Astronomy Review Packet
... 3) Order of the 8 planets from the sun, location (inner/outer) and their composition (gas/terrestrial) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ________________ ...
... 3) Order of the 8 planets from the sun, location (inner/outer) and their composition (gas/terrestrial) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ________________ ...
Dynamics_Gravity_II
... mPluto = 1.31 x 1022 kg orbit 6.39 days r (mean) =19,600 km Find mCharon/mPluto (11%) Photo Hubble Space Telescope ...
... mPluto = 1.31 x 1022 kg orbit 6.39 days r (mean) =19,600 km Find mCharon/mPluto (11%) Photo Hubble Space Telescope ...
Find the Planet Facts column for each of the planets: Mercury: Venus
... might be more like Earth: a dense, iron core surrounded by a mantle that may still be partially molten. ___ Mercury has lots of craters and smooth lava plains like our moon, and a huge ocean under the surface like our Earth’s oceans. ...
... might be more like Earth: a dense, iron core surrounded by a mantle that may still be partially molten. ___ Mercury has lots of craters and smooth lava plains like our moon, and a huge ocean under the surface like our Earth’s oceans. ...
Gravity - Swansea Edunet
... The Earth travels around the Sun. It takes the Earth 1 year to do this. Around the Earth is the Ozone Layer and it protects the Earth from the Sun’s rays. Mars is very, very cold. Mars is the only planet that we have sent a robot to. There is no life on Mars. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are made ...
... The Earth travels around the Sun. It takes the Earth 1 year to do this. Around the Earth is the Ozone Layer and it protects the Earth from the Sun’s rays. Mars is very, very cold. Mars is the only planet that we have sent a robot to. There is no life on Mars. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are made ...
THE UNIVERSE summary
... • It takes the Moon about 28 days to complete one revolution and one rotatio rotation. • There is no air or atmosphere on the Moon. There is also no wind or rain. • The Moon’ss surface is rocky and has craters and mountains. • The Moon doesn’tt produce its own light. We can only see the illuminated ...
... • It takes the Moon about 28 days to complete one revolution and one rotatio rotation. • There is no air or atmosphere on the Moon. There is also no wind or rain. • The Moon’ss surface is rocky and has craters and mountains. • The Moon doesn’tt produce its own light. We can only see the illuminated ...
Chapter Four Science Astronomy
... Charon: Pluto’s moon, is more than half the size of Pluto, Largest satellite relative to its planet in the solar system Miranda: small moon of Uranus, its surface has smooth cratered plains as well as regions That have grooves and cliffs. It may have once broken apart. Phobos: This moon of Mars has ...
... Charon: Pluto’s moon, is more than half the size of Pluto, Largest satellite relative to its planet in the solar system Miranda: small moon of Uranus, its surface has smooth cratered plains as well as regions That have grooves and cliffs. It may have once broken apart. Phobos: This moon of Mars has ...
Presentation
... Plate tectonics is the theory that proposes that Earth’s outer produced earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and Earth’s crust itself? ...
... Plate tectonics is the theory that proposes that Earth’s outer produced earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and Earth’s crust itself? ...
Document
... Roughly 4.5 billion years old Will last another 4.5 billion years A very typical star ...
... Roughly 4.5 billion years old Will last another 4.5 billion years A very typical star ...
ES - Lesson 11
... composition and how it has changed over time. A. Origin of the Solar System 1. Nebular hypothesis – the solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago in a rotating cloud of dust and gas. 2. 90% was collected at the center due to high pressure A fussion began ---- Sun 3. 10% in the outer disk becam ...
... composition and how it has changed over time. A. Origin of the Solar System 1. Nebular hypothesis – the solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago in a rotating cloud of dust and gas. 2. 90% was collected at the center due to high pressure A fussion began ---- Sun 3. 10% in the outer disk becam ...
Introduction to Astronomy
... Pluto • Discovered in 1930 by comparing photos taken at different times • Slightly farther than Neptune, in tipped, eccentric orbit • Smaller than our moon • Has one moon, Charon • Robotic mission launched January, 2006; will fly by in July, 2015 ...
... Pluto • Discovered in 1930 by comparing photos taken at different times • Slightly farther than Neptune, in tipped, eccentric orbit • Smaller than our moon • Has one moon, Charon • Robotic mission launched January, 2006; will fly by in July, 2015 ...
Friday 25th October 2013 4.00 p.m. Professor Linda T. Elkins
... impact on Earth, had been thought to dry their target materials through heat and fragmentation. New mission data from Mars, the Moon, and Mercury, however, all indicate that these bodies have water in their interiors that originated with accretion, and so accretionary processes do not dry rocky plan ...
... impact on Earth, had been thought to dry their target materials through heat and fragmentation. New mission data from Mars, the Moon, and Mercury, however, all indicate that these bodies have water in their interiors that originated with accretion, and so accretionary processes do not dry rocky plan ...
ecliptic plane
... How does being in the ecliptic affect where we see the planets in the sky from the ground, on Earth?! ...
... How does being in the ecliptic affect where we see the planets in the sky from the ground, on Earth?! ...
Chapter 1 – Nebular hypothesis, rotation vs
... Compare the densities of the Jovian and terrestrial planets. Why do these differences exist? What is orbital velocity? When is it faster, slower. Aphelion vs. perihelion. Relationship to seasonal change on Earth (if any). Why can the Jovian planets retain more gasses in their atmosphere? What’s a ne ...
... Compare the densities of the Jovian and terrestrial planets. Why do these differences exist? What is orbital velocity? When is it faster, slower. Aphelion vs. perihelion. Relationship to seasonal change on Earth (if any). Why can the Jovian planets retain more gasses in their atmosphere? What’s a ne ...
unit 8 vocabulary
... A natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside Earth’s atmosphere. Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of Earth or the Moon Piece of rock or metal made up of material similar to that which formed the planets that orbit the sun The region of interplanetary space between the inner and oute ...
... A natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside Earth’s atmosphere. Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of Earth or the Moon Piece of rock or metal made up of material similar to that which formed the planets that orbit the sun The region of interplanetary space between the inner and oute ...
Science chapter C4 Study Guide
... Scientists think Saturn’s rings were formed by broken apart moons. Sunlight is a form of the sun’s energy. The Earth rotates once a day on an imaginary line called an axis. The phase of the moon that cannot be seen is the new moon. The phases of the moon are the parts that are lighted. The pla ...
... Scientists think Saturn’s rings were formed by broken apart moons. Sunlight is a form of the sun’s energy. The Earth rotates once a day on an imaginary line called an axis. The phase of the moon that cannot be seen is the new moon. The phases of the moon are the parts that are lighted. The pla ...
Celestial bodies
... Autumnal (Fall) Equinox-Sept 21/22 Celestial bodies-objects in space: asteroid, planets, stars, comets, asteroid belt, sun Celestial Body Movements: Rotate-Earth spinning on its axis—causes day and night (day) Revolve- Earth moving around the sun – causes years Movement Direction: Prograde rotation ...
... Autumnal (Fall) Equinox-Sept 21/22 Celestial bodies-objects in space: asteroid, planets, stars, comets, asteroid belt, sun Celestial Body Movements: Rotate-Earth spinning on its axis—causes day and night (day) Revolve- Earth moving around the sun – causes years Movement Direction: Prograde rotation ...
B. Distance from Sun
... from unexplained changes in the orbit of Uranus. • Also identified multiple times initially as a _____. _______ first noted it in 1612. ...
... from unexplained changes in the orbit of Uranus. • Also identified multiple times initially as a _____. _______ first noted it in 1612. ...
Astronomy Review Name: Date: Name the planets in order from the
... 34. In terms of stars, explain the meaning of E = mc2. When hydrogen is fused into helium, some of the mass within the atoms is lost. This mass is transformed into huge amounts of energy, which the star emits as light, heat and other radiation. 35. What is meant by axial tilt? The angle at which the ...
... 34. In terms of stars, explain the meaning of E = mc2. When hydrogen is fused into helium, some of the mass within the atoms is lost. This mass is transformed into huge amounts of energy, which the star emits as light, heat and other radiation. 35. What is meant by axial tilt? The angle at which the ...
Name Test Date ______ Signature Science SOL 4.8 Earth Patterns
... I am an averaged-sized yellow star. Sun I am made of hot gases. Mainly hydrogen and helium. I am about 110 times the diameter of the Earth. I am about 4.6 billion years old! I am an active planet with a surface of land and water that is constantly changing. Earth I have lots of water and an oxygen-r ...
... I am an averaged-sized yellow star. Sun I am made of hot gases. Mainly hydrogen and helium. I am about 110 times the diameter of the Earth. I am about 4.6 billion years old! I am an active planet with a surface of land and water that is constantly changing. Earth I have lots of water and an oxygen-r ...
1.1 Physics and The laws of Nature
... the natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. ...
... the natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves. ...
Chapter 27 Study Guide
... A. composed of light elements B. low density C. large size D. rocky crust ____ 5. Which of the following planets have ring systems? A. Saturn B. Jupiter C. Neptune D. all of the above ____ 6. Oberon, Ariel, and Miranda are three of the five largest moons of A. Jupiter B. Mars C. Uranus D. Venus ____ ...
... A. composed of light elements B. low density C. large size D. rocky crust ____ 5. Which of the following planets have ring systems? A. Saturn B. Jupiter C. Neptune D. all of the above ____ 6. Oberon, Ariel, and Miranda are three of the five largest moons of A. Jupiter B. Mars C. Uranus D. Venus ____ ...
Chapter 1 Structure and Bonding
... We can manipulate r and T to get any distance or period we want a) Sychronous orbit: T = 24 h, satellite stays over same place all day b) Calculate r for a synchronous = 42,000 km (7 times re) c) Make r shorter, T becomes shorter d) Make T shorter, r becomes shorter ...
... We can manipulate r and T to get any distance or period we want a) Sychronous orbit: T = 24 h, satellite stays over same place all day b) Calculate r for a synchronous = 42,000 km (7 times re) c) Make r shorter, T becomes shorter d) Make T shorter, r becomes shorter ...
