The Space Program Notes
... Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977, passed Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1980, Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989. Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in 2013 and is still transmitting data. ...
... Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977, passed Jupiter in 1979, Saturn in 1980, Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989. Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in 2013 and is still transmitting data. ...
Solar System Scale Model Walk Lab
... worlds in our solar system and quote the even more enormous values for the distances between the stars, it is almost impossible to truly understand just how vast these distances really are. One way to gain at least a little understanding is to view an accurate scale model of the solar system. The Ga ...
... worlds in our solar system and quote the even more enormous values for the distances between the stars, it is almost impossible to truly understand just how vast these distances really are. One way to gain at least a little understanding is to view an accurate scale model of the solar system. The Ga ...
Studying the Universe
... distant objects. Some telescopes are set up on the ground. Others are placed on satellites that transmit data back to Earth. These space-based telescopes can gather better data because there is no interference from Earth's atmosphere. Any telescope can help astronomers gather information about dista ...
... distant objects. Some telescopes are set up on the ground. Others are placed on satellites that transmit data back to Earth. These space-based telescopes can gather better data because there is no interference from Earth's atmosphere. Any telescope can help astronomers gather information about dista ...
Planetary research at IRF
... with a integration period of 65 seconds. Clearly, mass lines at the 10–14 mbar pressure level can be ...
... with a integration period of 65 seconds. Clearly, mass lines at the 10–14 mbar pressure level can be ...
Kuiper Belt
... • Elongated orbits (far beyond Pluto) Space Debris Song – Orbital period of most hundreds of thousands of years – Some less than 200 years and encounter inner solar system ...
... • Elongated orbits (far beyond Pluto) Space Debris Song – Orbital period of most hundreds of thousands of years – Some less than 200 years and encounter inner solar system ...
Other tenants
... We have already mentioned that the planets with their satellites and rings are not the only bodies that occupy the Solar System. To start with, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, there is the Main Asteroid Belt that is not just a flat disc with rocks of different sizes and shapes as we usually ...
... We have already mentioned that the planets with their satellites and rings are not the only bodies that occupy the Solar System. To start with, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, there is the Main Asteroid Belt that is not just a flat disc with rocks of different sizes and shapes as we usually ...
Overview of the Solar System
... • few moons – Earth has a large moon compared to its size, Mars has two small “potato” shaped moons while Mercury and Venus have none • Earth and Mars have almost the same length of day – Mercury and Venus take months just to rotate once • Earth and Mercury have significant magnetic fields, Venus an ...
... • few moons – Earth has a large moon compared to its size, Mars has two small “potato” shaped moons while Mercury and Venus have none • Earth and Mars have almost the same length of day – Mercury and Venus take months just to rotate once • Earth and Mercury have significant magnetic fields, Venus an ...
The Solar System
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... Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. ...
PPT - ILWS
... • Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), in Earth orbit, to be launched in 2008, life time more than 4 years • But: no in-situ instruments, no coronagraph • Solar Orbiter, in near-Sun execliptic orbit, launch 2015 (?) But: not much context with Earth • Sentinels 2013 ?? • Solar Probe ??? ...
... • Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), in Earth orbit, to be launched in 2008, life time more than 4 years • But: no in-situ instruments, no coronagraph • Solar Orbiter, in near-Sun execliptic orbit, launch 2015 (?) But: not much context with Earth • Sentinels 2013 ?? • Solar Probe ??? ...
Earth Science Study Guide Astronomy Test 4/29
... 20. What are two likely reasons why more meteorites and dust debris collide with the other planets and moons than they do with Earth? Because of the strong gravitational pull of the moon. Asteroids Travels slow across the sky Size from 1000 km to the size of a pebble Orbit sun in slightly elliptical ...
... 20. What are two likely reasons why more meteorites and dust debris collide with the other planets and moons than they do with Earth? Because of the strong gravitational pull of the moon. Asteroids Travels slow across the sky Size from 1000 km to the size of a pebble Orbit sun in slightly elliptical ...
Astro 1 Levine Homework Solar System
... 4. The Cassini mission is conducting some final flybys of Enceladus. Research the October, November and December flybys here: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/flybys/ and read up on Enceladus here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus . What do you find most interesting or surprising about Ence ...
... 4. The Cassini mission is conducting some final flybys of Enceladus. Research the October, November and December flybys here: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/flybys/ and read up on Enceladus here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus . What do you find most interesting or surprising about Ence ...
Asteroids, meteorites, and comets
... Meteor-When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere of a planet at high speed and friction causes it to burn up. Meteorite-If the meteoroid does not burn up completely in the atmosphere and collides with the surface. It is the piece that is left. ...
... Meteor-When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere of a planet at high speed and friction causes it to burn up. Meteorite-If the meteoroid does not burn up completely in the atmosphere and collides with the surface. It is the piece that is left. ...
Terrestrial Planets
... the Earth’s diameter) • Comets are icy bodies about 10 km or less across that can grow very long tails of gas and dust as they near the Sun and are vaporized by its heat ...
... the Earth’s diameter) • Comets are icy bodies about 10 km or less across that can grow very long tails of gas and dust as they near the Sun and are vaporized by its heat ...
A Tour of Our Solar System
... – High temperatures that can melt lead. – Rotates counter-clockwise. ...
... – High temperatures that can melt lead. – Rotates counter-clockwise. ...
Mars as a Solar System Body Physical Properties and Composition
... The NASA Image Exchange, http://nix.nasa.gov/ Zeilik, Michael, Gregory, Stephen A., and Smith, Elske v. P. Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics. Saunders College Publishing, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ...
... The NASA Image Exchange, http://nix.nasa.gov/ Zeilik, Michael, Gregory, Stephen A., and Smith, Elske v. P. Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics. Saunders College Publishing, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ...
Class notes
... Asteroids: A relatively small, inactive body, composed of rock, carbon or metal, which is orbiting the Sun. Comets: A relatively small, sometimes active object, which is composed of dirt and ices. Comets are characterized by dust and gas tails when in proximity to the Sun. Far from the Sun it is dif ...
... Asteroids: A relatively small, inactive body, composed of rock, carbon or metal, which is orbiting the Sun. Comets: A relatively small, sometimes active object, which is composed of dirt and ices. Comets are characterized by dust and gas tails when in proximity to the Sun. Far from the Sun it is dif ...
THE INNER PLANETS !
... Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Because it is like the Earth Venus is called the Earth’s twin. Mercury has extreme temperatures , about 500° during the night and - 170° at night. Venus is the second planet from the sun. The atmosphere on Venus is made up mostly of carbon dioxide. The largest ...
... Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Because it is like the Earth Venus is called the Earth’s twin. Mercury has extreme temperatures , about 500° during the night and - 170° at night. Venus is the second planet from the sun. The atmosphere on Venus is made up mostly of carbon dioxide. The largest ...
Interplanetary Spaceflight www.AssignmentPoint.com Interplanetary
... while Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11 and Voyager 2 are on course to leave it. ...
... while Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11 and Voyager 2 are on course to leave it. ...
Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids
... • What is most likely the object that hit Earth in the picture below? A comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor, or meteorite? • Most likely it was an asteroid • Why study comets, asteroids, & meteoroids. • Because they threaten the existence of life on Earth ...
... • What is most likely the object that hit Earth in the picture below? A comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor, or meteorite? • Most likely it was an asteroid • Why study comets, asteroids, & meteoroids. • Because they threaten the existence of life on Earth ...
File
... While most asteroids can be found in the Asteroid Belt, others are in strange orbits straying far from home. It is currently believed that at least 5000 asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, some coming very close. Don't worry though, asteroids and comets only hit the Earth every 100 million years or s ...
... While most asteroids can be found in the Asteroid Belt, others are in strange orbits straying far from home. It is currently believed that at least 5000 asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, some coming very close. Don't worry though, asteroids and comets only hit the Earth every 100 million years or s ...
b 03 Other Obj in Sol System combo ppt
... • rich in minerals (like planetary moons) • largest asteroid is only about 100 km in diameter • about 91 Apollo asteroids have been identified – potential for colliding with Earth (theory for extinction of the dinosaurs) • called minor planets or planetoids • rocky leftover mass of the inner planets ...
... • rich in minerals (like planetary moons) • largest asteroid is only about 100 km in diameter • about 91 Apollo asteroids have been identified – potential for colliding with Earth (theory for extinction of the dinosaurs) • called minor planets or planetoids • rocky leftover mass of the inner planets ...
Chapter 11
... Originate from the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud They travel in long elliptical orbits around the sun which are affected by the gravitational pulls of other planets It has a long dust tail as sunlight starts to melt the ice, these can stretch millions of km Most famous Halley’s comet which is v ...
... Originate from the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud They travel in long elliptical orbits around the sun which are affected by the gravitational pulls of other planets It has a long dust tail as sunlight starts to melt the ice, these can stretch millions of km Most famous Halley’s comet which is v ...
Apophis - OSIRIS
... Exploring Our Past, Securing Our Future Through Pioneering Asteroid Science NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission is the first U.S. mission to fly to, study, and retrieve a pristine sample of an asteroid and return it to Ear ...
... Exploring Our Past, Securing Our Future Through Pioneering Asteroid Science NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission is the first U.S. mission to fly to, study, and retrieve a pristine sample of an asteroid and return it to Ear ...