Jupiter is 90000 miles in diameter. It is 10 times the size of the earth
... The atmosphere appears as alternating bands of light regions, called zones, and dark regions called belts, that run parallel to the equator. The zones are higher in altitude than the belts, and are lower in temperature. It is believed that the belts represent descending areas of low pressure. Jupi ...
... The atmosphere appears as alternating bands of light regions, called zones, and dark regions called belts, that run parallel to the equator. The zones are higher in altitude than the belts, and are lower in temperature. It is believed that the belts represent descending areas of low pressure. Jupi ...
- saspcsus
... A. Students know the patterns of stars stay the same, although they appear to move across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons. B. Students know the way in which the Moon’s appearance changes during the four-week lunar cycle. C. Students know telescopes magnify the a ...
... A. Students know the patterns of stars stay the same, although they appear to move across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen in different seasons. B. Students know the way in which the Moon’s appearance changes during the four-week lunar cycle. C. Students know telescopes magnify the a ...
The Temperature of Stars
... Apparent magnitude the brightness of a star as seen from the Earth. The apparent magnitude of a star depends on both how much light the star emits and how far the star is from Earth. Absolute magnitude the brightness that a star would have at a distance of 32.6 lightyears from Earth. The brighter a ...
... Apparent magnitude the brightness of a star as seen from the Earth. The apparent magnitude of a star depends on both how much light the star emits and how far the star is from Earth. Absolute magnitude the brightness that a star would have at a distance of 32.6 lightyears from Earth. The brighter a ...
Geoscience Final Review material
... 137. Which is longer, a day according to the Sun (solar day), or a day according to the background stars (sidereal day)? a. The longest day is a sidereal day c. The longest day is a solar day b. The days are the same length (duh) d. The shortest day is any day there is a sub for science class 138. A ...
... 137. Which is longer, a day according to the Sun (solar day), or a day according to the background stars (sidereal day)? a. The longest day is a sidereal day c. The longest day is a solar day b. The days are the same length (duh) d. The shortest day is any day there is a sub for science class 138. A ...
Properties of stars
... estimate a stars distance from Earth. • When m = M, then the star is located exactly 10 pc away • When m
... estimate a stars distance from Earth. • When m = M, then the star is located exactly 10 pc away • When m
Lecture #9, June 19
... perfect type of motion. This was the main assumption of the ancient natural philosophy, developed by Aristotle and Ptolemy. Since at that time the Earth was considered to be the center of the universe, everything else considered to be moving around it on a perfect circular orbits. However, watching ...
... perfect type of motion. This was the main assumption of the ancient natural philosophy, developed by Aristotle and Ptolemy. Since at that time the Earth was considered to be the center of the universe, everything else considered to be moving around it on a perfect circular orbits. However, watching ...
New meteor shower could light up night sky May 23 –... May 22, 2014 Doug Duncan
... of the Perseid, that lights up Earth’s atmosphere every August. But come late Friday night and early Saturday morning Colorado residents may get to witness the birth of a new meteor shower when the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet named LINEAR. This is a very rare event and it has astronome ...
... of the Perseid, that lights up Earth’s atmosphere every August. But come late Friday night and early Saturday morning Colorado residents may get to witness the birth of a new meteor shower when the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet named LINEAR. This is a very rare event and it has astronome ...
How the Hubble Telescope Will Look at the Moon to See Venus
... · The waning gibbous Moon is up in the southeast by around 11 p.m., depending on where you live. Look about a fist-width to the Moon's right for fiery Antares. Around and upper right of Antares are other stars of Scorpius. Tuesday, May 8 · The brightest star very high in the east these evenings is A ...
... · The waning gibbous Moon is up in the southeast by around 11 p.m., depending on where you live. Look about a fist-width to the Moon's right for fiery Antares. Around and upper right of Antares are other stars of Scorpius. Tuesday, May 8 · The brightest star very high in the east these evenings is A ...
in the Solar System!
... The rocky planets are mostly made up of rock and metal. These planets are very heavy and move slowly. They also do not have rings and very few moons. ...
... The rocky planets are mostly made up of rock and metal. These planets are very heavy and move slowly. They also do not have rings and very few moons. ...
Science Project
... • Earth's magnetic field stops its atmosphere from being stripped away by the solar wind . Venus and Mars do not have magnetic fields , and as a result, the solar wind causes their atmospheres to gradually bleed away into space . Coronal mass ejections and similar events blow magnetic field and hug ...
... • Earth's magnetic field stops its atmosphere from being stripped away by the solar wind . Venus and Mars do not have magnetic fields , and as a result, the solar wind causes their atmospheres to gradually bleed away into space . Coronal mass ejections and similar events blow magnetic field and hug ...
Notes (PowerPoint)
... • Earth rotated on axis once per day, circled sun once per year • But earth carried on solid crystalline sphere, axis would move with it, so he introduced a third motion to keep axis pointed towards ...
... • Earth rotated on axis once per day, circled sun once per year • But earth carried on solid crystalline sphere, axis would move with it, so he introduced a third motion to keep axis pointed towards ...
The Milky Way
... Discussion Questions 1. In your opinion, should all solar systems have asteroid belts? Should all solar systems show evidence of an age of heavy bombardment? 2. If the solar nebula hypothesis is correct, then there are probably more planets in the universe than stars. Do you agree? Why or why not? ...
... Discussion Questions 1. In your opinion, should all solar systems have asteroid belts? Should all solar systems show evidence of an age of heavy bombardment? 2. If the solar nebula hypothesis is correct, then there are probably more planets in the universe than stars. Do you agree? Why or why not? ...
Chapter 25 - Taylor County Schools
... Mercury is only 36 million miles from the Sun and orbits it every 88 days. It has a very elliptical orbit and moves approximately 30 miles per second. Mercury rotates very slowly and its “day” is 59 Earth days. Mercury has a rocky, crust surface with many craters. This gives it the appearance much l ...
... Mercury is only 36 million miles from the Sun and orbits it every 88 days. It has a very elliptical orbit and moves approximately 30 miles per second. Mercury rotates very slowly and its “day” is 59 Earth days. Mercury has a rocky, crust surface with many craters. This gives it the appearance much l ...
Document
... Which of the following is NOT a fundamental difference between the geocentric and Sun-centered models of the solar system? A. Earth is stationary in the geocentric model but moves around the Sun in Sun-centered model. B. Retrograde motion is real (planets really go backward) in the geocentric model ...
... Which of the following is NOT a fundamental difference between the geocentric and Sun-centered models of the solar system? A. Earth is stationary in the geocentric model but moves around the Sun in Sun-centered model. B. Retrograde motion is real (planets really go backward) in the geocentric model ...
Lesson #4: The Moon and its Phases
... the direction as seen from the North Pole. (Midnight is when they have their backs to the sun.) Students can also rotate to show dawn and dusk in their hometowns and get an idea why the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west. 3. Hand out the lunar lollipops (moons) and tell your student ...
... the direction as seen from the North Pole. (Midnight is when they have their backs to the sun.) Students can also rotate to show dawn and dusk in their hometowns and get an idea why the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west. 3. Hand out the lunar lollipops (moons) and tell your student ...
6 Minute English
... But once it reaches the sun’s surface – the photosphere – it can escape. In fact, it takes only eight minutes for light energy from the sun to reach the Earth. Scientists these days are able to see the photosphere in fantastic detail using powerful telescopes. Rob Though Galileo observed dark spots ...
... But once it reaches the sun’s surface – the photosphere – it can escape. In fact, it takes only eight minutes for light energy from the sun to reach the Earth. Scientists these days are able to see the photosphere in fantastic detail using powerful telescopes. Rob Though Galileo observed dark spots ...
Structure of the Solar System - Beck-Shop
... of the “harmony of the spheres”. This, in turn, influenced Plato (427–347 b.c.) whose work was to have a great effect on Johannes Kepler nearly two thousand years later (Field 1988). Kepler was obsessed with the belief that numbers and geometry could be used to explain the spacing of the planetary or ...
... of the “harmony of the spheres”. This, in turn, influenced Plato (427–347 b.c.) whose work was to have a great effect on Johannes Kepler nearly two thousand years later (Field 1988). Kepler was obsessed with the belief that numbers and geometry could be used to explain the spacing of the planetary or ...
So What All Is Out There, Anyway?
... beautiful glowing clouds of gas, called nebulas, spreading out and speeding away from dying stars. The larger you get, the more stars you see. It seems the whole universe is filled with stars. But eventually, you grow large enough that you start seeing vast areas of space where there are very few st ...
... beautiful glowing clouds of gas, called nebulas, spreading out and speeding away from dying stars. The larger you get, the more stars you see. It seems the whole universe is filled with stars. But eventually, you grow large enough that you start seeing vast areas of space where there are very few st ...
Black Holes, Part 3, Dark Energy
... One of the measured evidence is, that the Sun's mass density is a thousand times too low for the Sun to be a hydrogen gas sphere. Just look at the comparison. In comparing Saturn with Jupiter, Jupiter that has nearly twice the volume, has also nearly twice the mass density. In comparison with Jupit ...
... One of the measured evidence is, that the Sun's mass density is a thousand times too low for the Sun to be a hydrogen gas sphere. Just look at the comparison. In comparing Saturn with Jupiter, Jupiter that has nearly twice the volume, has also nearly twice the mass density. In comparison with Jupit ...
Procedure - Matt Jorgensen E
... a) For whole class students, gather at Earth and walk from Earth to Mars (that took Viking 1 year); walk from Earth to Jupiter (that took Voyager 2 years); walk from Earth to Neptune (that took Voyager 12 years). b) For advanced students, assume that the spacecraft is traveling 65,000 km/hr. Calcula ...
... a) For whole class students, gather at Earth and walk from Earth to Mars (that took Viking 1 year); walk from Earth to Jupiter (that took Voyager 2 years); walk from Earth to Neptune (that took Voyager 12 years). b) For advanced students, assume that the spacecraft is traveling 65,000 km/hr. Calcula ...
Astronomy From Å to ZZ — Howard L. Cohen
... Parallax is the apparent change in the direction of an object, caused by a change in the observer’s position. ...
... Parallax is the apparent change in the direction of an object, caused by a change in the observer’s position. ...
Jan 2015 - Bluewater Astronomical Society
... many BAS members who have seen it and even a few of my neighbours have had Mercury pointed out to them. (Heck, sometimes, even complete strangers, get coerced into looking...) Mercury’s elusive reputation may be undeserved because it can be seen easily if you know when to look. Mercury needs to be a ...
... many BAS members who have seen it and even a few of my neighbours have had Mercury pointed out to them. (Heck, sometimes, even complete strangers, get coerced into looking...) Mercury’s elusive reputation may be undeserved because it can be seen easily if you know when to look. Mercury needs to be a ...
Lecture 2 ppt - Physics 1025 Introductory Astronomy
... – Analogous to latitude, but on the celestial sphere; it is the angular north-south distance between the celestial equator and a location on the celestial sphere. – Measured in degrees: » 0 ° to 90 ° – north from celestial equator » 0 ° to -90 ° – south from celestial equator ...
... – Analogous to latitude, but on the celestial sphere; it is the angular north-south distance between the celestial equator and a location on the celestial sphere. – Measured in degrees: » 0 ° to 90 ° – north from celestial equator » 0 ° to -90 ° – south from celestial equator ...
Earth Science 25.2A : Stellar Evolution
... documented. What we will look at now is based more on theory. We do know that all stars, regardless of their size, eventually run out of fuel and collapse due to gravity. With this in mind, let us look at the final stages of a variety of stars of different ...
... documented. What we will look at now is based more on theory. We do know that all stars, regardless of their size, eventually run out of fuel and collapse due to gravity. With this in mind, let us look at the final stages of a variety of stars of different ...
Geocentric model
In astronomy, the geocentric model (also known as geocentrism, or the Ptolemaic system) is a description of the cosmos where Earth is at the orbital center of all celestial bodies. This model served as the predominant cosmological system in many ancient civilizations such as ancient Greece including the noteworthy systems of Aristotle (see Aristotelian physics) and Ptolemy. As such, they believed that the Sun, Moon, stars, and naked eye planets circled Earth.Two commonly made observations supported the idea that Earth was the center of the Universe. The stars, the sun, and planets appear to revolve around Earth each day, making Earth the center of that system. The stars were thought to be on a celestial sphere, with the earth at its center, that rotated each day, using a line through the north and south pole as an axis. The stars closest to the equator appeared to rise and fall the greatest distance, but each star circled back to its rising point each day. The second observation supporting the geocentric model was that the Earth does not seem to move from the perspective of an Earth-bound observer, and that it is solid, stable, and unmoving.Ancient Roman and medieval philosophers usually combined the geocentric model with a spherical Earth. It is not the same as the older flat Earth model implied in some mythology, as was the case with the biblical and postbiblical Latin cosmology. The ancient Jewish Babylonian uranography pictured a flat Earth with a dome-shaped rigid canopy named firmament placed over it. (רקיע- rāqîa').However, the ancient Greeks believed that the motions of the planets were circular and not elliptical, a view that was not challenged in Western culture until the 17th century through the synthesis of theories by Copernicus and Kepler.The astronomical predictions of Ptolemy's geocentric model were used to prepare astrological and astronomical charts for over 1500 years. The geocentric model held sway into the early modern age, but from the late 16th century onward was gradually superseded by the heliocentric model of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler. There was much resistance to the transition between these two theories. Christian theologians were reluctant to reject a theory that agreed with Bible passages (e.g. ""Sun, stand you still upon Gibeon"", Joshua 10:12 – King James 2000 Bible). Others felt a new, unknown theory could not subvert an accepted consensus for geocentrism.