Lecture 13 - Seattle Central College
... Dwarf planets have squished themselves spherical but have not cleared their orbital paths of stuff The Kuiper belt: The stuff in Pluto’s path Icy (frozen volatiles) bodies arranged in a doughnut shape from 30-(100) AU ...
... Dwarf planets have squished themselves spherical but have not cleared their orbital paths of stuff The Kuiper belt: The stuff in Pluto’s path Icy (frozen volatiles) bodies arranged in a doughnut shape from 30-(100) AU ...
Solar System Dynamics Part I: Solar System Dynamics
... r: distance of m from M mi: mass of disturbing body “i” ri: distance of mi from M Ri: disturbing function U: Gravitational potential ...
... r: distance of m from M mi: mass of disturbing body “i” ri: distance of mi from M Ri: disturbing function U: Gravitational potential ...
From Inner Earth to Outer Space
... contributed to our understanding of Earth’s past as well as its future. Engineers and scientists with the internationally funded Ocean Drilling Program began subsea drilling operations in 1961 to explore the hard outer layer of the Earth’s crust, or lithosphere. Scientists used tools and techniques ...
... contributed to our understanding of Earth’s past as well as its future. Engineers and scientists with the internationally funded Ocean Drilling Program began subsea drilling operations in 1961 to explore the hard outer layer of the Earth’s crust, or lithosphere. Scientists used tools and techniques ...
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... A. There was no rocky material beyond Jupiter’s orbit. B. The heaviest rocks sank towards the center of the solar system. C. Ice could form in the outer solar system. D. A passing star probably stripped away all of ...
... A. There was no rocky material beyond Jupiter’s orbit. B. The heaviest rocks sank towards the center of the solar system. C. Ice could form in the outer solar system. D. A passing star probably stripped away all of ...
Ch. 5 - Mercury Venus Mars
... The atmosphere of Venus is made up of carbon dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid. The atmosphere is some 90 times denser than Earth’s. The Greenhouse effect causes the surface temperature of Venus to be close to 730K (or 860oF) day or night. This is hot enough to melt lead or tin. ...
... The atmosphere of Venus is made up of carbon dioxide, with clouds of sulfuric acid. The atmosphere is some 90 times denser than Earth’s. The Greenhouse effect causes the surface temperature of Venus to be close to 730K (or 860oF) day or night. This is hot enough to melt lead or tin. ...
Ch 12 slides - UNLV Physics
... •! Nucleus of comet a “dirty snowball” •! Most comets do not have tails. •! Most comets remain perpetually frozen in the outer solar system. •! Only comets that enter the inner solar ...
... •! Nucleus of comet a “dirty snowball” •! Most comets do not have tails. •! Most comets remain perpetually frozen in the outer solar system. •! Only comets that enter the inner solar ...
Asteroids - mjeffries
... Mathilde • Mathilde is a main-belt asteroid (66 km long). • It is a dark type C. • Impacts in Mathilde result in little splash at craters. ...
... Mathilde • Mathilde is a main-belt asteroid (66 km long). • It is a dark type C. • Impacts in Mathilde result in little splash at craters. ...
Physics 127 Descriptive Astronomy Homework #8 Key (Chapter 4
... Asteroids Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Moon ...
... Asteroids Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Moon ...
The Role of Comets in the Late Heavy Bombardment
... • IniIal condiIons using elements of 6014 disk objects reaching perihelia with q < 3.9 AU in the Nice Model (Brož et al. 2013) • Down-‐selec>on (P < 20 yr and TJ > 2) ⇒ 5000 sets of ele ...
... • IniIal condiIons using elements of 6014 disk objects reaching perihelia with q < 3.9 AU in the Nice Model (Brož et al. 2013) • Down-‐selec>on (P < 20 yr and TJ > 2) ⇒ 5000 sets of ele ...
Solar System Debris
... Types of Meteorites • In every case that someone has been able to track or film a meteor as it fell to the ground, the meteors have been discovered to originate from the asteroid belt • There are two basic types of meteorites: – Primitive: simple mixtures of rock and metal, sometimes also containing ...
... Types of Meteorites • In every case that someone has been able to track or film a meteor as it fell to the ground, the meteors have been discovered to originate from the asteroid belt • There are two basic types of meteorites: – Primitive: simple mixtures of rock and metal, sometimes also containing ...
The Solar System
... solar system. Although Pluto is a solid planet like the terrestrial planets, it has an icier surface that allows it to be all by itself. There are other dwarf planets besides Pluto, but their make-up is still being determined. The "inner and outer" solar systems are divided by an asteroid belt. The ...
... solar system. Although Pluto is a solid planet like the terrestrial planets, it has an icier surface that allows it to be all by itself. There are other dwarf planets besides Pluto, but their make-up is still being determined. The "inner and outer" solar systems are divided by an asteroid belt. The ...
Class Syllabus - UTEP Geological Sciences
... reading assignments and do the reading before the class meeting where it will be discussed. Come to class prepared with answers to the assigned questions and with your own questions. I expect everyone to contribute to class discussions. If you are in the military with the potential of being called t ...
... reading assignments and do the reading before the class meeting where it will be discussed. Come to class prepared with answers to the assigned questions and with your own questions. I expect everyone to contribute to class discussions. If you are in the military with the potential of being called t ...
Document
... reddish light when viewed with the naked eye. When viewed in the telescope, it shows up as a predomi nantly reddish-colored disk with distinct markings. This color is due to the rock and dust covering the surface of Mars. It has been analyzed and found to have a high iron content, so it has a rusty ...
... reddish light when viewed with the naked eye. When viewed in the telescope, it shows up as a predomi nantly reddish-colored disk with distinct markings. This color is due to the rock and dust covering the surface of Mars. It has been analyzed and found to have a high iron content, so it has a rusty ...
April 2015 - Astronomical Society of Northern New England
... particular wavelengths—oxygen producing the most common green signature, with less common states of oxygen and hydrogen producing red and the occasional blue from nitrogen. But it wasn't until the 2000s that this picture was directly confirmed! NASA's Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Explora ...
... particular wavelengths—oxygen producing the most common green signature, with less common states of oxygen and hydrogen producing red and the occasional blue from nitrogen. But it wasn't until the 2000s that this picture was directly confirmed! NASA's Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Explora ...
Chapter 25 Our Solar System - Information Technology Florida Wing
... light when viewed with the naked eye. When viewed in the telescope, it shows up as a predominantly reddishcolored disk with distinct markings. This color is due to the rock and dust covering the surface of Mars. It has been analyzed and found to have a high iron content, so it has a rusty look. The ...
... light when viewed with the naked eye. When viewed in the telescope, it shows up as a predominantly reddishcolored disk with distinct markings. This color is due to the rock and dust covering the surface of Mars. It has been analyzed and found to have a high iron content, so it has a rusty look. The ...
1st Year Second Semester Examination - 2013 (EN -1202
... them to make one complete trip around the Sun) five to seven Earth years in length. Their farthest point from the Sun ( aphelion) is near Jupiter's orbit, with the closest point (perihelion) being much nearer to Earth. A few comets like Halley have their aphelions beyond Neptune (which is six times ...
... them to make one complete trip around the Sun) five to seven Earth years in length. Their farthest point from the Sun ( aphelion) is near Jupiter's orbit, with the closest point (perihelion) being much nearer to Earth. A few comets like Halley have their aphelions beyond Neptune (which is six times ...
Sumerian Picture of Tiamat
... The picture below dates back to about 2000 years Before our Common Era (BCE). It is one of many representations created in ancient Sumer. What can we see on this picture, besides four individuals and a vase? At the top in the middle, it clearly looks like a depiction of the central star of our solar ...
... The picture below dates back to about 2000 years Before our Common Era (BCE). It is one of many representations created in ancient Sumer. What can we see on this picture, besides four individuals and a vase? At the top in the middle, it clearly looks like a depiction of the central star of our solar ...
Lunar eclipses
... 22.2 The Earth–Moon–Sun System Motions of the Earth–Moon System Lunar Motions • The difference of two days between the synodic and sidereal cycles is due to the Earth–moon system also moving in an orbit around the sun. • The moon’s period of rotation about its axis and its revolution around Earth ...
... 22.2 The Earth–Moon–Sun System Motions of the Earth–Moon System Lunar Motions • The difference of two days between the synodic and sidereal cycles is due to the Earth–moon system also moving in an orbit around the sun. • The moon’s period of rotation about its axis and its revolution around Earth ...
Asteroids and Comets
... every few billion years, or maybe one or two collisions over the lifetime of the solar system. Spacecraft pass through the asteroid belt with virtually no chance of a collision, and in fact considerable effort is required for a close flyby of even one asteroid, such as the Galileo spacecraft flyby o ...
... every few billion years, or maybe one or two collisions over the lifetime of the solar system. Spacecraft pass through the asteroid belt with virtually no chance of a collision, and in fact considerable effort is required for a close flyby of even one asteroid, such as the Galileo spacecraft flyby o ...
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... dark. As an area on Earth rotates into the Sun’s light, that area experiences daylight. As an area on Earth rotates away from the Sun’s light, that area experiences night. 2. Define the terms “rotation” and “revolution” as they relate to space science. Rotation defines a planet’s or moon’s spin on i ...
... dark. As an area on Earth rotates into the Sun’s light, that area experiences daylight. As an area on Earth rotates away from the Sun’s light, that area experiences night. 2. Define the terms “rotation” and “revolution” as they relate to space science. Rotation defines a planet’s or moon’s spin on i ...
Solar System Distance Activity
... revolving around the Sun, but rarely consider how far each planet is from the Sun. Furthermore, we fail to appreciate the even greater distances to the other stars. Astronomers use the distance from the Sun to the Earth as one “astronomical unit”. This unit provides an easy way to calculate the dist ...
... revolving around the Sun, but rarely consider how far each planet is from the Sun. Furthermore, we fail to appreciate the even greater distances to the other stars. Astronomers use the distance from the Sun to the Earth as one “astronomical unit”. This unit provides an easy way to calculate the dist ...
PRESS RELEASE Source: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Center for
... huge satellite with about 1000 times larger mass than Phobos is quickly formed in the inner disk region. This huge satellite moves outwards due to the gravitational interaction with the disk, and starts to enhance the accretion of small satellites forming in the outer region. After the formation of ...
... huge satellite with about 1000 times larger mass than Phobos is quickly formed in the inner disk region. This huge satellite moves outwards due to the gravitational interaction with the disk, and starts to enhance the accretion of small satellites forming in the outer region. After the formation of ...
Origin of Terrestrial Planets and-the Earth
... known as dynamical friction:Aswarrn ofbackground small particles acts to damp the velocities ofthe largest objects. From equation 1, ifthe largest objects in a given region of the disk also have the lowest velocities; then theii collisional cross sections will be signifrcantly enhanced, compared to ...
... known as dynamical friction:Aswarrn ofbackground small particles acts to damp the velocities ofthe largest objects. From equation 1, ifthe largest objects in a given region of the disk also have the lowest velocities; then theii collisional cross sections will be signifrcantly enhanced, compared to ...