Station 1 - Fall River Public Schools
... extremely far apart. The next nearest star to Earth, besides the sun, is Proxima Centauri. Light travels 9,460,000,000,000 kilometers in one year, or 300,000 kilometers per second. Even if you traveled at the speed of light, it would take you 4.3 years to reach Proxima Centauri. What Makes Up the Un ...
... extremely far apart. The next nearest star to Earth, besides the sun, is Proxima Centauri. Light travels 9,460,000,000,000 kilometers in one year, or 300,000 kilometers per second. Even if you traveled at the speed of light, it would take you 4.3 years to reach Proxima Centauri. What Makes Up the Un ...
Physics of Astronomy – Week 3 quiz
... An object orbiting the Sun with an orbital eccentricity of 0.1 has an orbit whose shape is a long, narrow ellipse. circular, but with the Sun off-center in the circle. ...
... An object orbiting the Sun with an orbital eccentricity of 0.1 has an orbit whose shape is a long, narrow ellipse. circular, but with the Sun off-center in the circle. ...
PHYS 390 Lectures 1/2 - The Big Picture 1/2
... Knowing the radius of the Earth’s orbit Res, distances to nearby stars can be found through parallax, the apparent motion of nearby stars caused by the motion of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun (first used in 1838 by Freidrich Wilhelm Bessel). Below, the Earth is shown in its orbit at two extr ...
... Knowing the radius of the Earth’s orbit Res, distances to nearby stars can be found through parallax, the apparent motion of nearby stars caused by the motion of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun (first used in 1838 by Freidrich Wilhelm Bessel). Below, the Earth is shown in its orbit at two extr ...
Getting Oriented with Maps
... Greenwich Observatory as the Prime Meridian, although French maps did not accept this until 1923. The “line states” of the US western territories were based on the Naval Observatory’s meridian. ...
... Greenwich Observatory as the Prime Meridian, although French maps did not accept this until 1923. The “line states” of the US western territories were based on the Naval Observatory’s meridian. ...
Problem Set # 8: The Last Problem Set Due Wednesday, December
... 1) [20 points] The dim little star Proxima Centauri, the Sun’s nearest neighbor among the stars, has a mass M = 0.12Msun , where Msun is the Sun’s mass. It has a luminosity L = 0.00014Lsun , where Lsun is the Sun’s luminosity. Like the Sun, Proxima Centauri is powered by the fusion of hydrogen into ...
... 1) [20 points] The dim little star Proxima Centauri, the Sun’s nearest neighbor among the stars, has a mass M = 0.12Msun , where Msun is the Sun’s mass. It has a luminosity L = 0.00014Lsun , where Lsun is the Sun’s luminosity. Like the Sun, Proxima Centauri is powered by the fusion of hydrogen into ...
3 The Outer Planets
... Saturn is the most distant planet that was known before the telescope was invented. The next planet, Uranus, is the third largest planet in the solar system. It is so far from the sun that it does not reflect much light. It cannot be seen from Earth without using a telescope. Like Jupiter and Saturn ...
... Saturn is the most distant planet that was known before the telescope was invented. The next planet, Uranus, is the third largest planet in the solar system. It is so far from the sun that it does not reflect much light. It cannot be seen from Earth without using a telescope. Like Jupiter and Saturn ...
Oxygen Isotopes Anomalies in the Solar System and the G0
... and supernova explosions) is expelled to ISM. The molecular clouds are sites for star formation. Extensive chemical and physical processing of materials in the Solar nebula and planetary bodies destroys the ISM heritage. But: Asteroids and comets have escaped significant alteration by the repr ...
... and supernova explosions) is expelled to ISM. The molecular clouds are sites for star formation. Extensive chemical and physical processing of materials in the Solar nebula and planetary bodies destroys the ISM heritage. But: Asteroids and comets have escaped significant alteration by the repr ...
Physics@Brock - Brock University
... 28. At the time of Galileo and Kepler, which of the following observations was the strongest evidence for a heliocentric model of the solar system? (a) The moons of Jupiter. (b) Stellar parallax. (c) The sunspots. (d) The gibbous and the quarter phases of Venus. 29. The ancient Greek astronomer who ...
... 28. At the time of Galileo and Kepler, which of the following observations was the strongest evidence for a heliocentric model of the solar system? (a) The moons of Jupiter. (b) Stellar parallax. (c) The sunspots. (d) The gibbous and the quarter phases of Venus. 29. The ancient Greek astronomer who ...
Right Ascension and Declination
... Declination is the astronomical equivalent of latitude. Declination is an angular distance of a point north or south of the Celestial Equator, a projection of the Earth’s equator into space. Declination is measured in degrees from -90° to +90°. • Celestial South Pole = -90° declination • Celestial E ...
... Declination is the astronomical equivalent of latitude. Declination is an angular distance of a point north or south of the Celestial Equator, a projection of the Earth’s equator into space. Declination is measured in degrees from -90° to +90°. • Celestial South Pole = -90° declination • Celestial E ...
Chapter2-Questions
... 1) craters on the Moon 2) sunspots 3) lunar maria 4) satellites of Jupiter 5) stars of the Milky Way ...
... 1) craters on the Moon 2) sunspots 3) lunar maria 4) satellites of Jupiter 5) stars of the Milky Way ...
Indirect heat energy
... 8. Why does the Moon appear to move across the sky? 3. Define rotation - _____________________________________ ...
... 8. Why does the Moon appear to move across the sky? 3. Define rotation - _____________________________________ ...
Solar System Formation, Earth, Mercury, and the Moon (Professor
... motion. Gravity tends to divide nebula into ringshaped zones and, later planets form. ...
... motion. Gravity tends to divide nebula into ringshaped zones and, later planets form. ...
The Stars and the Solar System
... far outside the solar system. Even as the Earth moves through its orbit around the Sun, each star remains nearly the same distance away. ...
... far outside the solar system. Even as the Earth moves through its orbit around the Sun, each star remains nearly the same distance away. ...
The Stars and the Solar System
... far outside the solar system. Even as the Earth moves through its orbit around the Sun, each star remains nearly the same distance away. ...
... far outside the solar system. Even as the Earth moves through its orbit around the Sun, each star remains nearly the same distance away. ...
Astronomy Through the Ages: 2 Middle ages through Renaissance
... Copernicus wrote an overview of his model and circulated it among his friends, including high officials of the church in 1514 CE. – It was well received, many including Pope Paul III were eager to learn more about his theory. – But he resisted openly publishing his views over two decades, not wishin ...
... Copernicus wrote an overview of his model and circulated it among his friends, including high officials of the church in 1514 CE. – It was well received, many including Pope Paul III were eager to learn more about his theory. – But he resisted openly publishing his views over two decades, not wishin ...
Astronomy Facts
... The sun is 1.4 million km across (110 times the earth), and over 150 million km away (500 light seconds) The largest stars (eg: Betelgeuse, Antares) are over 400 million km across (more than 300 times the diameter of the Sun) The brightest stars are over 10,000 times brighter than the sun. The dista ...
... The sun is 1.4 million km across (110 times the earth), and over 150 million km away (500 light seconds) The largest stars (eg: Betelgeuse, Antares) are over 400 million km across (more than 300 times the diameter of the Sun) The brightest stars are over 10,000 times brighter than the sun. The dista ...
PLANETARY MOTION
... viewpoints: from one of the planets, from the Sun or from outside the Solar System. We start positioning outside the Solar System: from this position we can see how planets are arranged, which are their orbits and their distances from the Sun. Start Stellarium and open the location window (left menu ...
... viewpoints: from one of the planets, from the Sun or from outside the Solar System. We start positioning outside the Solar System: from this position we can see how planets are arranged, which are their orbits and their distances from the Sun. Start Stellarium and open the location window (left menu ...
PLANETARY MOTION G. Iafrate(a) and M. Ramella(a) (a) INAF
... viewpoints: from one of the planets, from the Sun or from outside the Solar System. We start positioning outside the Solar System: from this position we can see how planets are arranged, which are their orbits and their distances from the Sun. Start Stellarium and open the location window (left menu ...
... viewpoints: from one of the planets, from the Sun or from outside the Solar System. We start positioning outside the Solar System: from this position we can see how planets are arranged, which are their orbits and their distances from the Sun. Start Stellarium and open the location window (left menu ...
This project is now funded
... memory flash drive. The plan now is to complete by mid-March the whole of this curriculum. In order that we may put this project into some perspective for you, one appendix 1 is one of the actual 10,800 lessons that would appear on the blackboard and is in the memory chip for them to use. Using the ...
... memory flash drive. The plan now is to complete by mid-March the whole of this curriculum. In order that we may put this project into some perspective for you, one appendix 1 is one of the actual 10,800 lessons that would appear on the blackboard and is in the memory chip for them to use. Using the ...
Basic Information about the Solar System Handout
... Even though the planets make up only a small portion of the solar system's mass, they do retain the vast majority of the solar system's angular momentum. This storehouse of momentum can be utilized by interplanetary spacecraft on so-called "gravityassist" trajectories. Fusion: The Sun's gravity crea ...
... Even though the planets make up only a small portion of the solar system's mass, they do retain the vast majority of the solar system's angular momentum. This storehouse of momentum can be utilized by interplanetary spacecraft on so-called "gravityassist" trajectories. Fusion: The Sun's gravity crea ...
Celestial Mechanics
... inferior planets - planets closer to Sun than Earth - Mercury, Venus superior planets - planets farther from Sun than Earth - all other planets elongation - the angle seen at the Earth between the direction to the Sun’s center and the direction to the planet Assumed that outer planets revolve more s ...
... inferior planets - planets closer to Sun than Earth - Mercury, Venus superior planets - planets farther from Sun than Earth - all other planets elongation - the angle seen at the Earth between the direction to the Sun’s center and the direction to the planet Assumed that outer planets revolve more s ...
The energy budget of planets
... as the range of distances from the Sun for which a planet can have liquid water on its surface Empirically: Venus is inside the habitable zone and Mars outside for the Solar System But… calculating the exact boundaries is hard - depends upon the nature of the planet and its atmosphere ...
... as the range of distances from the Sun for which a planet can have liquid water on its surface Empirically: Venus is inside the habitable zone and Mars outside for the Solar System But… calculating the exact boundaries is hard - depends upon the nature of the planet and its atmosphere ...
1 - Astronomy
... explained why the planets never move far from the ecliptic, but treated Mercury and Venus as special cases in order to explain their small elongations. 3. Ptolemy’s model meets the first two criteria for a scientific model fairly well but it is much less successful with the third. 4. The Ptolemaic m ...
... explained why the planets never move far from the ecliptic, but treated Mercury and Venus as special cases in order to explain their small elongations. 3. Ptolemy’s model meets the first two criteria for a scientific model fairly well but it is much less successful with the third. 4. The Ptolemaic m ...
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... Tycho Brahe: built special instruments and influenced another scientist (Kepler) to determine the true shape of orbits Galileo Galilei: Observed moons orbiting Jupiter using his telescope Johannes Kepler: Successfully described planetary motion Formulated ...
... Tycho Brahe: built special instruments and influenced another scientist (Kepler) to determine the true shape of orbits Galileo Galilei: Observed moons orbiting Jupiter using his telescope Johannes Kepler: Successfully described planetary motion Formulated ...