Revolutions of Earth
... heavens, are a set of spheres layered on top of one another. Each object in the sky is attached to a sphere and moves around Earth as that sphere rotates. From Earth outward, these spheres contain the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. An outer sphere holds all the stars. Sinc ...
... heavens, are a set of spheres layered on top of one another. Each object in the sky is attached to a sphere and moves around Earth as that sphere rotates. From Earth outward, these spheres contain the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. An outer sphere holds all the stars. Sinc ...
PPT - ILWS
... • Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), in Earth orbit, to be launched in 2008, life time more than 4 years • But: no in-situ instruments, no coronagraph • Solar Orbiter, in near-Sun execliptic orbit, launch 2015 (?) But: not much context with Earth • Sentinels 2013 ?? • Solar Probe ??? ...
... • Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), in Earth orbit, to be launched in 2008, life time more than 4 years • But: no in-situ instruments, no coronagraph • Solar Orbiter, in near-Sun execliptic orbit, launch 2015 (?) But: not much context with Earth • Sentinels 2013 ?? • Solar Probe ??? ...
Sizing-up the planets activity
... students calculate scale diameters of the other eight planets and the sun. 3) Using poster paper, construct scale models of each planet and the sun. *Note: use drawing compass to draw smaller, inner planets. Use 22 cm piece of string to draw larger outer planets by holding one end of string on the p ...
... students calculate scale diameters of the other eight planets and the sun. 3) Using poster paper, construct scale models of each planet and the sun. *Note: use drawing compass to draw smaller, inner planets. Use 22 cm piece of string to draw larger outer planets by holding one end of string on the p ...
Meteors and Comets
... Scientists try to predict when comets will come too close to Earth Sometimes comets collide with planets and their moons Haley’s Comet is the most famous comet, it passes by Earth every 76 years – the last time it passed by Earth was in 1986 When Earth crosses the path of a comet, leftover dust and ...
... Scientists try to predict when comets will come too close to Earth Sometimes comets collide with planets and their moons Haley’s Comet is the most famous comet, it passes by Earth every 76 years – the last time it passed by Earth was in 1986 When Earth crosses the path of a comet, leftover dust and ...
Meteors and Comets
... cloud-like mass we see in the front. The tail is the trailing part which is made up of small particles and ice. Are usually named after the person who discovered them. Halley's Comet (above) and Hale-Bopp Comet (right) are two famous comets. ...
... cloud-like mass we see in the front. The tail is the trailing part which is made up of small particles and ice. Are usually named after the person who discovered them. Halley's Comet (above) and Hale-Bopp Comet (right) are two famous comets. ...
Gravity
... In the late 1500’s and early 1600’s the Italian scientist Galileo was one of the very few people to advocate the Copernican view, for which the Church eventually had him placed under house arrest. After hearing about the invention of a spyglass in Holland, Galileo made a telescope and discovered fou ...
... In the late 1500’s and early 1600’s the Italian scientist Galileo was one of the very few people to advocate the Copernican view, for which the Church eventually had him placed under house arrest. After hearing about the invention of a spyglass in Holland, Galileo made a telescope and discovered fou ...
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (Professor Powerpoint)
... system, showing extensive re-surfacing The pull of Jupiter causes Io to be pulled into a elongated shape (similar to an egg). This causes enormous heating. The next outer moons, Europa and Ganymede also exert gravitational forces on Io . ...
... system, showing extensive re-surfacing The pull of Jupiter causes Io to be pulled into a elongated shape (similar to an egg). This causes enormous heating. The next outer moons, Europa and Ganymede also exert gravitational forces on Io . ...
Volume 1 (Issue 3), March 2012
... Cycles of the Sun, Earth and Planets Our Sun, the nearest star, rises and sets every day. This motion of the Sun in the sky occurs because of the rotation of the Earth on its axis. The Earth completes one rotation in 24 hours and takes approximately 365.25 days to complete one revolution around the ...
... Cycles of the Sun, Earth and Planets Our Sun, the nearest star, rises and sets every day. This motion of the Sun in the sky occurs because of the rotation of the Earth on its axis. The Earth completes one rotation in 24 hours and takes approximately 365.25 days to complete one revolution around the ...
File
... exception of Pluto, also orbit the sun in essentially the same plane. The ecliptic plane then contains most of the objects which are orbiting the sun. This suggests that the formation process of the solar system resulted in a disk of material out of which formed the sun and the planets. The 23.5° ti ...
... exception of Pluto, also orbit the sun in essentially the same plane. The ecliptic plane then contains most of the objects which are orbiting the sun. This suggests that the formation process of the solar system resulted in a disk of material out of which formed the sun and the planets. The 23.5° ti ...
Origin and Nature of Planetary Systems
... Moon? To represent accurately the distances between them, how far apart would you need to put the Moon from the Earth (answers on page 3)? We now have a set of balls and beads that represent the planets (plus Pluto). On this scale, the Sun would be a little less than 5 feet in diameter (4.6 feet o ...
... Moon? To represent accurately the distances between them, how far apart would you need to put the Moon from the Earth (answers on page 3)? We now have a set of balls and beads that represent the planets (plus Pluto). On this scale, the Sun would be a little less than 5 feet in diameter (4.6 feet o ...
Inquiry Plan, Year 5/6 - Owairoa Primary School
... centre of our solar system and that it has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (Pluto as a ‘dwarf planet’). They should understand that a moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet (Earth has one moon; Jupiter has four large moons and numerous smaller o ...
... centre of our solar system and that it has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (Pluto as a ‘dwarf planet’). They should understand that a moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet (Earth has one moon; Jupiter has four large moons and numerous smaller o ...
Right Ascension / Declination
... one hour at the point where Sirius was, the star you are now looking at is located 1 R.A. hour away from Sirius. (We do not recommend trying this. There are much better things to be doing with your time.) There is only one slight hitch with all of this. Due to precession, the earth wobbles and in th ...
... one hour at the point where Sirius was, the star you are now looking at is located 1 R.A. hour away from Sirius. (We do not recommend trying this. There are much better things to be doing with your time.) There is only one slight hitch with all of this. Due to precession, the earth wobbles and in th ...
Word doc - UC-HiPACC - University of California, Santa Cruz
... So far, Kepler hasn’t yet found an identical twin to Earth: a rocky body of similar mass, sweet with liquid water, in the “Goldilocks zone” for temperatures just right for life as we know it to evolve. In fact, Kepler hasn’t yet found even an exoplanetary system resembling our Solar System, with roc ...
... So far, Kepler hasn’t yet found an identical twin to Earth: a rocky body of similar mass, sweet with liquid water, in the “Goldilocks zone” for temperatures just right for life as we know it to evolve. In fact, Kepler hasn’t yet found even an exoplanetary system resembling our Solar System, with roc ...
Exoplanets - Mid-Pacific Institute
... They plan to detect exoplanets as they pass in front of their parent stars ...
... They plan to detect exoplanets as they pass in front of their parent stars ...
a. What do we mean by a light year?
... On earth we use latitude and longitude. Latitude measures the angular distance we are north or south of the equator as measured from the center of the Earth. Lines of latitude are parallel to one another and form circles whose radius decreases as we approach the poles. Longitude measures how far eas ...
... On earth we use latitude and longitude. Latitude measures the angular distance we are north or south of the equator as measured from the center of the Earth. Lines of latitude are parallel to one another and form circles whose radius decreases as we approach the poles. Longitude measures how far eas ...
Notes and Equations
... orbital periods. We therefore see them approximately in the direction of the ecliptic. The motion of the planets can be somewhat complicated. On the average, all the major planets move from west to east as part of their revolution around the Sun. However, the are also seen to undergo retrograde moti ...
... orbital periods. We therefore see them approximately in the direction of the ecliptic. The motion of the planets can be somewhat complicated. On the average, all the major planets move from west to east as part of their revolution around the Sun. However, the are also seen to undergo retrograde moti ...
Earth Moon Sun Jeopardy (1)
... energy received by the northern hemisphere when it is tilted away from the Sun? ...
... energy received by the northern hemisphere when it is tilted away from the Sun? ...
Earth Moon Sun Jeopardy
... energy received by the northern hemisphere when it is tilted away from the Sun? ...
... energy received by the northern hemisphere when it is tilted away from the Sun? ...
ASTR 101 Final Study Guide Use as a guide to the topics as you
... nitrogen with some Oxygen, Mars is similar to Venus but much thinner) Spin Slowly (Earth spins the quickest - 23 hrs and 56 mins, Venus is the slowest - 243 days) ...
... nitrogen with some Oxygen, Mars is similar to Venus but much thinner) Spin Slowly (Earth spins the quickest - 23 hrs and 56 mins, Venus is the slowest - 243 days) ...
CelestialSphere
... We see Mercury and Venus follow the Sun around in the sky. They may go down after, or come up before it. If they go down after, we see them in the evening. ...
... We see Mercury and Venus follow the Sun around in the sky. They may go down after, or come up before it. If they go down after, we see them in the evening. ...
CelestialSphere02
... We see Mercury and Venus follow the Sun around in the sky. They may go down after, or come up before it. If they go down after, we see them in the evening. ...
... We see Mercury and Venus follow the Sun around in the sky. They may go down after, or come up before it. If they go down after, we see them in the evening. ...
Kepler`s Laws and Galileo 8/31/2016
... • Venus had definite phases and clearly orbiting Sun • Observed sunspots (patches on Sun). Sun revolved on own axis. Wasn’t “perfect” and changes in unpredictable manner • Observed Saturn’s rings but was confused as to what they were • Wrote book on Copernican vs Ptolemaic models in 1632, nominally ...
... • Venus had definite phases and clearly orbiting Sun • Observed sunspots (patches on Sun). Sun revolved on own axis. Wasn’t “perfect” and changes in unpredictable manner • Observed Saturn’s rings but was confused as to what they were • Wrote book on Copernican vs Ptolemaic models in 1632, nominally ...
The Doppler effect
... Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, were the first to make it to the Moon. There are nine planets in our solar system and no two are exactly the same. They differ in size, motion, composition, density, and temperature. However, some have few similar features. The inner planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, a ...
... Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, were the first to make it to the Moon. There are nine planets in our solar system and no two are exactly the same. They differ in size, motion, composition, density, and temperature. However, some have few similar features. The inner planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, a ...
Solar System Teacher Notes
... It is a ring or belt of asteroids orbiting the Sun. Although there are several of these, the main one is between Mars and Jupiter. It is here that the dwarf planet, Ceres can be found. 4.19 What is a satellite? Any object that is in orbit around another. Natural satellites are called moons. 4.20 Wha ...
... It is a ring or belt of asteroids orbiting the Sun. Although there are several of these, the main one is between Mars and Jupiter. It is here that the dwarf planet, Ceres can be found. 4.19 What is a satellite? Any object that is in orbit around another. Natural satellites are called moons. 4.20 Wha ...
The Jovian Planets Sizes of Jovian planets compared to the Earth
... • Record, cartridge and needle are encased in aluminum jacket. Symbolic instructions on origin of spacecraft and directions on how to place the record included • Time till closest approach to ...
... • Record, cartridge and needle are encased in aluminum jacket. Symbolic instructions on origin of spacecraft and directions on how to place the record included • Time till closest approach to ...