The Solar System: Cosmic encounter with Pluto
... The Voyagers successfully completed their mission making discoveries such as the active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io, and learning details about Saturn's rings. They had only been made to last five years but were still both going strong, so NASA extended their mission. Voyager 2 went on to take a ...
... The Voyagers successfully completed their mission making discoveries such as the active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io, and learning details about Saturn's rings. They had only been made to last five years but were still both going strong, so NASA extended their mission. Voyager 2 went on to take a ...
A Walk through the Universe
... The second demonstration concerns the relative sizes of planetary orbits. You will need pieces of string or ribbon to represent the orbital radii (strictly, the orbital semi-major axes). I use a scale in which the Sun's radius is 1 mm: this is handy because you can say that you have ...
... The second demonstration concerns the relative sizes of planetary orbits. You will need pieces of string or ribbon to represent the orbital radii (strictly, the orbital semi-major axes). I use a scale in which the Sun's radius is 1 mm: this is handy because you can say that you have ...
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 ...
Name
... • σ = 5.7 x 10-8 W/(m2-K4) • 1 parsec = 3.26 light years 1) In the sky, you follow an object as it passes through the constellations Leo, Hydra, and Canis Major. What can you say about this object? A) This object is one of the nine planets. B) This object is not one of the nine planets. C) This obje ...
... • σ = 5.7 x 10-8 W/(m2-K4) • 1 parsec = 3.26 light years 1) In the sky, you follow an object as it passes through the constellations Leo, Hydra, and Canis Major. What can you say about this object? A) This object is one of the nine planets. B) This object is not one of the nine planets. C) This obje ...
Moon Presentation storyboard
... Creating a Slideshow Storyboard Note: Slides could be added to this slide show storyboard template, but a short and powerful message is likely to be the most effective. Look at the sample presentation in the Module 3 Activity 1 folder on the CD. ...
... Creating a Slideshow Storyboard Note: Slides could be added to this slide show storyboard template, but a short and powerful message is likely to be the most effective. Look at the sample presentation in the Module 3 Activity 1 folder on the CD. ...
Name
... • σ = 5.7 x 10-8 W/(m2-K4) • 1 parsec = 3.26 light years 1) In the sky, you follow an object as it passes through the constellations Leo, Hydra, and Canis Major. What can you say about this object? A) This object is one of the nine planets. B) This object will collide with the sun. C) This object is ...
... • σ = 5.7 x 10-8 W/(m2-K4) • 1 parsec = 3.26 light years 1) In the sky, you follow an object as it passes through the constellations Leo, Hydra, and Canis Major. What can you say about this object? A) This object is one of the nine planets. B) This object will collide with the sun. C) This object is ...
ASTR 1010 – Astronomy of the Solar System – Professor Caillault
... 26. The direction of Earth’s rotation about its axis is the same as the direction of its revolution about the Sun. How does a solar day compare to a sidereal day on Earth? (a) A solar day is always longer. 27. What does it mean to be “in the tropics”; that is, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tr ...
... 26. The direction of Earth’s rotation about its axis is the same as the direction of its revolution about the Sun. How does a solar day compare to a sidereal day on Earth? (a) A solar day is always longer. 27. What does it mean to be “in the tropics”; that is, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tr ...
UGS303, Extraterrestrial Life: REVIEW FOR FIRST TEST
... kinds of interstellar molecules that have been found. In what ways are these facts important to a study of extraterrestrial life? ...
... kinds of interstellar molecules that have been found. In what ways are these facts important to a study of extraterrestrial life? ...
The most important questions to study for the exam
... 19. The reason eclipses do not occur at every new Moon and every full Moon is that • the Moon's orbit is inclined at an angle to the Earth's equator. • the Moon's orbit is inclined at an angle to the Earth's orbit. • the Earth's equator is inclined at an angle to the Earth's orbit. 20. Lunar eclipse ...
... 19. The reason eclipses do not occur at every new Moon and every full Moon is that • the Moon's orbit is inclined at an angle to the Earth's equator. • the Moon's orbit is inclined at an angle to the Earth's orbit. • the Earth's equator is inclined at an angle to the Earth's orbit. 20. Lunar eclipse ...
From Dust to Planets - International Space Science Institute
... could be detected with current instruments, we must conclude that planet formation is not an extraordinary event but rather quite common occurrence. Our solar system forms the basis for most of our information about how planetary systems must develop. However, the degree to which it is actually repr ...
... could be detected with current instruments, we must conclude that planet formation is not an extraordinary event but rather quite common occurrence. Our solar system forms the basis for most of our information about how planetary systems must develop. However, the degree to which it is actually repr ...
How does the earth orbit the sun?
... 25. Gravity keeps the ____________________ moving around the earth. It also keeps the planets moving around the _______________________. In the spaces provided write “True” if the sentence is true. Write “False” if the sentence is false. 26. _________ The planets move in circular orbits around the s ...
... 25. Gravity keeps the ____________________ moving around the earth. It also keeps the planets moving around the _______________________. In the spaces provided write “True” if the sentence is true. Write “False” if the sentence is false. 26. _________ The planets move in circular orbits around the s ...
Chapter 2 Astronomy Notes
... mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. (2) A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravi ...
... mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. (2) A "dwarf planet" is a celestial body that: (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravi ...
Celestial Objects
... Precession 6 – The Earth behaves somewhat like a spinning top, causing the axis of rotation to trace out a circle. This slow conical motion of the Earth’s axis of rotation is called precession, and is due to the gravitational effects of the Sun and Moon on the Earth’s equatorial bulge. Precession sl ...
... Precession 6 – The Earth behaves somewhat like a spinning top, causing the axis of rotation to trace out a circle. This slow conical motion of the Earth’s axis of rotation is called precession, and is due to the gravitational effects of the Sun and Moon on the Earth’s equatorial bulge. Precession sl ...
Astronomy - SparkNotes
... intensity versus wavelength for a blackbody. 2. Atomic lines: According to quantum mechanics, electrons bound to an atom can only have particular values of energy; they are unique to that element. Absorption or emission of a photon of light by the atom occurs when the energy of that photon matches t ...
... intensity versus wavelength for a blackbody. 2. Atomic lines: According to quantum mechanics, electrons bound to an atom can only have particular values of energy; they are unique to that element. Absorption or emission of a photon of light by the atom occurs when the energy of that photon matches t ...
Discovering Asteroids Using
... Asteroids contain large amounts of ices, whereas comets do not. Asteroids are mostly located in the outer solar system, whereas comets are mostly located in the inner solar system. Comets contain large amounts of ices, whereas asteroids do not. Asteroids show long tails when they enter the inner sol ...
... Asteroids contain large amounts of ices, whereas comets do not. Asteroids are mostly located in the outer solar system, whereas comets are mostly located in the inner solar system. Comets contain large amounts of ices, whereas asteroids do not. Asteroids show long tails when they enter the inner sol ...
56.Kirkpatrick_sci_hi
... compared to standard L dwarfs of the same spectral type (black). The most noticeable difference is the suppressed H- and K-bands in the subdwarfs. This is due to the dominance of collision-induced absorption by H2 in these lowmetallicity atmospheres. ...
... compared to standard L dwarfs of the same spectral type (black). The most noticeable difference is the suppressed H- and K-bands in the subdwarfs. This is due to the dominance of collision-induced absorption by H2 in these lowmetallicity atmospheres. ...
HW attached
... example, Earth’s gravity has a more powerful effect on you than the Sun’s gravity. With the Sun’s gravitational attraction holding all of the objects in the solar system, how could this be possible? The force of gravity between two objects depends on two things. It depends on the mass of the two obj ...
... example, Earth’s gravity has a more powerful effect on you than the Sun’s gravity. With the Sun’s gravitational attraction holding all of the objects in the solar system, how could this be possible? The force of gravity between two objects depends on two things. It depends on the mass of the two obj ...
1. The Sun has a surface temperature of about 6000 K.
... The inner planets are made of rocks and metals. The outer planets also have ices and gasses. Only rocks and metals were solids near the Sun, so the planetesimals were made of rocks and metals. Out farther, ices could freeze onto the dust grains, so they got included in the planetesimals. In addition ...
... The inner planets are made of rocks and metals. The outer planets also have ices and gasses. Only rocks and metals were solids near the Sun, so the planetesimals were made of rocks and metals. Out farther, ices could freeze onto the dust grains, so they got included in the planetesimals. In addition ...
Pluto evidence
... smaller objects that move around in the same area as Pluto. But there are at least three other planets that have not cleared their neighborhoods of smaller objects. Saturn has rings made of many, many small objects. Saturn has not cleared these out of its orbit yet. Jupiter also has rings. Jupiter h ...
... smaller objects that move around in the same area as Pluto. But there are at least three other planets that have not cleared their neighborhoods of smaller objects. Saturn has rings made of many, many small objects. Saturn has not cleared these out of its orbit yet. Jupiter also has rings. Jupiter h ...
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 ...
sky science study notes
... For example: the second closest star to Earth (the Sun is the closest) is Proxima Centauri. It is 4.2 light years away. the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy is estimated as 100 000 light years. Many stars you see in the night sky are often hundreds of light years away. What you see is how they ...
... For example: the second closest star to Earth (the Sun is the closest) is Proxima Centauri. It is 4.2 light years away. the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy is estimated as 100 000 light years. Many stars you see in the night sky are often hundreds of light years away. What you see is how they ...
Powerpoint - BU Imaging Science
... – Or have very sensitive instrument that can observe changes in starlight of 1 part per billion ...
... – Or have very sensitive instrument that can observe changes in starlight of 1 part per billion ...
Jupiter - Mrs Foos, Room 10
... it is not solid. It’s a gas giant, made up mostly of gases and liquids. When we look at Jupiter, we see icy clouds moving at very fast speeds. The clouds form bands of colors, making the planet look as though it has stripes. The Great Red Spot is a giant, spinning storm in Jupiter’s atmosphere. It i ...
... it is not solid. It’s a gas giant, made up mostly of gases and liquids. When we look at Jupiter, we see icy clouds moving at very fast speeds. The clouds form bands of colors, making the planet look as though it has stripes. The Great Red Spot is a giant, spinning storm in Jupiter’s atmosphere. It i ...
Copernican Revolution Part 1
... What is the sun? How is it related to fire? What are those tiny lights in the sky? Why do some lights wander among the others? (7 Planetes* - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) No science in ancient Greece (comparison of theories & evidence) Pythagoras of Samos ~500 BCE Earth is a sph ...
... What is the sun? How is it related to fire? What are those tiny lights in the sky? Why do some lights wander among the others? (7 Planetes* - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) No science in ancient Greece (comparison of theories & evidence) Pythagoras of Samos ~500 BCE Earth is a sph ...
Star - University of Pittsburgh
... Descriptions are useful, but they don't tell us how something came to be or what the future will be. Need to understand the physical process occurring, and need to MODEL those processes. An accurate model allows one to probe the past and extrapolate into the future (i.e., to make predictions). Model ...
... Descriptions are useful, but they don't tell us how something came to be or what the future will be. Need to understand the physical process occurring, and need to MODEL those processes. An accurate model allows one to probe the past and extrapolate into the future (i.e., to make predictions). Model ...
Satellite system (astronomy)
A satellite system is a set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit around a planetary mass object or minor planet. Generally speaking, it is a set of natural satellites (moons), although such systems may also consist of bodies such as circumplanetary disks, ring systems, moonlets, minor-planet moons and artificial satellites any of which may themselves have satellite systems of their own. Some satellite systems have complex interactions with both their parent and other moons, including magnetic, tidal, atmospheric and orbital interactions such as orbital resonances and libration. Individually major satellite objects are designated in Roman numerals. Satellite systems are referred to either by the possessive adjectives of their primary (e.g. ""Jovian system""), or less commonly by the name of their primary (e.g. ""Jupiter system""). Where only one satellite is known, or it is a binary orbiting a common centre of gravity, it may be referred to using the hyphenated names of the primary and major satellite (e.g. the ""Earth-Moon system"").Many Solar System objects are known to possess satellite systems, though their origin is still unclear. Notable examples include the largest satellite system, the Jovian system, with 67 known moons (including the large Galilean moons) and the Saturnian System with 62 known moons (and the most visible ring system in the Solar System). Both satellite systems are large and diverse. In fact all of the giant planets of the Solar System possess large satellite systems as well as planetary rings, and it is inferred that this is a general pattern. Several objects farther from the Sun also have satellite systems consisting of multiple moons, including the complex Plutonian system where multiple objects orbit a common center of mass, as well as many asteroids and plutinos. Apart from the Earth-Moon system and Mars' system of two tiny natural satellites, the other terrestrial planets are generally not considered satellite systems, although some have been orbited by artificial satellites originating from Earth.Little is known of satellite systems beyond the Solar System, although it is inferred that natural satellites are common. J1407b is an example of an extrasolar satellite system. It is also theorised that Rogue planets ejected from their planetary system could retain a system of satellites.