3 Exam #1
... 33. How can we determine the relative age of a planetary surface from remote observation? How old are the surfaces of Mercury, Venus, and Mars? 34. Describe the physical properties (temperature, pressure, composition) of the atmospheres of Venus and Mars (the terrestrial planets). 35. For each of th ...
... 33. How can we determine the relative age of a planetary surface from remote observation? How old are the surfaces of Mercury, Venus, and Mars? 34. Describe the physical properties (temperature, pressure, composition) of the atmospheres of Venus and Mars (the terrestrial planets). 35. For each of th ...
1.1 Organization of the Universe
... vinegar more. He puts out two bowls: one of honey, one of vinegar. Then, he counts how many flies land on each bowl. What ...
... vinegar more. He puts out two bowls: one of honey, one of vinegar. Then, he counts how many flies land on each bowl. What ...
ASU Chain Reaction - Volume 3 - LeRoy Eyring Center For Solid
... like an onion: atmosphere, crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. Conditions everywhere but the surface appear intolerable to life. Ten miles above Earth’s surface, the temperature is 110 degrees below zero. The pressure is only one-tenth of that found at the surface. The upper atmosphere is bomb ...
... like an onion: atmosphere, crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. Conditions everywhere but the surface appear intolerable to life. Ten miles above Earth’s surface, the temperature is 110 degrees below zero. The pressure is only one-tenth of that found at the surface. The upper atmosphere is bomb ...
How mighty Jupiter could have changed Earth`s habitability
... meteorites, but also alters the orbits of small bodies Earth's climate. While he believes this study is and could send them towards Earth. more accurate, he wants to go back to his earlier work to resolve the difference. He added that the new research underscores how a small change in parameters cou ...
... meteorites, but also alters the orbits of small bodies Earth's climate. While he believes this study is and could send them towards Earth. more accurate, he wants to go back to his earlier work to resolve the difference. He added that the new research underscores how a small change in parameters cou ...
"Earth" among 7 distant planets
... Last May, the scientists published that they had discovered three rocky bodies moving around the star. They studied the system for 20 days and found out that the star actually had seven planets. Six of the planets pull on each other with a gravitational force. The denser, or more full of mass a plan ...
... Last May, the scientists published that they had discovered three rocky bodies moving around the star. They studied the system for 20 days and found out that the star actually had seven planets. Six of the planets pull on each other with a gravitational force. The denser, or more full of mass a plan ...
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... l B. most comets develop tails only inside the "frost line" m C. most comets are in loose orbits about the Earth m D. their tails can only be seen in forward-scattered light m E. they move too fast to be detected when they are at distances greater than a few AU 6. The amount of energy required t ...
... l B. most comets develop tails only inside the "frost line" m C. most comets are in loose orbits about the Earth m D. their tails can only be seen in forward-scattered light m E. they move too fast to be detected when they are at distances greater than a few AU 6. The amount of energy required t ...
Mountain-Skies-2016-0718
... telescope and you will note a colorful double star.) To the sides of the swan we can trace out his wings. Cygnus was the close friend of Phaeton who was the son of Helios the god of the sun. When Phaeton lost control of his father’s horses and ...
... telescope and you will note a colorful double star.) To the sides of the swan we can trace out his wings. Cygnus was the close friend of Phaeton who was the son of Helios the god of the sun. When Phaeton lost control of his father’s horses and ...
Astronomy Review
... 28. The ___________________________ planets are relatively small and rocky. 29. True or False The Jovian planets are huge, rocky giants. 30. A(n) _______________________________ is a cloud of dust and gas in space. 31. The Jovian planets contain large quantities of ices because it was ______________ ...
... 28. The ___________________________ planets are relatively small and rocky. 29. True or False The Jovian planets are huge, rocky giants. 30. A(n) _______________________________ is a cloud of dust and gas in space. 31. The Jovian planets contain large quantities of ices because it was ______________ ...
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 ...
Mountain Skies - Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
... telescope and you will note a colorful double star.) To the sides of the swan we can trace out his wings. Cygnus was the close friend of Phaeton who was the son of Helios the god of the sun. When Phaeton lost control of his father’s horses and was knocked from the sky by a thunderbolt from Jupiter, ...
... telescope and you will note a colorful double star.) To the sides of the swan we can trace out his wings. Cygnus was the close friend of Phaeton who was the son of Helios the god of the sun. When Phaeton lost control of his father’s horses and was knocked from the sky by a thunderbolt from Jupiter, ...
Testing
... Jupiter-like planets should not form inside the frost line (at << 5 AU) • Discovery of “hot Jupiters” has forced reexamination of nebular theory ...
... Jupiter-like planets should not form inside the frost line (at << 5 AU) • Discovery of “hot Jupiters” has forced reexamination of nebular theory ...
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... 3. The thin layer of gas that surrounds a planet or moon. ...
... 3. The thin layer of gas that surrounds a planet or moon. ...
94263_Solar_Sys_Halfs
... Solar System by Halfs Using a piece of adding tape over a meter long (the longer the easier), write “Sun” on one end (skinny along the edge) and “Kuiper Belt” on the other end. (The “Kuiper Belt” is between Neptune and the Oort Cloud. Pluto is considered a Kuiper Belt object.) 1. Estimate: On one si ...
... Solar System by Halfs Using a piece of adding tape over a meter long (the longer the easier), write “Sun” on one end (skinny along the edge) and “Kuiper Belt” on the other end. (The “Kuiper Belt” is between Neptune and the Oort Cloud. Pluto is considered a Kuiper Belt object.) 1. Estimate: On one si ...
The Night Sky
... planet in the solar system. Jupiter was just at opposition (point on the sky opposite to the sun) on October 29th. On that date, Jupiter was just rising in the east as the sun was setting in the west. Reddish Mars rises around 1 a.m. daylight-savings time at the beginning of November. Throughout the ...
... planet in the solar system. Jupiter was just at opposition (point on the sky opposite to the sun) on October 29th. On that date, Jupiter was just rising in the east as the sun was setting in the west. Reddish Mars rises around 1 a.m. daylight-savings time at the beginning of November. Throughout the ...
Procedure - Matt Jorgensen E
... 2) Each group calculates the distance of their planet from the Sun in AU (AU=astronomical unit= Earth distance) based on data in table. 3) Set up Sun photo at the designated “central point”. 4) Each group measures distance from Sun to their planet with knotted string (scale is 1 AU=1 m) and marks th ...
... 2) Each group calculates the distance of their planet from the Sun in AU (AU=astronomical unit= Earth distance) based on data in table. 3) Set up Sun photo at the designated “central point”. 4) Each group measures distance from Sun to their planet with knotted string (scale is 1 AU=1 m) and marks th ...
Mountain Skies - Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
... close to the sun in the morning twilight as back in January. Venus was in conjunction behind the sun on June 6 and Mercury follows suit this coming Wednesday. Since Mercury moves much faster, it will catch up with Venus and the two will be less than a degree apart on July 16. The dedicated observer ...
... close to the sun in the morning twilight as back in January. Venus was in conjunction behind the sun on June 6 and Mercury follows suit this coming Wednesday. Since Mercury moves much faster, it will catch up with Venus and the two will be less than a degree apart on July 16. The dedicated observer ...
SCI 103
... 18) Kepler’s first two Laws of Planetary Motion contradicted the Aristotelian/Ptolemaic Model of the Universe in two fundamental ways. What are Kepler’s first two Laws of Planetary Motion and how were they anti-Aristotelian? Kepler’s 1ST law states that planets orbit, not on circles, but on ellipse ...
... 18) Kepler’s first two Laws of Planetary Motion contradicted the Aristotelian/Ptolemaic Model of the Universe in two fundamental ways. What are Kepler’s first two Laws of Planetary Motion and how were they anti-Aristotelian? Kepler’s 1ST law states that planets orbit, not on circles, but on ellipse ...
The Origin of the Solar System
... Characteristics of the Solar System support the solar nebula hypothesis The two types of planets can be understood with the condensation sequence caused by different conditions in the inner and the outer parts of the nebula The Solar System is different from the other planetary systems found so far: ...
... Characteristics of the Solar System support the solar nebula hypothesis The two types of planets can be understood with the condensation sequence caused by different conditions in the inner and the outer parts of the nebula The Solar System is different from the other planetary systems found so far: ...
Name Class Date Our Solar System The solar system consists of our
... Earth’s Sun is an average-sized star. The Sun is more than a million times greater in volume than Earth. The other stars we see in the night sky are like the Sun or even larger but are so far away that they look like tiny points of light. Distances between stars are vast compared to distances within ...
... Earth’s Sun is an average-sized star. The Sun is more than a million times greater in volume than Earth. The other stars we see in the night sky are like the Sun or even larger but are so far away that they look like tiny points of light. Distances between stars are vast compared to distances within ...
The solar system
... The sun Eight official planets At least three "dwarf planets" Comets and asteroids ...
... The sun Eight official planets At least three "dwarf planets" Comets and asteroids ...
Solar System JEOPARDY REVIEW
... 400 – What is a 400 – What makes a gas sunspot? How often is giant planet different there a peak in from a terrestrial planet? ...
... 400 – What is a 400 – What makes a gas sunspot? How often is giant planet different there a peak in from a terrestrial planet? ...
Solar System Teacher Notes
... The Earth is tilted on its axis at 23.5 degrees. This causes the 4 seasons. Each season is 3 months long. Summer – the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. The most daylight occurs in June. Winter – the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. The least daylight occurs in Dec. Shado ...
... The Earth is tilted on its axis at 23.5 degrees. This causes the 4 seasons. Each season is 3 months long. Summer – the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. The most daylight occurs in June. Winter – the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. The least daylight occurs in Dec. Shado ...
Chapter 4 Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets
... 6. What fundamental laws of nature explain the motions of objects on Earth as well as the motions of the planets? 7. Why don’t the planets fall into the Sun? 8. What keeps the same face of the Moon always pointed toward the Earth? ...
... 6. What fundamental laws of nature explain the motions of objects on Earth as well as the motions of the planets? 7. Why don’t the planets fall into the Sun? 8. What keeps the same face of the Moon always pointed toward the Earth? ...
IAU definition of planet
The definition of planet set in Prague in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) states that, in the Solar System, a planet is a celestial body which: is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and has ""cleared the neighborhood"" around its orbit.A non-satellite body fulfilling only the first two of these criteria is classified as a ""dwarf planet"". According to the IAU, ""planets and dwarf planets are two distinct classes of objects"". A non-satellite body fulfilling only the first criterion is termed a ""small Solar System body"" (SSSB). Initial drafts planned to include dwarf planets as a subcategory of planets, but because this could potentially have led to the addition of several dozens of planets into the Solar System, this draft was eventually dropped. The definition was a controversial one and has drawn both support and criticism from different astronomers, but has remained in use.According to this definition, there are eight planets in the Solar System. The definition distinguishes planets from smaller bodies and is not useful outside the Solar System, where smaller bodies cannot be found yet. Extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, are covered separately under a complementary 2003 draft guideline for the definition of planets, which distinguishes them from dwarf stars, which are larger.