Earth and Its Place in the Solar System
... Earth and Its Place in the Solar System Study Guide Vocabulary (11 questions) Revolution Orbit Asteroid Lunar eclipse Phases Solar system Axis Planet Rotation Solar eclipse Comet Planets Label the planets on a diagram Tell how the inner planets are alike Compare two inner ...
... Earth and Its Place in the Solar System Study Guide Vocabulary (11 questions) Revolution Orbit Asteroid Lunar eclipse Phases Solar system Axis Planet Rotation Solar eclipse Comet Planets Label the planets on a diagram Tell how the inner planets are alike Compare two inner ...
Mercury (by Dimitris)
... during daytime can range from 285 to 430 degrees Celcius. • During the night temperatures can be as low as -180 degrees Celcius. • These temperature variations on Mercury (around 600 oC) are the most extreme in the solar system. • Mercury’s force of gravity is only about a third as strong as that of ...
... during daytime can range from 285 to 430 degrees Celcius. • During the night temperatures can be as low as -180 degrees Celcius. • These temperature variations on Mercury (around 600 oC) are the most extreme in the solar system. • Mercury’s force of gravity is only about a third as strong as that of ...
Planet Characteristics - Beacon Learning Center
... Mercury and Pluto are sometimes referred to as lesser planets (not to be confused with minor planets which is the official term for asteroids). ...
... Mercury and Pluto are sometimes referred to as lesser planets (not to be confused with minor planets which is the official term for asteroids). ...
Study Guide due__Tuesday, 2/3
... Make a flashcard for each planet. Write the major moon(s), inner/outer, solid/gas, atmosphere, and any characteristic specific to that planet…basically, use your foldable notes! ...
... Make a flashcard for each planet. Write the major moon(s), inner/outer, solid/gas, atmosphere, and any characteristic specific to that planet…basically, use your foldable notes! ...
Pluto: To be or not to be?
... There is no REAL definition of what a planet is… Purely historical. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are planets. Nothing else in the solar system is a planet. Historical plus. Mercury through Pluto are planets, as is any newly discovered object larger tha ...
... There is no REAL definition of what a planet is… Purely historical. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are planets. Nothing else in the solar system is a planet. Historical plus. Mercury through Pluto are planets, as is any newly discovered object larger tha ...
Mercury - UNBC GIS
... -least explored inner solar system planet -closest to the sun -highest daily surface temperature variance (+430C -> -170C) -before 2008, only Mariner 10 probe had captured Mercury in 1974/75 ...
... -least explored inner solar system planet -closest to the sun -highest daily surface temperature variance (+430C -> -170C) -before 2008, only Mariner 10 probe had captured Mercury in 1974/75 ...
Chapter 29 The Solar System
... Life on Earth is possible because… • …of the Earth’s distance from the Sun Temperature is warm enough for water to exist as a liquid Water occurs on Earth as a solid (ice), a liquid, or a gas (water vapor) The only known planet with the proper combination of water, temperature, and oxygen to sup ...
... Life on Earth is possible because… • …of the Earth’s distance from the Sun Temperature is warm enough for water to exist as a liquid Water occurs on Earth as a solid (ice), a liquid, or a gas (water vapor) The only known planet with the proper combination of water, temperature, and oxygen to sup ...
Astronomy Lab
... Cancel updates It is very important to save your home location as seen on this screen. (use postal code) ...
... Cancel updates It is very important to save your home location as seen on this screen. (use postal code) ...
The Eight Planets - Arcanum
... he amount of time a planet takes to orbit the sun is a year on that planet. Which planet has the shortest year?_________________________________________________________________________ 4. How long does it take Saturn to orbit the sun? _______________________________________________ 5. About how mu ...
... he amount of time a planet takes to orbit the sun is a year on that planet. Which planet has the shortest year?_________________________________________________________________________ 4. How long does it take Saturn to orbit the sun? _______________________________________________ 5. About how mu ...
Aucun titre de diapositive
... priority of the French planetary community (cf. the seminars of scientific prospective held by CNES in 1993, 1998, 2002 and 2004) the Mars priority has been recently re-confirmed by our science community, hence strong support to ExoMars after the success of MARS EXPRESS, strong emphasis on in si ...
... priority of the French planetary community (cf. the seminars of scientific prospective held by CNES in 1993, 1998, 2002 and 2004) the Mars priority has been recently re-confirmed by our science community, hence strong support to ExoMars after the success of MARS EXPRESS, strong emphasis on in si ...
Study Guide due__Friday, 1/27
... Make a flashcard for each planet. Write the major moon(s), inner/outer, solid/gas, atmosphere, and any characteristic specific to that planet…basically, use your foldable notes! ...
... Make a flashcard for each planet. Write the major moon(s), inner/outer, solid/gas, atmosphere, and any characteristic specific to that planet…basically, use your foldable notes! ...
Chapter10
... for the origin of Mercury’s massive iron core looks very much like the giant impact model for the origin of the Moon (Figure 9.29). Given the wide ranges of mass ratios of impacting body to planet, impact velocities, and impact parameter a wide variety of outcomes of the impact is possible. 2. Venus ...
... for the origin of Mercury’s massive iron core looks very much like the giant impact model for the origin of the Moon (Figure 9.29). Given the wide ranges of mass ratios of impacting body to planet, impact velocities, and impact parameter a wide variety of outcomes of the impact is possible. 2. Venus ...
Planets Worksheet
... 5. The planets can be divided into the inner planets and the outer planets. What divides them? __________________________________________________________ ...
... 5. The planets can be divided into the inner planets and the outer planets. What divides them? __________________________________________________________ ...
PTYS/ASTR 206 - Section 2 - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
... A. Planet A is made mostly of iron, while planet B is made mostly of silicon. B. Planet A must have multiple moons, while planet B is moon-less. C. Planet A’s surface is much older than Planet B’s surface. D. Planet A has a magnetic field, while Planet B does not. E. Planet A has water on its surfac ...
... A. Planet A is made mostly of iron, while planet B is made mostly of silicon. B. Planet A must have multiple moons, while planet B is moon-less. C. Planet A’s surface is much older than Planet B’s surface. D. Planet A has a magnetic field, while Planet B does not. E. Planet A has water on its surfac ...
Document
... The air is foul, the ground is hot, It rotates very slow. (Chorus) We love the Earth, our home, Its oceans and its trees, We eat its food, we breathe its air, So no pollution, please. (Chorus) Mars is very red. It's also dry and cold. Someday you might visit Mars If you are really bold. (Chorus) Gre ...
... The air is foul, the ground is hot, It rotates very slow. (Chorus) We love the Earth, our home, Its oceans and its trees, We eat its food, we breathe its air, So no pollution, please. (Chorus) Mars is very red. It's also dry and cold. Someday you might visit Mars If you are really bold. (Chorus) Gre ...
Chapter 2 Sec 1 The Sun
... is 460 degrees C, hot enough to melt lead i. Called the greenhouse effect, since that’s just what greenhouses do. Same reason we are worried about putting too much carbon dioxide in our atmosphere g. 19 spacecrafts; none with humans i. Magellan took radar pictures, so we know what the surface looks ...
... is 460 degrees C, hot enough to melt lead i. Called the greenhouse effect, since that’s just what greenhouses do. Same reason we are worried about putting too much carbon dioxide in our atmosphere g. 19 spacecrafts; none with humans i. Magellan took radar pictures, so we know what the surface looks ...
Our Solar System
... Smallest balloon ever…That is the hotter than you can imagine, denser than you can imagine and this balloon starts to expand with us inside of it along with other stars, and galaxies 4% stars and galaxies 96% dark matter and energy Rather than imagining a balloon popping and releasing its contents, ...
... Smallest balloon ever…That is the hotter than you can imagine, denser than you can imagine and this balloon starts to expand with us inside of it along with other stars, and galaxies 4% stars and galaxies 96% dark matter and energy Rather than imagining a balloon popping and releasing its contents, ...
File
... When the comet was observed, its train of 21 icy fragments stretched across 710 thousand miles (1.1 million km) of space, or 3 times the distance between Earth and the Moon. The comet was approximately 410 million miles (660 million km) from Earth when the picture was taken, on a mid-July collision ...
... When the comet was observed, its train of 21 icy fragments stretched across 710 thousand miles (1.1 million km) of space, or 3 times the distance between Earth and the Moon. The comet was approximately 410 million miles (660 million km) from Earth when the picture was taken, on a mid-July collision ...
Dwarf Planet
... If all of the asteroids were combined into a ball, they would still be much smaller than Earth's moon . If the sun was as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a nickel, the moon would be about as big as a green pea and Ceres (the largest object in the main asteroid belt) would be ...
... If all of the asteroids were combined into a ball, they would still be much smaller than Earth's moon . If the sun was as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a nickel, the moon would be about as big as a green pea and Ceres (the largest object in the main asteroid belt) would be ...
MarsGuide Field Test Version 1-23.pub
... Earth’s seasons result ONLY from the effects of its tilt. Earth’s orbit is nearly a perfect circle, so Earth’s distance from the Sun stays almost exactly the same throughout the year. Like Earth, Mars is also tilted. But unlike Earth, Mars’ distance from the Sun DOES affect its seasons, because Mars ...
... Earth’s seasons result ONLY from the effects of its tilt. Earth’s orbit is nearly a perfect circle, so Earth’s distance from the Sun stays almost exactly the same throughout the year. Like Earth, Mars is also tilted. But unlike Earth, Mars’ distance from the Sun DOES affect its seasons, because Mars ...
