billion years ago. Different Theories and Hypothesis Fission Theory One theory is that the moon must have broken away from Earth‚ when the earth was still a rotating ball of molten rock. Earth might have been spinning so fast that part of our planet separated into space‚ this could be why our chemical composition is similar to the moon. Fission theorist stated that the Pacific ocean might have been the place where the moon material broke off. Capture Theory This theory says that the moon was
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One mile west of Flagstaff‚ Arizona stands a mesa known as Mars Hill‚ which provides unobstructed views of the sky. Perched on the top of the mesa is the historic Lowell Observatory‚ built in 1894 by Percival Lowell. Today‚ Lowell Observatory is still the center of space research and discoveries. Lowell Observatory happily welcomes the public to experience the historic landmark and museums. Filled with telescopes‚ museums‚ and collections the 750-acre facility offers plenty of activities. The excitement
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Deep Space Probes 1 Have you ever considered life on other planets‚ or maybe galaxies that we have never heard of? Thanks to space probes these dreams may become a reality sooner than u think. In the past years there have been many space probes launched and even more discoveries made by them. These probes are helping people to better understand our solar system and everything it. They are also helping to make many new discoveries
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helped show that the variations in color on the surface of the planet Mars were not caused by the presence of life. Earlier observers of Mars had suggested that the dark‚ greenish areas might be vegetation of some sort. Sagan proposed that the dark areas were hills‚ which the Martian wind stripped of the finer‚ lighter-colored dust particles that collected in the valleys. Sagan’s theory was confirmed by the Mariner 9 spacecraft’s visit to Mars. During the 1970s Sagan studied the present atmosphere
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SOLAR SYSTEM PLANETS MERCURY • The closest planet to the sun‚ Mercury is only a bit larger than Earth’s moon. Its day side is scorched by the sun and can reach 840 degrees Fahrenheit (450 Celsius)‚ but on the night side‚ temperatures drop to hundreds of degrees below freezing. VENUS • The second planet from the sun‚ Venus is terribly hot‚ even hotter than Mercury. The atmosphere is toxic. The pressure at the surface would crush and kill you. Scientists describe Venus’ situation as a runaway greenhouse
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watched the moon and stars planets as well as Venus and Mars how they all flew past the skies‚ so very far viewing such a miraculous sight was not of par Yet there was one planet near Venus he could not name it irritated him‚ like a shirt with a stain ‘twas closest to the sun‚ it orbits it; its duty never done he decided to call it Mercury‚ it knew its path‚ yet its mind was filled with uncertainty He continued to watch the skies until they faded away the planets‚ no longer visible‚ to
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Astronomy. September‚ 2012. The article I’m writing about is about the NASA Curiosity Rover and how it’s doing on its trip to mars. The reason that NASA has sent this rover is to find potential signs of life on the surface of mars. They are trying to find evidence that there once has been enough resources to have any kind of life on mars. NASA has sent a rover to Mars called the Curiosity Rover. It is on its way to the slope of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater which is the rovers’ destination. On the
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oceans in particular (Etzioni). The main cost comes from sending humans since they require food‚ safer equipment‚ and a way back home. We could save so much money by just sending rovers‚ which are traveling robots capable of being on certain planets‚ to Mars instead of people. This will not only be cheaper‚ but safer. This will allow more money to be used for ocean exploration. For example‚ a permanent partially-submerged sea exploration station‚ called the SeaOrbiter‚ is currently in development
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* Title of the Laboratory: Modeling the orbits of planets and satellites * Objective: Formulate models to inter the shape of orbits of planets and satellites. Collect and organize data for aphelion distances and perihelion distances of objects as they orbit the sun Draw conclusions about Kepler’s first and second laws of motion. * Materials: Piece of cardboard‚ metric ruler‚ sheet of blank‚ sharp pencil or pen‚ white paper‚ four small pieces or tape string (25cm)‚ two push pins * Procedure:
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99 Jumpstorts for Kids’ Science Research This page intentionally left blank 99 Jumpstorts for Kids’ Science Research Peggy J. Whitley and Susan Williams Goodwin Libraries U N L I M I T E D A Member of the Greenwood Publishing Group Westport‚ Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whitley‚ Peggy. 99 j u m p s t a r t s for kids’ science research / by Peggy J . Whitley and S u s a n Williams Goodwin‚ p. cm. Includes bibliographical references
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