on another ...
Building Our Solar System Profile - Grade91P
... sunlight Venus appears as the brightest planet - have areas with volcanoes, lava and cracks called rifts ...
... sunlight Venus appears as the brightest planet - have areas with volcanoes, lava and cracks called rifts ...
Title: "Pluto - New Horizons Mission to the Edge of the Solar System"
... worlds combined - yet, no spacecraft has been sent to a planet in this class. NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, its moon Charon and the Kuiper Belt is provisionally planned for launch in January 2006. After using a flyby of Jupiter in 2007 to get a gravitational kick, the spacecraft will reach P ...
... worlds combined - yet, no spacecraft has been sent to a planet in this class. NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, its moon Charon and the Kuiper Belt is provisionally planned for launch in January 2006. After using a flyby of Jupiter in 2007 to get a gravitational kick, the spacecraft will reach P ...
PTYS/ASTR 206 – Section 3 – Homework1 – Assigned 1/22/09
... lecture notes find the perihelion and aphelion distances in AU. Based on these values, could this asteroid impact the Earth? Could it impact Mars? ...
... lecture notes find the perihelion and aphelion distances in AU. Based on these values, could this asteroid impact the Earth? Could it impact Mars? ...
Astronomy 101 Lab: Finding Life Beyond Earth
... 1. What three components are required for life to exist on Earth? 2A. What objects provide clues to the formation of the Solar System? 2B. Why do they provide clues to the Solar System’s formation? 3. According to measurements made by the Hayabusa spacecraft, what does 40% of Itokawa consist of? 4. ...
... 1. What three components are required for life to exist on Earth? 2A. What objects provide clues to the formation of the Solar System? 2B. Why do they provide clues to the Solar System’s formation? 3. According to measurements made by the Hayabusa spacecraft, what does 40% of Itokawa consist of? 4. ...
Slide 1
... • All planets except for Mercury and Venus have at least one moon • Saturn has the greatest number of moons with 18 and 4 more likely • All moons have a name and earth’s moon is called Luna ...
... • All planets except for Mercury and Venus have at least one moon • Saturn has the greatest number of moons with 18 and 4 more likely • All moons have a name and earth’s moon is called Luna ...
Mason_Engines of Cha..
... habitability, life potential and hazards to future exploration • High mobility • Drill for sub-surface sampling to 2m depth • Suite of Exobiology instruments ...
... habitability, life potential and hazards to future exploration • High mobility • Drill for sub-surface sampling to 2m depth • Suite of Exobiology instruments ...
Our Solar System Exhibit Guide
... their way to a destination. You can do this by touching a specific craft on the screen. ...
... their way to a destination. You can do this by touching a specific craft on the screen. ...
Day-39
... the solar wind interacting with ions of the nucleus. Dust tail created from solar wind and sunlight. Comet tails point away from the Sun. ...
... the solar wind interacting with ions of the nucleus. Dust tail created from solar wind and sunlight. Comet tails point away from the Sun. ...
Solar System Cornell Notes - CE Williams Middle School
... meteoroid - small pieces of rock moving through space which come from broken up comets or asteroids. meteor - a meteoroid which has entered Earth's atmosphere and starts to vaporize. ("Shooting stars") meteorite - when a meteor is so large that it doesn't completely vaporize in Earth's atmosphere an ...
... meteoroid - small pieces of rock moving through space which come from broken up comets or asteroids. meteor - a meteoroid which has entered Earth's atmosphere and starts to vaporize. ("Shooting stars") meteorite - when a meteor is so large that it doesn't completely vaporize in Earth's atmosphere an ...
The most important questions to study for the exam
... • The meteorite was subjected to sudden and extreme stress when the larger object of which it was a part was struck and shattered by collision with another object. • The material of which the meteorite is composed contains significant quantities of water. • The meteorite cooled slowly as part of a l ...
... • The meteorite was subjected to sudden and extreme stress when the larger object of which it was a part was struck and shattered by collision with another object. • The material of which the meteorite is composed contains significant quantities of water. • The meteorite cooled slowly as part of a l ...
Our Solar System Exhibit Guide
... solar panels, antennae. How do you think the rover is powered? It gets energy from ...
... solar panels, antennae. How do you think the rover is powered? It gets energy from ...
Our local neighbourhood – The Solar System (PPT file, 6.12 MB)
... Our atmosphere is composed of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other constituents. ...
... Our atmosphere is composed of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other constituents. ...
2. Universe, Solar System and Earth`s formation
... collections of dust, rock and gas from various ...
... collections of dust, rock and gas from various ...
Asteroids Scenario Resources - co
... The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution Planet A body that orbits the sun Porous When referring to a rock or other materials porous refers to the material having minute holes through which liquid or air may pass. Proje ...
... The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution Planet A body that orbits the sun Porous When referring to a rock or other materials porous refers to the material having minute holes through which liquid or air may pass. Proje ...
Celestial Objects Picture Vocabulary
... the icy comet nucleus as it travels near the Sun; solar winds cause heated gases to stream out of the nucleus, forming a tail, which points away from the Sun. ...
... the icy comet nucleus as it travels near the Sun; solar winds cause heated gases to stream out of the nucleus, forming a tail, which points away from the Sun. ...
Chapter 6 Lecture 1
... H/He; no solid surface. • Gigantic for a planet: 300 Earth mass; >1,000 Earth volume. • Many moons, rings ...
... H/He; no solid surface. • Gigantic for a planet: 300 Earth mass; >1,000 Earth volume. • Many moons, rings ...
astronomy_SaturndayMPhysics07
... Venus’s atmosphere is 90 time thicker then Earth’s atmosphere! HOT, Crashing and Orange/Red… And, eh, it is also very sloooooooooow. One Venus’s day = 243 Earth’s days and it rotates the wrong way! ...
... Venus’s atmosphere is 90 time thicker then Earth’s atmosphere! HOT, Crashing and Orange/Red… And, eh, it is also very sloooooooooow. One Venus’s day = 243 Earth’s days and it rotates the wrong way! ...
Sledging on Mars
... (IRIS) mission until 27 June. That launch was unusual: the Pegasus XL rocket carrying IRIS was deployed from an aircraft over the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of 12 km, after which the rocket placed IRIS into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit that will allow it to make almost continuous solar observatio ...
... (IRIS) mission until 27 June. That launch was unusual: the Pegasus XL rocket carrying IRIS was deployed from an aircraft over the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of 12 km, after which the rocket placed IRIS into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit that will allow it to make almost continuous solar observatio ...
tail can extend millions of kilometers into space
... bodies (objects) that orbit the sun, usually found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This region is called the asteroid belt. ...
... bodies (objects) that orbit the sun, usually found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This region is called the asteroid belt. ...