Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun in the solar system. Uranus is described as "rolling around the sun on its side" because it’s tipped over on its side with an axil tilt of 98 degrees. It is not clear to the naked eye‚ and it became the first planet to be seen through a telescope. It was discovered on March 13‚ 1781 by William Herschel. It has 27 moons and 13 rings. Uranus is known as the "ice giant" because it has a hydrogen upper layer and helium is mixed in it. Below is an
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Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=My_Solar_System and click on Run Now. 1. Move the slider all the way to accurate‚ click on the tape measure and the grid. 2. Click the radio button for 4 objects and run the simulation until the purple planet (body 2) has made one complete orbit (one year). 3. After the first orbit (year)‚ turn off the traces (show traces box) and watch another orbit (year) of the purple planet (body 2). Question One: Is blue moon (body 3) circling
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Case 11-3 Master of the Universe TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement of facts……………………………………………... 3 Question 1…………………………………………………….. 5 Solution……………………………………………….. 5 Question 2…………………………………….......................... 6 Solution……………………………………………….. 6 Question 3…………………………………………………….. 7 Alternatives…………………………………………… 7 Solution……………………………………………….. 8 STATEMENT OF FACTS Saturn
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8. Meteorites What are impact craters? Impact Craters are depressions on many planetary surfaces. How are craters formed? They are formed by the impact of chunks of interplanetary matter (meteorites) striking the surface. Upon first impact‚ shock waves dissipate the energy of the meteorite through the ground. The ground is compressed rapidly and severely‚ and may be fractured‚ melted or vaporized Next‚ the surface is decompressed‚ and the material is flung violently out from the impact
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Planet Nine‚ the new planet that has been discovered inside of our solar system. Planet Nine is a planet that astronomers‚Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown‚ have found with research and evidence. Because they used research and evidence Planet Nine hasn’t been seen but astronomers believe that they have enough evidence to prove that it is in our solar system. The evidence to prove that it is in our solar system is that scientists have recently noticed a change in orbits of space objects near by‚and
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Name _________Brian Bowlan Gravitational Lab Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=My_Solar_System and click on Run Now. 1. Move the slider all the way to accurate‚ click on the tape measure and the grid. 2. Click the radio button for 4 objects and run the simulation until the purple planet (body 2) has made one complete orbit (one year). 3. After the first orbit (year)‚ turn off the traces (show traces box) and watch another orbit (year) of the purple
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NASA has identified many planets outside our solar system. According to the article “Out of this world‚” the organization has discovered over twelve hundred thousand exoplanets throughout the Milky Way Galaxy. The TedX video “Are we Alone” explained that there are millions of planets in our universe. Astronomers discovered these planets by measuring the brightness of distant stars over time. Moreover they measured the brightness using advanced telescopes such as the Kepler. If the brightness fluctuates
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LaJasmine Mathis Physics B. Williams 3/4/2013 Here Comes the Boom!!! Meteroids are small pieces of space debris that are on a collision course with the Earth. They become meteors when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere‚ if they strike the Earth’s surface they are called meteorites. On Friday February 15‚ 2013 at 9:30 in the city of Chelyabinsk a meteor flew across the sky. Estimated to be about ten tons and forty nine feet wide‚ it entered the Earth’s atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of 33
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The Apollo Missions were launched by NASA between 1961 and 1975. The missions collected much scientific data that helped us understand more about space and especially the moon. In many of the manned and unmanned missions collected many rock samples. In this certain study they found that the moon had many magma rocks on the moon. This fact surprised many scientists because space is very cold (as we all know) and magma rocks are formed from extreme heat or pressure. The magma rocks were only found
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Invasion Bradbury and Wells stories are all about Martians invading earth‚ but‚ the characters experience it in some similar and different ways. In both stories “Zero Hour” and War of The World’s the authors write about how the Martians take over the earth and what life would be without any humans. Although the characters in “Zero Hour” and The War of the Worlds both deal with alien invasions‚ the authors don’t envision the same fate for their characters. For “Zero Hour” Mink’s parents hide in
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