Yukon Grade One Earth and Space Science: Daily And Seasonal
... Complete a detailed model showing the Sun as the centre of the solar system, and as the energy source for Earth. Compare familiar constellations in seasonal skies. Identify and label constellations on a constellation map. Create a chart that records how constellations change position in the sky at d ...
... Complete a detailed model showing the Sun as the centre of the solar system, and as the energy source for Earth. Compare familiar constellations in seasonal skies. Identify and label constellations on a constellation map. Create a chart that records how constellations change position in the sky at d ...
Minerals
... In NYS, the sun is almost always in the southern sky; therefore shadows always point north. For anything about seasons: IT’S ALL IN THE TILT – 23 ½ o Earth’s eccentricity is very slight, so it is not quite a circle, it’s an oblate sphere or a slightly eccentric ellipse; BUT . . . A diagram of Earth’ ...
... In NYS, the sun is almost always in the southern sky; therefore shadows always point north. For anything about seasons: IT’S ALL IN THE TILT – 23 ½ o Earth’s eccentricity is very slight, so it is not quite a circle, it’s an oblate sphere or a slightly eccentric ellipse; BUT . . . A diagram of Earth’ ...
Centre of Mass
... • For life to exist on a palnet, it must also be in the habitable zone. This is the region in the solar system which is neither too hot nor too cold, but just right. Astronomers believe that in other solar systems, too, such habitable zones exist and life is more probable in those planets which fall ...
... • For life to exist on a palnet, it must also be in the habitable zone. This is the region in the solar system which is neither too hot nor too cold, but just right. Astronomers believe that in other solar systems, too, such habitable zones exist and life is more probable in those planets which fall ...
Earth Moon Sun System
... • When the Earth-Moon system is viewed from above (looking down at the North Pole on Earth) the Moon orbits in a counter clockwise fashion. • Like Earth’s orbit around the Sun, the Moon orbit around Earth is elliptical, which causes variations in the Moon’s distance from Earth. • Perigee – The pt. a ...
... • When the Earth-Moon system is viewed from above (looking down at the North Pole on Earth) the Moon orbits in a counter clockwise fashion. • Like Earth’s orbit around the Sun, the Moon orbit around Earth is elliptical, which causes variations in the Moon’s distance from Earth. • Perigee – The pt. a ...
Solar system power point
... 3. If the Sun has a strong enough gravitational pull to keep planets in orbit around them, why do the planets not get pulled into the Sun? ...
... 3. If the Sun has a strong enough gravitational pull to keep planets in orbit around them, why do the planets not get pulled into the Sun? ...
The Sun: Home Star
... • Close-up model for other stars • Local “lab” for testing ideas about the physics of stars • Energy source for most life on earth ...
... • Close-up model for other stars • Local “lab” for testing ideas about the physics of stars • Energy source for most life on earth ...
lecture 32 orbits
... (retrograde motion). During a planet’s retrograde motion, it appeared brighter than ...
... (retrograde motion). During a planet’s retrograde motion, it appeared brighter than ...
Document
... Able to soft land on the moon. First spacecraft to carry an astronauts. Designed for two astronauts. Putting a person on the moon. Designed to be reused. ...
... Able to soft land on the moon. First spacecraft to carry an astronauts. Designed for two astronauts. Putting a person on the moon. Designed to be reused. ...
VARIATIONS IN SOLAR RADIATION AND THE CAUSE OF ICE AGES
... to have existed beforehand as a factor demanding consideration but have more or less had to be sought out and forced into the discussion. Where purely dynamical hypotheses are concerned it has been shown with certainty that the necessary changes would not occur with the required irregularity or to a ...
... to have existed beforehand as a factor demanding consideration but have more or less had to be sought out and forced into the discussion. Where purely dynamical hypotheses are concerned it has been shown with certainty that the necessary changes would not occur with the required irregularity or to a ...
Forecasting Tools and Techniques
... The Capricorn Ingress chart marks a very significant aspect (as do all equinox and solstice charts) between the Sun and Earth. Using an astro-locality map, we can identify places that have important points and planets angular, significant parans, etc. Then, we can examine the chart cast for those lo ...
... The Capricorn Ingress chart marks a very significant aspect (as do all equinox and solstice charts) between the Sun and Earth. Using an astro-locality map, we can identify places that have important points and planets angular, significant parans, etc. Then, we can examine the chart cast for those lo ...
Rex Space
... Next, smaller than some moons in our solar system Mercury is the planet closest to the sun. It looks very similar to our moon. *For example Mercury is the closest planet to our sun. Fact, Mercury has a core that is made from pure molten iron. Finaly Mars is known as the Red Planet, it is the planet ...
... Next, smaller than some moons in our solar system Mercury is the planet closest to the sun. It looks very similar to our moon. *For example Mercury is the closest planet to our sun. Fact, Mercury has a core that is made from pure molten iron. Finaly Mars is known as the Red Planet, it is the planet ...
Asteroseismology and the Solar
... calibration of stellar structure/evolution models to many new sets of physical conditions and ages. • Measurements of latitudinal differential rotation and convection zone depths will provide new constraints for solar/stellar dynamo models. ...
... calibration of stellar structure/evolution models to many new sets of physical conditions and ages. • Measurements of latitudinal differential rotation and convection zone depths will provide new constraints for solar/stellar dynamo models. ...
The Solar System
... Pluto – Does not fit the current definition of a “planet”. Pluto is a small icy world clearly different from either the Jovian and Terrestrial worlds. Since its discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, it has been a unique mystery mostly because of its great distance from the Earth and is peculiar orbit ...
... Pluto – Does not fit the current definition of a “planet”. Pluto is a small icy world clearly different from either the Jovian and Terrestrial worlds. Since its discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, it has been a unique mystery mostly because of its great distance from the Earth and is peculiar orbit ...
A star by any other name - Baruch Sterman
... to keep the holidays in sync with the seasons. In ancient times the leap month was not fixed according to any mathematical calculation, but rather was determined according to astronomical observations and other parochial considerations such as that year’s particular agricultural/climatic conditions. ...
... to keep the holidays in sync with the seasons. In ancient times the leap month was not fixed according to any mathematical calculation, but rather was determined according to astronomical observations and other parochial considerations such as that year’s particular agricultural/climatic conditions. ...
The Sun
... high speed from the corona Travel through solar system and are lost to space Alters appearance of bodies in the solar system Earth’s magnetic field doesn’t allow them to reach our surface --> do affect our atmosphere ...
... high speed from the corona Travel through solar system and are lost to space Alters appearance of bodies in the solar system Earth’s magnetic field doesn’t allow them to reach our surface --> do affect our atmosphere ...
space facts sheet
... Third planet from the Sun. Mars The largest canyon in the solar system Called the Red Planet Valles Marineris, is as wide as the United States. Might have had running water at one time. Has ice caps Largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons Jupiter The largest planet has an atmosphere of col ...
... Third planet from the Sun. Mars The largest canyon in the solar system Called the Red Planet Valles Marineris, is as wide as the United States. Might have had running water at one time. Has ice caps Largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons Jupiter The largest planet has an atmosphere of col ...
The Small Objects. The Sun.
... Sunspots are kept together by strong magnetic fields. Usually sunspot appear in pairs connected by a loop of magnetic field lines. The loops rising into the chromosphere or corona may appear as solar prominences. Solar flares are events releasing a lot of energy ...
... Sunspots are kept together by strong magnetic fields. Usually sunspot appear in pairs connected by a loop of magnetic field lines. The loops rising into the chromosphere or corona may appear as solar prominences. Solar flares are events releasing a lot of energy ...
Canis Major
... animals he hunted up there near him. Scorpius, however, was placed on the opposite side of the sky so Orion would never be hurt by it again. ...
... animals he hunted up there near him. Scorpius, however, was placed on the opposite side of the sky so Orion would never be hurt by it again. ...
The Sun, Stars, and Beyond
... • Particularly Sunspots and Prominences, as can be seen with a simple telescope and filter. • Sunspots are magnetic storms that peak every 11 years, causing electromagnetic disturbances on the Earth. • Streams of hot ionized gas that loop along the sunspot’s field lines are called prominances. ...
... • Particularly Sunspots and Prominences, as can be seen with a simple telescope and filter. • Sunspots are magnetic storms that peak every 11 years, causing electromagnetic disturbances on the Earth. • Streams of hot ionized gas that loop along the sunspot’s field lines are called prominances. ...
Gr9_unit1_ch10_notes-2015
... Each planet was not attached directly to its sphere but to an off-centre wheel (epicycle). This model was accepted for nearly 1500 years. Around Ptolemy’s time the astrolab was invented. This instrument was used to locate and predict the position of the Sun, Moon and stars. It allowed for more acc ...
... Each planet was not attached directly to its sphere but to an off-centre wheel (epicycle). This model was accepted for nearly 1500 years. Around Ptolemy’s time the astrolab was invented. This instrument was used to locate and predict the position of the Sun, Moon and stars. It allowed for more acc ...
Universe 8/e Chapter 2 - Physics and Astronomy
... The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth’s axis. Over the course of a year, the Sun appears to move around the celestial sphere along a path called the ecliptic. The ecliptic is inclined to the celestial equator by about 231⁄2°. The ecliptic crosses the celestial equator at two points in the ...
... The seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth’s axis. Over the course of a year, the Sun appears to move around the celestial sphere along a path called the ecliptic. The ecliptic is inclined to the celestial equator by about 231⁄2°. The ecliptic crosses the celestial equator at two points in the ...
Relative sizes of astronomical objects
... This image represents the relative sizes of our Sun and Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), Pollux (Beta Geminorum) and Arcturus (Alpha Bootes). ‘Giant’ Jupiter is just 1 pixel in this perspective. Earth is invisible on this scale. ...
... This image represents the relative sizes of our Sun and Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), Pollux (Beta Geminorum) and Arcturus (Alpha Bootes). ‘Giant’ Jupiter is just 1 pixel in this perspective. Earth is invisible on this scale. ...