“flying mountains.” The largest‚ Ceres‚ is about 1000 kilometers in diameter‚ but most are only about 1 kilometer across. The smallest asteroids are assumed to be no larger than grains of sand. Most asteroids lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. They have orbital periods of three to six years. Some asteroids have very eccentric orbits and travel very close to the sun‚ and a few larger ones regularly pass close to Earth and the moon. Many of the most recent impact craters on the moon and
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Astronomy Test Review Chapter 1 1. What is our comic address in order of increasing size? - Our solar system is located a little more than half way from the galactic center to the edge of the galactic disk. - Earth - The solar System - Milky Way Galaxy - Local group - Local supercluster - Universe Where is the Sun in the Milky Way? -The sun is located in one of the Milky Way’s outer arms‚ about 25‚000 light years from the galactic center. - Also in the Orion Arim‚ more than half
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a tiny part of a vast universe. "This part of the universe is called the solar system‚ and is dominated by a single brilliant star-the sun." (Skywatching 230) The solar system is the earth ’s neighbourhood and the planets Mercury‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune and Pluto are the Earth ’s neighbours. They all have the same stars in the sky and orbit the same sun. Scientists believe the solar system began about 5 billion years ago‚ perhaps when a nearby star exploded and caused
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activity‚ composition‚ interior structure‚ magnetic field‚ and atmosphere that distinguish some planets and moons from others. The first way to separate the planets as far as their surfaces is breaking them into their two categories. The Jovian planets (Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune) are primarily composed of gas and are the outer 4 planets in our solar system. The Terrestrial planets (Mars‚ Earth‚ Mercury‚ Venus) are mostly rock and metal and are the four planets closest to the sun. Since the Terrestrial
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recognize. Also mark the Moon‚ if visible‚ and any planets that were out that evening. List them below as well‚ indicating the constellations in which they were to be found then. Planets visible on the evening of my birthday were: The Moon‚ Saturn‚ Jupiter‚ Uranus‚ Note: if none were visible‚ just put “none visible” instead. This is rare‚ but it does
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BESIDES EARTH In the lecture‚ it is said that people has discover some planets. This discorvery all support the points make in the reading. The professor says that they found some planets. And most of them are made from huge gas giant such as Jupiter. Another reason‚ the gravity on that planet is so heavy which means there is no life can be form on this. This supports the point made in the reading that there is no life can exist outside of Earth except they gather all stricky special group of
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eggs. RELIGION Most of the roman gods and goddesses were a blend of several religious influences. The gods of the roman pantheon began taking on the forms known today during the dynasty of the Etruscan kings in the 6th century B.C. these gods Jupiter (Zeus) Juno (Hera) and Minera (Athena) were worshipped at the grand temple on the Capitoline hill. The Romans worshipped their gods in a temple. They made sacrifices of animals and precious items to their gods. They believed that when their emperor
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The song I chose to analyze was “Drops of Jupiter” by Train. I first heard the song when I fifteen years old. I was warming up in my dance class‚ and as soon as I heard the first verse‚ I immediately fell in love. I never listened to any songs from Train or have been interested in this genre of music‚ but this song has been in my playlist for as long as I can remember. Everyone interprets a song differently‚ but I believe this was meant to be a love song. Beneath the catchy lyrics and upbeat rhythm
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STROKES Galileo Galilei | 1564-1642 Italian | performed fundamental observations‚ experiments‚ and mathematical analyses in astronomy and physics; discovered mountains and craters on the moon‚ the phases of Venus‚ and the four largest satellites of Jupiter: Io‚ Europa‚ Callisto‚ and Ganymede | Blaise Pascal | 1623-1662 French | discovered that pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted undiminished to every part of the fluid and to the walls of its container (Pascal’s principle) | Leonard
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away from the sun 248 year is going to delay. Compared to the pattern of the planets is your terrestrial inner planets which is the solid surface planets Mercury ‚Venus ‚Earth ‚and mars then the outer planets which are the gas giants Jupiter ‚Saturn ‚ Uranus ‚ and Neptune .The person who discovered that Pluto was a dwarf planet was a man named Clyde Tombaugh he basically stated that” all the planets orbit the sun it’s just that dwarf planets are smaller than the other regular planets
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