Michael E. Brown was born on June 5th‚ 1965. He is a famous astronomer known for his work on distant objects (beyond Neptune) orbiting the sun. His biggest achievement is the discovery of the dwarf planet Eris‚ which is larger than Pluto. Personal Life and Career Mike Brown is from Huntsville‚ Alabama. He studied at the Virgil I. Grissom High School from which he graduated in 1983. In 1987‚ he earned his Bachelor of Arts in physics from Princeton University and he was also a member of the Princeton
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ASTR 101 Size of the Solar System Name _______ Section __ Overview · Become familiar with the scale of the planets vs. their distances. · Get an overview of the solar system. · 50 points are possible Introduction It is easy to flip to the index of an astronomy textbook to discover that‚ say‚ the Sun lies 150 million kilometers away from Earth. It is far more difficult (if not impossible)‚ however‚ to picture this distance in our mind. In this exercise
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they heated up. But because they were smaller they soon cooled down and became planets. Sun accounts for 99.85 per cent of mass of the solar system. About 1.3 billion earths would fit inside the sun. The solar system consists of the Sun; the nine planets‚ 67 satellites of the planets and a large number of small bodies (comets and asteroids). The inner solar system contains the Sun‚ Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth and Mars. The planets of the outer solar system are Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus and Neptune. Mercury
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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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Why are some planets made up of gases and our planet completely isn’t? Planets closer to the sun are in better conditions and are well suited for rock and metal to condense. The farther away you get from the sun the conditions will change making the area not as suitable. That is why Earth is in the perfect place for it to sustain life. Planets that are made of gases and condensed ice have passed a boundary called the frost line. Planets behind the frost line have conditions cold enough for ice to
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Sun= cantaloupe Earth = ball pen Jupiter= finger tip Pluto= dust * Today we know Solar system has: 1 star‚ 8 planets‚ 5 dwarf planets‚ 139+ moons‚ countless small solar system bodies * A major lesson from all this is that the solar system is almost entirely made of nearly empty space * All planets orbit the sun in the same direction (counter-clockwise) * Most rotate in the same direction * Venus rotates backward * Uranus rotates on its side (equator perpendicular to equator)
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UB313‚ Eris or Xena [pic]Discovery images of the dwarf planet Eris. The three images were taken 1 1/2 hours apart on the night of October 21st‚ 2003. Eris can be seen very slowly moving across the sky over the course of 3 hours. Eris was discovered in July‚ 2005 by Mike Brown of CalTech and his team. Eris was originally named Xena or UB313 but re-named Eris by the IAU (International Astronomical Union). On 10th September 2005‚ astronomers at the Keck Observatory took a look at Eris with a new
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Solar System Our solar neighborhood is an exciting place. The Solar System is full of planets‚ moons‚ asteroids‚ comets‚ minor planets‚ and many other exciting objects. Learn about Io‚ the explosive moon that orbits the planet Jupiter‚ or explore the gigantic canyons and deserts on Mars. How Did The Solar System form? This is an important question‚ and one that is difficult for scientists to understand. After all‚ the creation of our Solar System took place billions of years before there
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solar system still to this day one of the most fascinating subjects of study in the science world. In our time‚ we are one of the first generations to see the planets of our solar system up close‚ and we have been able to view evolution of these planets through time. Our solar system consists of a middle aged star called the Sun‚ 9 planets‚ about 100 moons‚ thousands of asteroids‚ millions of icy bodies‚ and many comets revolving around all of it. We can begin by looking at the origin of the solar
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discoveries. 2) Pluto has recently been reclassified as a dwarf planet rather than a planet. How is a dwarf planet defined‚ and what led to this reclassification? (150 words‚ 3 marks) The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines a Planet as a celestial body: 1) that orbits the sun 2) is large enough to have formed its round shape due to the force of its own gravity 3) dominates its neighbourhood IAU defines a dwarf planet as a celestial body that is neither a planet nor a satellite
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