Week 5 Notes Inner Planets
... a. Venus takes about __7.5__ Earth moths to __REVOLVE__ around the Sun. b. ...
... a. Venus takes about __7.5__ Earth moths to __REVOLVE__ around the Sun. b. ...
Dwarf Planet
... , one of the largest and most famous dwarf planets, is about 5.9 billion km (3.7 billion miles) or 39.48 AU away from the sun. Dwarf planet Ceres is in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Dwarf planets are solid ...
... , one of the largest and most famous dwarf planets, is about 5.9 billion km (3.7 billion miles) or 39.48 AU away from the sun. Dwarf planet Ceres is in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Dwarf planets are solid ...
Asteroid Belt Bode`s Law It was thought that the sequence of planets
... discussed in another session) being found of similar size to the former planet Pluto. This led to the creating of a new class of objects which have been called Dwarf Planets. These are large enough for gravity to have caused them to be near spherical but they have not cleared their orbits of other o ...
... discussed in another session) being found of similar size to the former planet Pluto. This led to the creating of a new class of objects which have been called Dwarf Planets. These are large enough for gravity to have caused them to be near spherical but they have not cleared their orbits of other o ...
Impact Craters Leave an Impression…
... meteors in our solar system alone •Travel in excess of 20,000 mph ...
... meteors in our solar system alone •Travel in excess of 20,000 mph ...
The Solar System At least 7 billion miles across, home to 8 planets
... over after the birth of the sun. Amazingly, these 8 massive, celestial bodies grew out of tiny specs of dust orbiting the new star. Time and again the young planets collided with floating debris, eventually reaching their current size. The sun’s gravity then locked them into orbit. The solar system ...
... over after the birth of the sun. Amazingly, these 8 massive, celestial bodies grew out of tiny specs of dust orbiting the new star. Time and again the young planets collided with floating debris, eventually reaching their current size. The sun’s gravity then locked them into orbit. The solar system ...
chapter7OurPlanetary..
... • How do robotic spacecraft work? – Flyby: Flies by another world only once. – Orbiter: Goes into orbit around another world – Probe/Lander: Lands on surface – Sample Return Mission: Returns a sample of another world’s surface to Earth ...
... • How do robotic spacecraft work? – Flyby: Flies by another world only once. – Orbiter: Goes into orbit around another world – Probe/Lander: Lands on surface – Sample Return Mission: Returns a sample of another world’s surface to Earth ...
Inner and Outer Planets - Sonoma Valley High School
... Mars: the red planet • Polar icecaps have frozen water, CO2 • Largest volcano in solar system • Thin atmosphere mostly CO2 • Year = 693.5 Earth days • Day = 24.6 Earth hours • 10% the size of Earth • Temp. 144 – 300 K (cold) • Has 2 moons ...
... Mars: the red planet • Polar icecaps have frozen water, CO2 • Largest volcano in solar system • Thin atmosphere mostly CO2 • Year = 693.5 Earth days • Day = 24.6 Earth hours • 10% the size of Earth • Temp. 144 – 300 K (cold) • Has 2 moons ...
Genetics: The Science of Heredity
... 11. The greenhouse effect makes Venus the hottest planet in our solar system. 12. The solar system consists of the sun, eight planets and their moons, and several kinds of smaller objects. 13. Mars and Venus have atmospheres that are mostly carbon dioxide. 14. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a(n) storm ...
... 11. The greenhouse effect makes Venus the hottest planet in our solar system. 12. The solar system consists of the sun, eight planets and their moons, and several kinds of smaller objects. 13. Mars and Venus have atmospheres that are mostly carbon dioxide. 14. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a(n) storm ...
the young astronomers newsletter
... European experts saw one of the faintest asteroids common stars in the universe) are prime targets in the ever found - a chunk of space rock about 65 miles in search for extraterrestrial life. But new research diameter beyond the orbit of Mars. It had been seen indicates some such planets may not be ...
... European experts saw one of the faintest asteroids common stars in the universe) are prime targets in the ever found - a chunk of space rock about 65 miles in search for extraterrestrial life. But new research diameter beyond the orbit of Mars. It had been seen indicates some such planets may not be ...
Integrative Studies 410 Our Place in the Universe
... • A Meteoroid is a small asteroid, less than 100 m in diameter • A Meteorite is any piece of interplanetary matter that survives the passage through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on Earth’s surface ...
... • A Meteoroid is a small asteroid, less than 100 m in diameter • A Meteorite is any piece of interplanetary matter that survives the passage through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on Earth’s surface ...
3-to-2 spin-orbit coupling
... Comets glow only as they near the sun Ice chunks in the Kuiper belt aren’t luminescent—too cold Nucleus: solid part, a few km across Coma: luminous ball around nucleus ...
... Comets glow only as they near the sun Ice chunks in the Kuiper belt aren’t luminescent—too cold Nucleus: solid part, a few km across Coma: luminous ball around nucleus ...
Test #2
... 3. The clouds of Venus are made mostly of a) water, b) dust, c) CO2, d) Sulfuric acid 4. Why does Mars have seasons? a) Its orbit is circular. b) It rotates only a few times during each orbit around the Sun. c) Mars' orbit brings it closer to the Sun during summer and farther from the Sun during win ...
... 3. The clouds of Venus are made mostly of a) water, b) dust, c) CO2, d) Sulfuric acid 4. Why does Mars have seasons? a) Its orbit is circular. b) It rotates only a few times during each orbit around the Sun. c) Mars' orbit brings it closer to the Sun during summer and farther from the Sun during win ...
Modeling the Solar System - American Museum of Natural History
... From what students know about planets and space, along with what they observed in their models of the solar system, have them think about the challenges that humans would face in travelling to and living on another planet. Tell students that humans are most likely to return to the Moon and to visit ...
... From what students know about planets and space, along with what they observed in their models of the solar system, have them think about the challenges that humans would face in travelling to and living on another planet. Tell students that humans are most likely to return to the Moon and to visit ...
It`s time for the human race to enter the solar system
... Why are there a large number of asteroids & comets in different locations? ...
... Why are there a large number of asteroids & comets in different locations? ...
SC Astronauts - Knowitall.org
... 4.E.3A.1 Develop and use models of Earth’s solar system to exemplify the location and order of the planets as they orbit the Sun and the main composition (rock or gas) of the planets. Standard 8.E.4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the universe and the predictable patterns caused by ...
... 4.E.3A.1 Develop and use models of Earth’s solar system to exemplify the location and order of the planets as they orbit the Sun and the main composition (rock or gas) of the planets. Standard 8.E.4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the universe and the predictable patterns caused by ...
Our Solar System
... sending unusual data to Earth in November and December 2003. In May 2005, NASA confirmed that Voyager 1, 26 years after its launch, had entered the vast, turbulent expanse where the Sun’s influence wanes — at about 94 AU, approximately 13 billion kilometers (8.7 billion miles) from the Sun. This is th ...
... sending unusual data to Earth in November and December 2003. In May 2005, NASA confirmed that Voyager 1, 26 years after its launch, had entered the vast, turbulent expanse where the Sun’s influence wanes — at about 94 AU, approximately 13 billion kilometers (8.7 billion miles) from the Sun. This is th ...
Planets: Mars
... Mass is 639E21kg Volume is 163,115,609,779 km3 Density is 3.93 g/cm3 Sink because the density is not heavy Gravity is 3.711 m/s2 ...
... Mass is 639E21kg Volume is 163,115,609,779 km3 Density is 3.93 g/cm3 Sink because the density is not heavy Gravity is 3.711 m/s2 ...
Quiz #2
... Only Earth and Mercury amongst terrestrial planets have magnetic fields. ◦ Mercury – small and has slow rotation (1 rot in 59 Earth days), but have a very large metal core ◦ Mars and the Moon have no magnetic fields due to core not liquid enough. Mars lost most atmosphere when its interior cooled ...
... Only Earth and Mercury amongst terrestrial planets have magnetic fields. ◦ Mercury – small and has slow rotation (1 rot in 59 Earth days), but have a very large metal core ◦ Mars and the Moon have no magnetic fields due to core not liquid enough. Mars lost most atmosphere when its interior cooled ...
Overview of 4th Grade
... The moon is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun. As the Moon orbits around the Earth once per month, the angle between the Earth, the Moon and the Sun changes; we see this as the cycle of the Moon's phases. The time between successive new moons is 29.5 days (709 hours) ...
... The moon is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun. As the Moon orbits around the Earth once per month, the angle between the Earth, the Moon and the Sun changes; we see this as the cycle of the Moon's phases. The time between successive new moons is 29.5 days (709 hours) ...
Solar System Study Guide Key
... 7. Maria: a large dark spot or area on the moon 8. Crater: round or bowl-like pits that are found on the moon’s surface 9. Umbra: the darker part of the shadow during an eclipse 10. Penumbra: the lighter part of the shadow during an eclipse 11. Comet: chunks of ice and dust particles; orbits are ver ...
... 7. Maria: a large dark spot or area on the moon 8. Crater: round or bowl-like pits that are found on the moon’s surface 9. Umbra: the darker part of the shadow during an eclipse 10. Penumbra: the lighter part of the shadow during an eclipse 11. Comet: chunks of ice and dust particles; orbits are ver ...
Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
... • Meteoroids are small chunks of rock and dust left over from asteroids and comets that pass by the Earth. • They are found within the path of the Earth’s orbit around the sun. • They can be rocky, iron, or mixed. ...
... • Meteoroids are small chunks of rock and dust left over from asteroids and comets that pass by the Earth. • They are found within the path of the Earth’s orbit around the sun. • They can be rocky, iron, or mixed. ...
Earth Science Chapter Two: What Makes Up the Solar System
... 7. Why would astronauts not be able to leave their spacecrafts on Mercury, even with spacesuits? Astronauts would not be able to leave their spacecrafts on Mercury because it has no atmosphere to protect it from the sun’s radiation. 8. What makes Venus extremely poisonous to humans? Venus is extreme ...
... 7. Why would astronauts not be able to leave their spacecrafts on Mercury, even with spacesuits? Astronauts would not be able to leave their spacecrafts on Mercury because it has no atmosphere to protect it from the sun’s radiation. 8. What makes Venus extremely poisonous to humans? Venus is extreme ...
Planets-in-solar
... Mercury in a Brief Sun-scorched Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon. Like the Moon, Mercury has very little atmosphere to stop impacts and it is covered with craters. Mercury's dayside is super heated by the Sun, but at night temperatures drop hundreds of degrees below freezing. Ice m ...
... Mercury in a Brief Sun-scorched Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon. Like the Moon, Mercury has very little atmosphere to stop impacts and it is covered with craters. Mercury's dayside is super heated by the Sun, but at night temperatures drop hundreds of degrees below freezing. Ice m ...