The Universe and Our Galaxies The Universe and Our Galaxies Examples of Elliptical (Messier 87 ) and Spiral Galaxies (NGC 3559) Examples of Elliptical (Messier 87 ) and Spiral Galaxies (NGC 3559) Edwin Hubble was one of the first people to actually realise what a galaxy is‚ the measurement of the “Hubble Tuning Fork” Classification scheme shows how round or rightly wound their “arms” are. E0 means that an elliptical galaxy is extremely round‚ whilst E7 is flat. However not all galaxies
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Former Vice President Al Gore is starring in a new movie called “An Inconvenient Truth.” It is a documentary about global warming. This is a subject that Mister Gore has been interested in for many years.For the past six years‚ Mister Gore has been traveling around the country and the world giving talks about global warming. He has given the talks more than one thousand times. Most of “An Inconvenient Truth” is filmed at these events. Mister Gore speaks to groups of people with a big screen behind
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Asteroids orbiting the inner belt have been found to hold tons of materials that are very valuable‚ which could help incite the process of space exploration. One asteroid in particular‚ 2011 UW158‚ was filled with 90 million tons of platinum‚ which recently passed by earth last July. (“Platinum Asteroid”‚ 2015). Some space mining corporations have already come into effect and are currently working on
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the need to punish and there was nothing anybody could do. He had vowed to himself to fight anything that was a threat towards his plans to destroy the ship that could have saved him. While floating‚ into an asteroid belt‚ he was saved by the Scientific People of the Sargasso Asteroid. A tiny planet that was built by man. Primarily made of rock and two hundred years of salvaged ships. The tiny planet had made a new addition to their planet and population. It’s rather ironic that of all
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only the rocky worlds of the inner Solar System and the gas giants of the outer system will be “named”as “planets”. The “inner Solar System” is the region of space that is smaller than the radius of Jupiter’s orbit around the sun. It contains the asteroid belt as well as the terrestrial planets‚ Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ and Mars. The “gas giants” of course are Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Neptune‚ and Uranus. So now we have eight planets instead of the nine we used to have. Pluto is made up mostly of ice and rock
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Earth Science Vocab Unit 4 Celestial Objects-A natural object which is located outside of Earth’s atmosphere‚ such as the Moon‚ the Sun‚ an asteroid‚ planet‚ or a star. Arc- a continuous portion of a circle Constellation-A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Apparent daily motion- Objects in the sky appear to rise in the East and set in the West each day. This apparent daily motion
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Running Head: THEMATIC UNIT OF STUDY Thematic Unit of Study Olga Martinez Grand Canyon University EED-364 Curriculum‚ Assessment And Methods: Science and Mathematics January 20‚ 2012 Thematic Unit of Study During my practicum I observed a 5th grade science class that was studying the solar system. The class began with the teacher asking the students what they know about the solar system. Many students raised their hands and responded to the question when called on. After a few minutes
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The Solar System My project is about the Solar System. The Solar System is made up of all the planets that orbits the Sun. The Solar System consists of moon‚ comets‚ asteroids‚ minor planets‚ dust and gas. Everything in the Solar System orbits or revolves around the Sun. The Sun contains around 98% of all the material in the Solar System. The larger an object is the more gravity it has. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. After the sun is Mercury‚ the innermost planet in the
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— RINT - Task 2: SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS‚ THEORIES‚ & INQUIRY — Harrison Rusinyak — Scientific Concepts or Phenomenon — Solar System — The Solar System in past concepts. — Earth was thought to be the center of the Universe. — The stars and planets revolved around the Earth. — The Earth was thought of as flat. — No one experimented to see how far they can see. — The Solar System current concepts. — The planets revolve around the sun
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Jupiter Jupiter‚ the largest planet in our solar system shines brightly in the nighttime sky. Named after the supreme Roman God‚ Jupiter is an appropriate name for a planet of massive size; about eleven times Earth’s diameter; and numerous raging storms. In Roman mythology‚ Jupiter is the God that overthrew his tyrannical father‚ Saturn‚ and quickly took his place as the supreme ruler of the heavens. Many Roman temples were erected in honor of Jupiter‚ the God of storms‚ truth‚ justice and order
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