laws‚ and Kepler’s Laws would come into play here. The orbits of asteroids are the result of a perfect balance between the forward motion and the pull of gravity on it from the sun. The asteroid will continue moving forward‚ and will keep wanting to move forward‚ but the gravity of the larger mass- in this case‚ the sun‚ keeps pulling the asteroid toward itself and it stays in an orbit- or the Asteroid belt. 6. No..if the asteroid orbiting the Sun were moving at a constant speed‚ than it
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discoveries and creating many new theories about different aspects of the universe. Some of these discoveries and theories include planetary accretion‚ the differences between inner and outer planets‚ the formation of planetary rings‚ how the asteroid belt got there‚ the formation of Earth’s moon‚ and the unusual rotation of the planet Uranus. Proper understanding of each of these discoveries and theories is important when learning about our universe. Planetary Accretion Planetary accretion has
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By looking at both graphs we can see that from □(→┬AB ) the spaceship is accelerating from 0 to 0.95c until it reaches the Asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is located at 1.7AU far from earth ‚ Then 95% of the speed of light can be written as 2.85X〖10〗^8 m/s and one AU equals 1.496×〖10〗^11 mt‚ to calculate how much time the spaceship takes to reach B we have (1.7(1.496x〖10〗^11 m))/(1/2((2.85×〖10〗^8 m)/s))=~1778s or approximately 30 minutes. Whereas from C to D the spaceship desaccelerates at a
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SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day‚ to catalogue the world’s most spectacular natural wonders and manmade structures.The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity‚ and was based on guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed
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“Naked Science: Countdown to Impact.” This video focuses on an asteroid that is heading towards Earth in 2008 and the possible effects that an asteroid has when it collides with Earth. October 6‚ 2008‚ for the first time ever‚ an astronomer discovered an asteroid while it was still in space and was also able to follow it all the way up until impact. This astronomer was able to identify that this object in space was in fact an asteroid by using their Catalina Sky Survey software and taking pictures
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troChapter 1: Charting the Heavens (Astronomy Today) SUMMARY The universe is the totality of all space‚ time‚ matter‚ and energy. Astronomy is the study of the universe. A widely used unit of distance in astronomy is the light year‚ the distance traveled by a beam of light in one year. Early observers grouped the thousands of stars visible to the naked eye into patterns called constellations. These patterns have no physical significance‚ although they are a very useful means of labeling regions
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Chapter 14 Section 2 Notes: The Sun The sun produces energy through nuclear fusion. In the process of nuclear fusion‚ two atomic nuclei combine‚ forming a larger‚ more massive nucleus and releasing energy. Within the sun‚ hydrogen atoms join together to form helium. Such conditions exist in the sun’s core‚ or central region. The sun’s interior consists of the core‚ the radiation zone‚ and the convection zone. The sun’s energy is produced in its central core. The radiation zone is a region
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all have seen the movies where the Earth is getting destroyed by natural disasters. An asteroid the size of Texas is headed straight for us and we only have 18 days to stop it. We know that asteroids break apart in the Earth’s atmosphere‚ that scientist presume that approximately 65 million years ago a meteor struck Earth causing the death of the dinosaurs and that most asteroids are located in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. What I didn’t know and what I have learned is that there are
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City through Finland. NASA discovers that a rogue comet the size of Texas passed through the asteroid belt and pushed forward a large amount of space debris. The core of the comet‚ now considered an asteroid‚ will collide with Earth in 18 days‚ creating another extinction event. NASA scientists‚ led by Dan Truman‚ plan to trigger a nuclear detonation 800 ft inside the asteroid that will split the asteroid in two‚ driving the pieces apart so both will fly safely past the Earth. NASA contacts Harry
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Chapter 1 1.1 Earth Science & the Earth System -Earth science is the study of Earth and the processes that shape it -The earth system is composed of four principal components: atmosphere (air‚ weather)‚ hydrosphere (water‚ ice)‚ biosphere (plants‚ animals)‚ and geosphere (land‚ rocks). - Earth science can be broadly defined as the investigation of interactions among the four parts of the earth system. - The second largest earthquake ever recorded buckled the seafloor west of Sumatra‚ Indonesia
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