With all this change people are constantly questioning certain things about the moon and its origins. Why does the moon seem to change in size at times? Or how is that even possible for the moon to change in size from where we are standing here on earth. When creating my own personal hypothesis the question of why does the
Name: Date: Period: 1. are natural or artificial bodies that revolve around more massive bodies such as planets. (Satellites or Comets) 2. Most lunar craters are the result of . (volcanoes or impacts) 3. The time it takes for Earth to around the sun is 1 year.
(1) The orbit of each planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one focus. (2) As a planet moves around its orbit, it sweeps out equal areas in equal times. (3) More distant planets orbit the Sun at slower average speeds, obeying the mathematical relationship p2 = a3. h. How does the Earth rotate and how does that relate to day and night or the seasons? The Earth rotates on its axis and orbits the Sun.
They didn’t include the earth because this is when people thought that the Earth was the center of everything. This list of planets stayed the same until William Herschel discovered Uranus. Then Le Verrier discovered Neptune in 1846. Well since astronomers kept finding more and more planets they kept looking for them until they came across the 9th and final planet in 1930, Pluto. Background Information on Pluto Pluto was unlike all the other planets in many ways.
Which planet does it orbit? | | |Pictures of the moon Europa show large cracks. What causes these |Tectonic stress | |cracks? | | |Which moon is the largest satellite in the solar system? Which |Ganyemede, Jupiter
Introduction One look at the surface of the Moon should convince you that "empty space" is not so empty after all. There is actually a wide range of objects floating between the planets, from tiny particles to asteroids that can be a hundred miles across, debris left behind when the planets were formed. These objects can be perturbed from their orbits (by a close passage by a planet, a passing star, any number of things) and onto paths that cross ours -- or any other planet or moon. When
Comet tails are made up of simple ionized molecules, including carbon monoxide and dioxide. By action of solar wind, molecules are blown away, forming a thin stream of hot gases continuously ejected from the solar corona. In case you do not know the meaning of a solar corona, it is the outermost atmosphere of the Sun. Amazingly, the thin streams of high gases move at a speed of approximately 400 kilometers (250 miles) per second (as cited in Yeomans 1991 p. 185). In addition, a comet frequently also displays smaller, curved tails composed of fine dust particles blown from the coma by the pressure of solar
Physical size = angular size x 2 x distance / 360 • Understand that constellations are groups of stars as seen from the Earth – the stars may not be close to each other at all • Our view of the celestial sphere is determined by where we stand on the Earth o Study the diagrams that show the path of stars as they rise and set and how those paths appear to differ depending on your location on the Earth • Know what causes the seasons (tilt of the Earth’s axis to it’s orbital plane) o Depend on how Earth’s axis affects the directness of sunlight o Sun’s altitude is also higher in Summer and Lower in Winter Summer solstice – highest path Winter solstice – lowest path Equinoxes – sun rises at exactly due east and sets exactly due west • Review the Moon’s phases • New Moon • Waxing (Right side of moon visible) o Waxing
(2 points) Mars. B) Cosmic Origin of the Element CLUE: The substance collected has properties indicating that it contains a few different elements. The elements in your sample were formed in a supernova and released into space when the star exploded. Small stars and cosmic rays are not hot enough to form them. Look at the chart below to see which elements are typically formed in supernova and which ones are not.
It is 485 million miles from the sun making it a very cold planet in the range of minus 240 degrees F. However, due to the enormous pressure of its mass, the center is estimated to be 54,000 degrees F., or five times hotter than the surface of the sun. (The interior of the sun is 40 million ºF.) The earth rotates on its axis in 24 hours establishing day and night. Jupiter rotates in 9 hours, 54 minutes, giving it the shortest day and night of any of the planets. The surface speed of the earth at its equator is a little over 1,000 mph.