ASTR 100: Homework 1 Solutions McGaugh, Fall 2008
... most pennants? Which has won the most world series? These are all questions that can be answered clearly and quantitatively. The trick is agreeing which statistic qualifies a team as the ‘best of all time.’ It often happens that even when we agree on the facts, we may not agree on what they mean. Do ...
... most pennants? Which has won the most world series? These are all questions that can be answered clearly and quantitatively. The trick is agreeing which statistic qualifies a team as the ‘best of all time.’ It often happens that even when we agree on the facts, we may not agree on what they mean. Do ...
JOHN FLAMSTEED 1646-1719
... IN NIGHT. GOD SAID, ‘LET NEWTON BE’, AND ALL WAS LIGHT”. • IN A SURVEY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN 2005 MEMBERS SAID THAT NEWTON HAD A GREATER CONTRIBUTION BOTH TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TO HUMAN KIND THAN DID ALBERT EINSTEIN. • MICHAEL HART, AN OXFORD FELLOW IN POLITICS, RANKS NEWTON 2ND ONLY TO MO ...
... IN NIGHT. GOD SAID, ‘LET NEWTON BE’, AND ALL WAS LIGHT”. • IN A SURVEY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY IN 2005 MEMBERS SAID THAT NEWTON HAD A GREATER CONTRIBUTION BOTH TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TO HUMAN KIND THAN DID ALBERT EINSTEIN. • MICHAEL HART, AN OXFORD FELLOW IN POLITICS, RANKS NEWTON 2ND ONLY TO MO ...
September - City School District of Albany
... ____3.1b Minerals are formed inorganically by the process of crystallization as a result of specific environmental conditions. These include: - Cooling and solidification of magma - Precipitation from water caused by such processes as evaporation, chemical reactions, and temperature changes - Rearra ...
... ____3.1b Minerals are formed inorganically by the process of crystallization as a result of specific environmental conditions. These include: - Cooling and solidification of magma - Precipitation from water caused by such processes as evaporation, chemical reactions, and temperature changes - Rearra ...
Pocket Solar System
... Notes to the presenter Making the Pocket Solar System model Refer to the illustrated instruction sheet to guide participants through the following steps: 1. Put the Sun at one end of the paper and the Kuiper belt at the other end. 2. Fold the paper in half and make sure you crease it firmly. Un ...
... Notes to the presenter Making the Pocket Solar System model Refer to the illustrated instruction sheet to guide participants through the following steps: 1. Put the Sun at one end of the paper and the Kuiper belt at the other end. 2. Fold the paper in half and make sure you crease it firmly. Un ...
Gravity Reading - Northwest ISD Moodle
... 5 There is gravitational attraction between all objects. Why is the affect stronger in some cases? For example, Earth’s gravity has a more powerful affect on you than the Sun’s gravity. How could this be possible? After all, the Sun’s gravitational attraction holds all of the objects in the solar sy ...
... 5 There is gravitational attraction between all objects. Why is the affect stronger in some cases? For example, Earth’s gravity has a more powerful affect on you than the Sun’s gravity. How could this be possible? After all, the Sun’s gravitational attraction holds all of the objects in the solar sy ...
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... Define a dependent variable. Dependent variable: the value that changes according to the changes in the other variable (what is being measured) Define a control variable. Control: The standard by which the experimental results can be compared ...
... Define a dependent variable. Dependent variable: the value that changes according to the changes in the other variable (what is being measured) Define a control variable. Control: The standard by which the experimental results can be compared ...
Celestial Motions
... “lap” another planet (or when Mercury or Venus laps us) • But very difficult to explain if you think that Earth is the center of the universe! • In fact, ancients considered. but rejected the correct explanation. But they did have an explanation. ...
... “lap” another planet (or when Mercury or Venus laps us) • But very difficult to explain if you think that Earth is the center of the universe! • In fact, ancients considered. but rejected the correct explanation. But they did have an explanation. ...
Paper Plate Sun - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... 2. Core – Draw a circle about two inches in diameter around the dot. Label this circle the ‘core’. In the Sun, the core is 27 million degrees F – this is so hot and has such high pressure that hydrogen gas is fused into helium - releasing lots of energy! 3. Radiative Zone – Draw another circle about ...
... 2. Core – Draw a circle about two inches in diameter around the dot. Label this circle the ‘core’. In the Sun, the core is 27 million degrees F – this is so hot and has such high pressure that hydrogen gas is fused into helium - releasing lots of energy! 3. Radiative Zone – Draw another circle about ...
Lecture 2 - University of Chicago, Astronomy
... in the telescope, but stars did not; observed all four phases of the Venus (gibbous phases could not be explained by the Ptolemaic model); discovered four largest satellites of Jupiter; they are still called Galilean moons; this was another blow to the dying Ptolemaic system. Galileo resolved the Mi ...
... in the telescope, but stars did not; observed all four phases of the Venus (gibbous phases could not be explained by the Ptolemaic model); discovered four largest satellites of Jupiter; they are still called Galilean moons; this was another blow to the dying Ptolemaic system. Galileo resolved the Mi ...
Due: January 3, 2014 Name
... The celestial equator is the great circle on the celestial sphere that is midway between the celestial poles. The plane of the celestial equator is the same as the plane of the Earth’s equator. The north and south celestial poles are at the intersection of the celestial sphere with the extension of ...
... The celestial equator is the great circle on the celestial sphere that is midway between the celestial poles. The plane of the celestial equator is the same as the plane of the Earth’s equator. The north and south celestial poles are at the intersection of the celestial sphere with the extension of ...
Geocentric vs. Heliocentric - Answering the Debate 2014
... argument. Obviously, the Catholic Church of the Renaissance Era would have been seriously humbled by this mistake and it would have exposed great weakness in their “heavy handed” approach. A much more benevolent Catholic Church today would be far less likely to make a similar mistake HOWEVER, ma ...
... argument. Obviously, the Catholic Church of the Renaissance Era would have been seriously humbled by this mistake and it would have exposed great weakness in their “heavy handed” approach. A much more benevolent Catholic Church today would be far less likely to make a similar mistake HOWEVER, ma ...
ppt - Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington
... (99.8% of mass of solar system) • Density: 1.41 (water = 1) • Composition (by mass): Hydrogen: 73%, Helium: 25%, ...
... (99.8% of mass of solar system) • Density: 1.41 (water = 1) • Composition (by mass): Hydrogen: 73%, Helium: 25%, ...
ASTR_CGT_TheSun_v01x
... products and the rates of reaction. F. Carbon-based compounds are building-blocks of known life forms on earth and numerous useful natural and synthetic products. G. Waves are the propagation of a disturbance. They transport energy and momentum but do not transport matter. ...
... products and the rates of reaction. F. Carbon-based compounds are building-blocks of known life forms on earth and numerous useful natural and synthetic products. G. Waves are the propagation of a disturbance. They transport energy and momentum but do not transport matter. ...
Friday Feb 25th, 2000
... – The earth’s axis is tilted compared to the rest of the flat solar system (planets roll around in their orbits like BB’s on a plate) – So the motion of the sun (and everything else in the solar system) is along a tilted line or path = ecliptic – That tilted path runs through some constellations… ho ...
... – The earth’s axis is tilted compared to the rest of the flat solar system (planets roll around in their orbits like BB’s on a plate) – So the motion of the sun (and everything else in the solar system) is along a tilted line or path = ecliptic – That tilted path runs through some constellations… ho ...
Planets in the Sky
... – Mars is the only superior planet ever shows a visible phase. – As the distance to a superior planet from the Sun increases, less and less of the unlit side becomes visible from Earth. ...
... – Mars is the only superior planet ever shows a visible phase. – As the distance to a superior planet from the Sun increases, less and less of the unlit side becomes visible from Earth. ...
Lesson 1 – Explain – Page 375 “The Structure of
... The light from the Sun shines on all of the planets every day. The Sun also applies gravitational forces to objects in the solar system. Gravitational forces cause the planets and other objects to move around, or orbit, the Sun. Objects That Orbit the Sun Different kinds of objects orbit the Sun. ...
... The light from the Sun shines on all of the planets every day. The Sun also applies gravitational forces to objects in the solar system. Gravitational forces cause the planets and other objects to move around, or orbit, the Sun. Objects That Orbit the Sun Different kinds of objects orbit the Sun. ...
Meteroroids! Asteroids! Comets!
... of a comet; The coma is composed of water vapor, carbon dioxide gas, ammonia, and dust. Gas Tail: A tail of charged gases (ions) always faces away from the sun because the solar wind. Dust Tail: The dust tail is a long, wide tail composed of tiny dust particles ; this tail curves slightly due to the ...
... of a comet; The coma is composed of water vapor, carbon dioxide gas, ammonia, and dust. Gas Tail: A tail of charged gases (ions) always faces away from the sun because the solar wind. Dust Tail: The dust tail is a long, wide tail composed of tiny dust particles ; this tail curves slightly due to the ...
Outer Planets Review Sheet with answers: 1.) Give the order of the
... system bodies that can’t be called planets are called (1 Mark) In honour of Pluto’s place in the history of our space exploration, we can small solar system bodies “Plutoids.” (As if Pluto knows or cares…) 42.) Eris is found in a second asteroid belt-like area called the… (2 Marks) Kuiper Belt 43.) ...
... system bodies that can’t be called planets are called (1 Mark) In honour of Pluto’s place in the history of our space exploration, we can small solar system bodies “Plutoids.” (As if Pluto knows or cares…) 42.) Eris is found in a second asteroid belt-like area called the… (2 Marks) Kuiper Belt 43.) ...
Meteroroids! Asteroids! Comets!
... of a comet; The coma is composed of water vapor, carbon dioxide gas, ammonia, and dust. Gas Tail: A tail of charged gases (ions) always faces away from the sun because the solar wind. Dust Tail: The dust tail is a long, wide tail composed of tiny dust particles ; this tail curves slightly due to the ...
... of a comet; The coma is composed of water vapor, carbon dioxide gas, ammonia, and dust. Gas Tail: A tail of charged gases (ions) always faces away from the sun because the solar wind. Dust Tail: The dust tail is a long, wide tail composed of tiny dust particles ; this tail curves slightly due to the ...
New Corroboration of Meier`s Information Regarding Other Planets
... is yet another planet, UNI, which the Pleiadians/Plejarans say has an alleged SOL orbital period of 3,600 years. Unfortunately, I am unable to describe the planet Vulcan/Volkano any better than I can the two outer planets -- Transpluto and UNI -- because I have never been given any descriptions abou ...
... is yet another planet, UNI, which the Pleiadians/Plejarans say has an alleged SOL orbital period of 3,600 years. Unfortunately, I am unable to describe the planet Vulcan/Volkano any better than I can the two outer planets -- Transpluto and UNI -- because I have never been given any descriptions abou ...
Stars Galaxies Sun
... outermost layer of Sun’s atmosphere cannot be seen with naked eye, except during TOTAL solar eclipse huge cloud of gas that keeps the atomic particles from the surface from escaping into space ...
... outermost layer of Sun’s atmosphere cannot be seen with naked eye, except during TOTAL solar eclipse huge cloud of gas that keeps the atomic particles from the surface from escaping into space ...
report
... construction paper and then have them project a light through the paper and hang Styrofoam balls from the ceiling at the locations that the light hits them. Make sure that the students place the balls at different depth locations relative to the light source. Due to safety of getting up and down the ...
... construction paper and then have them project a light through the paper and hang Styrofoam balls from the ceiling at the locations that the light hits them. Make sure that the students place the balls at different depth locations relative to the light source. Due to safety of getting up and down the ...
Power Point Version
... Different Sizes? • If Moon is closer to Earth (perigee) = bigger shadow and longer eclipse; total eclipse • If Moon is further from Earth (apogee) = umbra does not reach earth surface = ...
... Different Sizes? • If Moon is closer to Earth (perigee) = bigger shadow and longer eclipse; total eclipse • If Moon is further from Earth (apogee) = umbra does not reach earth surface = ...
Chapter 27 Stars and Galaxies
... storms in the Earth’s upper atmosphere ► Solar winds attracted to Earth’s magnetic poles by the Earth’s magnetosphere (space around Earth that contains a magnetic field) ► Electrically charged particles strike gas molecules in the upper atmosphere ► Green, red, blue, or violet sheets of light are ...
... storms in the Earth’s upper atmosphere ► Solar winds attracted to Earth’s magnetic poles by the Earth’s magnetosphere (space around Earth that contains a magnetic field) ► Electrically charged particles strike gas molecules in the upper atmosphere ► Green, red, blue, or violet sheets of light are ...
Mathematics (P)review
... Light-year (LY): the distance light travels in a year (9.5 trillion km) - nearest star is Proxima Centauri @ 4.3 LY - “solar neighborhood” ~ few thousand LY - diameter of our Galaxy ~ 100,000 LY - nearest major galaxy (M31) ~ 3 Million LY - “diameter” of observable universe ~ 93 Billion LY On small ...
... Light-year (LY): the distance light travels in a year (9.5 trillion km) - nearest star is Proxima Centauri @ 4.3 LY - “solar neighborhood” ~ few thousand LY - diameter of our Galaxy ~ 100,000 LY - nearest major galaxy (M31) ~ 3 Million LY - “diameter” of observable universe ~ 93 Billion LY On small ...