Charles Urella Professor Graudreau SCI 103 Homework Assignment #1 7/10/2013 The Planet Neptune Neptune‚ the eighth and last planet in the solar system‚ it is so-called after the Roman god of the sea. This magnificent blue gargantuan is quite similar to Uranus in scope and composition‚ but much further than the Sun‚ it takes Neptune about 164 years to orbit the Sun. Like other gaseous planets Neptune turns at a tremendous speed on its axis‚ making one day about 16 hours
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Life of Galileo – Notes * Two stories. * 1609 – Galileo – a famous scientist – astronomer. * He is credited with inventing the telescope – although he pinched the idea off somebody else. * He was a bit immoral – Always broke – Short on money. * Then he discovered that the earth moves around the sun. * This was a very serious situation for him‚ because at that time‚ the Catholic Church was very powerful – The Church has always taught that the sun moved around the earth.
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Space science – study of everything in outer space.[1] This has sometimes been called astronomy‚ but recently astronomy has come to be regarded as a division of broader space science‚ which has grown to include other related fields‚[2] such as studying issues related to space travel and space exploration (including space medicine)‚[3] and science performed in outer space (see space research). ContentsPlanetary and Space Science‚ published 15 times per year‚ is a peer-reviewed scientific journal
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Cassini Target: F-ring Since ancient times‚ man has pondered over the great enigma about how our universe was formed. In earlier times we have answered this question through creationism‚ but with our burgeoning thirst of knowledge‚ we quench this thirst with science. Although we have a superior understanding of how our universe was formed‚ this question still remains. By sending Cassini to the f-ring of Saturn we can observe how planets form and interact with other matter in space‚ determine the
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I. Brief Summary of the Book The story begins when the narrator look back his childhood life. He drew a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. He showed it to the adults he failed to get hearten with their comments. He felt bad with the grown-ups because they told him to stop his drawing career‚ instead became a pilot‚ as they believe that it is the sensible thing to do. So he decided to became a pilot and live his life alone. One day‚ his plane crashed in the middle of the Sahara desert‚ a thousand
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The Formation of the Solar System is one of the oldest problems in science. There have been many theories on how the Solar System formed‚ but there is only one theory that has been accepted. That would be the nebular theory. Also known as the nebular hypothesis and solar nebula hypothesis. The nebular hypothesis is a model that explains the evolution of the Solar System. Also‚ the nebular hypothesis is the most accepted model in the field of cosmogony. This model explains subjectively many features
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Earth‚ the planet that is said to have the most resources to sustain life. A planet that allows us as humans to be born in and continue to live in as we age because of its amazing resources. It isn’t blazing in flames like the Sun‚ or composed of rock and ice like Pluto‚ Earth has water‚ trees‚ and rotates around the sun for heat. It is almost as if Earth were tailored when created to fit human need’s‚ we drink water and breathe its oxygen to survive‚ we use its plants for various reasons‚ from eating
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Who has the power to determine what is right from wrong? Do the authorities have that power? If so‚ is there a limit to that power? In the early 17th century‚ there were many conflicts involving the authority figures and who had the power to say what is true and what is false. After the invention of the telescope‚ questions regarding natural events such as whether the earth or the sun was at the center of the universe were talked about more frequently. However‚ who got to determine whether the telescopic
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The Moon goes through a cycle as it orbits the Earth. From Earth‚ we can see the Moon’s phases even though the Moon doesn’t change. The Moon phases are the different stages of the Moon as it orbits Earth. This cycle is known as the Phases of the Moon. As the Moon circles Earth‚ the amount of light we see changes. These changes in light that we see are known as phases. As the Moon orbits around the Earth‚ the changing of light is known as waxing and waning. The phases have to do with the relativity
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Sec 2 Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun The average distance from Uranus to the sun is 2‚877‚000‚000 km. It takes 84.02 Earth years for Uranus to Orbit around the sun. Each Uranus day is equal to 17.24 Earth hours. Uranus is a greenish blue planet‚ it rotational axis different from all other planets as it rotates on its side‚ like a ball. Sec 3 Uranus is 50‚724 km in diameter and it is the third largest planet. There are 27 known moons orbiting Uranus
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