WASP-24b: A New Transiting Close-in Hot Jupiter
... et al. (2009), Knutson et al. (2009), Burrows et al. (2009) & references therein). We may even be able to detect changes in weather patterns over the course of an orbit for the long period and eccentric planets (Iro & Deming 2010). Ground-based instruments survey large numbers of bright stars spanni ...
... et al. (2009), Knutson et al. (2009), Burrows et al. (2009) & references therein). We may even be able to detect changes in weather patterns over the course of an orbit for the long period and eccentric planets (Iro & Deming 2010). Ground-based instruments survey large numbers of bright stars spanni ...
Warm- up Question Tell me what you know about The Big Bang
... Gravity and Fusion cause solar materials to constantly rise and fall Gas also moves because of the solar rotation The equator rotates in 25.3 days The poles in 33 days Average is 27 days ...
... Gravity and Fusion cause solar materials to constantly rise and fall Gas also moves because of the solar rotation The equator rotates in 25.3 days The poles in 33 days Average is 27 days ...
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... What requirements did we say were necessary for life? How would we look for those in other star systems? ...
... What requirements did we say were necessary for life? How would we look for those in other star systems? ...
Astrobiology: young science, old questions
... planets orbiting distant stars. Although no such and the next? What factors help determine about 70% of its present luminosity when it planets have yet been discovered, the first will which planets are most suited to the develop- was very young. Consequently, the HZ around be found within the next c ...
... planets orbiting distant stars. Although no such and the next? What factors help determine about 70% of its present luminosity when it planets have yet been discovered, the first will which planets are most suited to the develop- was very young. Consequently, the HZ around be found within the next c ...
1 - ESO
... • Until ~600 Myr following the formation of the Sun, the bombardment rate in the early solar system was sporadically heavier than at present by factors up to 1000. • At BD+20 307, which is ~1,000,000 times dustier than the present solar system, the current bombardment rate might be incredibly large! ...
... • Until ~600 Myr following the formation of the Sun, the bombardment rate in the early solar system was sporadically heavier than at present by factors up to 1000. • At BD+20 307, which is ~1,000,000 times dustier than the present solar system, the current bombardment rate might be incredibly large! ...
How to Directly Image a Habitable Planet Around Alpha Centauri
... contrast space telescopes (blue region in Figure 1) appear to be necessary. High contrast space telescopes in the 1 - 2.4m size range are realistic for launch in the 2020 decade, such as NASA’s planned WFIRST-AFTA mission [1], as well as the Exo-C and Exo-S concept studies [2, 3]. Such telescopes ca ...
... contrast space telescopes (blue region in Figure 1) appear to be necessary. High contrast space telescopes in the 1 - 2.4m size range are realistic for launch in the 2020 decade, such as NASA’s planned WFIRST-AFTA mission [1], as well as the Exo-C and Exo-S concept studies [2, 3]. Such telescopes ca ...
The formation of the solar system
... eucrites, and winonaites as well as non-magmatic iron meteorites differentiated in the time interval between 3-5 million years after solar system formations, with inferred accretion ages between 1 and 2 million years after solar system formation (Schulz et al. 2009, 2010). 2.4. The new early solar s ...
... eucrites, and winonaites as well as non-magmatic iron meteorites differentiated in the time interval between 3-5 million years after solar system formations, with inferred accretion ages between 1 and 2 million years after solar system formation (Schulz et al. 2009, 2010). 2.4. The new early solar s ...
On the probability of habitable planets.
... With only our planet as a viable example, and only one kind of life to define the necessary ingredients, addressing this question requires enormous scientific extrapolations and some trust in purely theoretical studies. Obviously, the answer depends on the kind of life that we want to consider. Life ...
... With only our planet as a viable example, and only one kind of life to define the necessary ingredients, addressing this question requires enormous scientific extrapolations and some trust in purely theoretical studies. Obviously, the answer depends on the kind of life that we want to consider. Life ...
supplemental educational materials PDF
... pass by the Sun only once or that repeatedly bring them through the solar system (as in the 76-year orbit of Halley’s Comet). A comet’s “signature” long, glowing tail Continued … ...
... pass by the Sun only once or that repeatedly bring them through the solar system (as in the 76-year orbit of Halley’s Comet). A comet’s “signature” long, glowing tail Continued … ...
Chapter10- Other Planetary Systems -pptx
... • Close gravitational encounters between two massive planets can eject one planet while flinging the other into a highly elliptical orbit. • Multiple close encounters with smaller planetesimals can also cause inward migration. • Resonances may also contribute. ...
... • Close gravitational encounters between two massive planets can eject one planet while flinging the other into a highly elliptical orbit. • Multiple close encounters with smaller planetesimals can also cause inward migration. • Resonances may also contribute. ...
Scientific requirements of ALMA, and its capabilities for key
... Image gas kinematics in protostars and protoplanetary disks around Sun-like stars at 140pc distance, enabling one to study their physical, chemical and magnetic field structures and to detect the gaps created by planets undergoing formation in the disk. Provide precise images at 0.1 arcsec resolutio ...
... Image gas kinematics in protostars and protoplanetary disks around Sun-like stars at 140pc distance, enabling one to study their physical, chemical and magnetic field structures and to detect the gaps created by planets undergoing formation in the disk. Provide precise images at 0.1 arcsec resolutio ...
Age aspects of habitability - Cambridge University Press
... Abstract: A ‘habitable zone’ of a star is defined as a range of orbits within which a rocky planet can support liquid water on its surface. The most intriguing question driving the search for habitable planets is whether they host life. But is the age of the planet important for its habitability? If ...
... Abstract: A ‘habitable zone’ of a star is defined as a range of orbits within which a rocky planet can support liquid water on its surface. The most intriguing question driving the search for habitable planets is whether they host life. But is the age of the planet important for its habitability? If ...
A brief history of extra-solar planets - X
... • 1995 Planet found around nearby Sun-like star 51 Peg by Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz using the “Doppler Wobble” ...
... • 1995 Planet found around nearby Sun-like star 51 Peg by Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz using the “Doppler Wobble” ...
L8 Condensation
... (but not all) solids are reached. Therefore, the dust grains originally contained in the gas will mostly get vaporized. Solids which survived the collapse (so-called presolar grains) are tiny, very refractory grains like nano-diamonds, graphite particles or silicon carbide (SiC) grains. After the di ...
... (but not all) solids are reached. Therefore, the dust grains originally contained in the gas will mostly get vaporized. Solids which survived the collapse (so-called presolar grains) are tiny, very refractory grains like nano-diamonds, graphite particles or silicon carbide (SiC) grains. After the di ...
Inner Solar System Material Discovered in the Oort Cloud
... current orbit while crossing the asteroid belt. This is done considering the number density of m-‐size asteroids in the asteroid belt volume (3.9x10-‐14 km-‐3), the physical radius of C/2014 S3 ...
... current orbit while crossing the asteroid belt. This is done considering the number density of m-‐size asteroids in the asteroid belt volume (3.9x10-‐14 km-‐3), the physical radius of C/2014 S3 ...
On the migration of a system of protoplanets
... planets, according to standard theory, have formed at distances of ...
... planets, according to standard theory, have formed at distances of ...
On the migration of a system of protoplanets
... planets, according to standard theory, have formed at distances of ...
... planets, according to standard theory, have formed at distances of ...
CloudsToSolarSystems_EXES
... Molecular gas (as mapped by CO emission) extends over even more of the space mapped out in previous image. ...
... Molecular gas (as mapped by CO emission) extends over even more of the space mapped out in previous image. ...
The search of habitable Earth-like exoplanets
... Class I Earth-like habitable planets may preferably be found in orbits of Sun-like G-type and some K-type stars, F-type where the originally defined habitable zone definition is valid → see Earth! Class II, III and IV habitats should also populate G-type and F, K, and M-type stars Lower mass s ...
... Class I Earth-like habitable planets may preferably be found in orbits of Sun-like G-type and some K-type stars, F-type where the originally defined habitable zone definition is valid → see Earth! Class II, III and IV habitats should also populate G-type and F, K, and M-type stars Lower mass s ...
Preface
... and dehydrogenation of mixed aromatic and aliphatic organic nanoparticles during the post-AGB phase of stellar evolution are the most likely formation route of fullerenes, which are then ejected into the interstellar medium. Since the properties of interstellar clouds vary from one line of sight to ...
... and dehydrogenation of mixed aromatic and aliphatic organic nanoparticles during the post-AGB phase of stellar evolution are the most likely formation route of fullerenes, which are then ejected into the interstellar medium. Since the properties of interstellar clouds vary from one line of sight to ...
FROM MOLECULAR CLOUDS TO STARS 1 Star formation and the
... circumstellar material, but still grouped in a cluster that demonstrates their common origin. Region 1b) where star formation is going on since ~ 7 Myr: on the right side of the cloud some new formed stars appear free from the cloud material (among them ε Ori), while others are still embedded at the ...
... circumstellar material, but still grouped in a cluster that demonstrates their common origin. Region 1b) where star formation is going on since ~ 7 Myr: on the right side of the cloud some new formed stars appear free from the cloud material (among them ε Ori), while others are still embedded at the ...
English Summary
... For instance, Rigel in the constellation Orion is very blue (and hot) while Betelgeuse is red (and cool). This concept is easier if we think of a wire that is being heated up. As it gets hotter (radiation is stronger) the colour of the wire changes from red to yellow and finally blue. Actually, the ...
... For instance, Rigel in the constellation Orion is very blue (and hot) while Betelgeuse is red (and cool). This concept is easier if we think of a wire that is being heated up. As it gets hotter (radiation is stronger) the colour of the wire changes from red to yellow and finally blue. Actually, the ...
chapter 04
... More Precisely 4-1: The Concept of Angular Momentum Conservation of angular momentum says that product of radius and rotation rate must be constant. ...
... More Precisely 4-1: The Concept of Angular Momentum Conservation of angular momentum says that product of radius and rotation rate must be constant. ...