The only planetary system that is known to man is our solar system. It is made up of nine planets. The nine major planets in our solar system are Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune and Pluto. There are also many other minor planets‚ which are also in our solar system‚ but they are unimportant compared to the nine major planets. Mercury‚ which is the planet that is closest to the sun‚ is the first and smallest of the inner planets. It is speculated that the heat from
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mass of the satellites‚ asteroids‚ meteoroids‚ comets‚ and planets (besides Jupiter) in the solar system were combined and doubled two and half times‚ you will get the mass of Jupiter. Both Jupiter and Saturn have “colorful bands that extend around” it’s respected “equator.” (Slater) The dark reddish bands of Jupiter are called belts‚ while the lighter color bands are called zones. The spots that are found on Jupiter and Saturn helps astronomers determine the speed of the planet’s rotation
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Below are ten facts about Saturn and a table of statistics. FACT ONE Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System after Jupiter. It is so big that Earth could fit into it 755 times. FACT TWO Saturn is a slightly smaller version of Jupiter‚ with similar‚ but less distinctive‚ surface patterns. Its only main difference is its amazing rings. FACT THREE Saturn’s rings may be particles of an old moon orbiting the planet‚ smashed apart in a collision about 50 million years ago. FACT FOUR
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Is Our Atmosphere Unique? The planet Jupiter has the biggest atmosphere in our solar system. Jupiter’s atmosphere is composed of 90% hydrogen and 9.9% helium and .1% other gases such as sulfur‚ methane‚ ammonia‚ and water vapor. It is able to hold its atmosphere in because of its massive gravitational pull that is around 2.5 times stronger than earth’s pull. To put that into perspective‚ if you weigh 100 pounds on earth you would weigh 250 pounds on Jupiter. The atmospheric layers are the
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6. Complete the following table (use your own mass although you may lie if you wish!). Planet Your mass (kg) Gravitational field strength (N/kg) Your weight on the planet (N) Mercury 3.7 Venus 8.9 Earth 9.8 Mars 3.7 Jupiter 23.1 Saturn 9.0 Uranus 8.7 Neptune 11.0 Pluto 0.7 7. Gravitational field strength is different on different planets. Why? 8. On which planet will you be heaviest (greatest weight)? 9. On which planet will you
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Since Europa’s circle is marginally extended from roundabout‚ or circular‚ its separation from Jupiter fluctuates‚ making tides that extend and unwind its surface. The tides happen in light of the fact that Jupiter’s gravity is just marginally more grounded on the close side of the moon than on the far side‚ and the extent of this distinction changes
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SOLAR SYSTEM About 5 Billion years ago‚ y There was no Sun‚ no Earth& no Moon y Only cosmic dust and gasses drifted in the darkness of space SOLAR SYSTEM THEORY The solar system was formed by a slowly spinning cloud of gas and cosmic dust‚ gradually the cloud began to spin faster and faster this formed a large spinning whirl at the centre and smaller whirls surrounding it at various distances. SOLAR SYSTEM THEORY The huge and heavy centre became hot enough to start thermo nuclear
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Welcome to SCIE 150: The Science of Everything Today: Astronomy Today • Stars: how are they born‚ how do they live‚ how do they die ▫ How do different stars vary in these paths • Planets: how are they born ▫ What are the planets of our solar system like • Constellations are A. Stars that are nearby each other in space B. Stars that appear to be near each other‚ but may be very far apart The Sun • Our Sun is A. B. C. D. An average star A very small star A
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Missions beyond Mars Design challenges for long missions Electrical power Launch Jupiter gravity assist Zipping by Jupiter Plans for Pluto Beyond Pluto Exploring the Kuiper Belt Current Status Introduction New Horizons is a NASA New Frontiers mission managed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Launched on January 19‚ 2006‚ the New Horizons spacecraft is due to pass Jupiter on February 28‚ 2007‚ en route to photographing and examining Pluto and other objects
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________________ Student Exploration: Solar System Explorer Vocabulary: astronomical unit‚ dwarf planet‚ eccentricity‚ ellipse‚ gas giant‚ Kepler’s laws‚ orbit‚ orbital radius‚ period‚ planet‚ solar system‚ terrestrial planet Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. List all of the planets you can think of in our solar system. Try to list them in order from closest to farthest from the Sun. _______________
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