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    The Solar System The majority of the solar system is made up of the sun and all of the planets that orbit it. There are also moons‚ comets‚ asteroids‚ dust‚ gas‚ and dwarf planets. The sun makes up about 98 percent of our solar system. Because of the suns large mas it pulls every thing in the solar system towards it. The planets orbit around the sun because of the sun pulling it towards it and the planets trying to fly outer space at the same time‚ which balances it out. It was once believed that

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    1. As seen from temperate or tropical latitudes‚ the positions of the constellations shift gradually westward in the sky from night to night because (a) the Earth rotates on its axis. (b) the Earth revolves around the Sun. (c) the tilt of the Earth’s axis changes. (d) their right ascensions constantly change. (e) their declinations constantly change. 2. A star cluster in which the individual stars do not show a striking central concentration nor an orderly pattern or structure is

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    Solar disruption theory was one of several theories that emerged before the 18th century concerning the formation of the solar system. Solar disruption theory states that the collision of the sun with another stars caused debris to be ejected from its mass and these debris eventually became the planets. This theory was later discarded for the nebula theory of solar system formation. However there are some scientists that propose that it has some merit. The big question up until the 18th century

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    the planets. Planetology studies include the origin and composition of the planets‚ and the solid bodies of comets and meteors found in the solar system. Comet‚ Asteroid‚ and Meteor An asteroid and a comet are very similar‚ and yet at times they are unique and easily distinguishable from each other. An asteroid and a comet are both a small solar body system‚ rotating around the sun. An asteroid consists of rock and metal‚ and may have some organic compound. Although it is quite like the comet

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    The main topic is solar system processes which encompasses multiple areas of the natural sciences. Numerical simulations of solar system processes are also conducted at ground based facilities or on-board space platforms. The editor-in-chief is Rita Schulz (European Space Agency/European Space Research and Technology Centre). It is published by Elsevier.[1] Celestial mechanics is part of these studies‚ as this science includes understanding the dynamic evolution of the solar system‚ relativistic effects

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    Technology Presentation • • • • • Solar System Simulation App AAA Know IXL BrainPOP abcteach Enhanced into Science and Math instruction By: Xavier Kee Solar System Simulation App • This apps allows you to be able to explore the Solar System in this to –scale virtual stimulation. Solar System Stimulation App Features • Virtual stimulation • Reality of the planets Standards • The align with the South Carolina Science~ Solar System and Planets Solar System Simulation App Pros • Being able to

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    Pluto: No Longer a Planet

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    Once known as the ninth planet of the solar system‚ Pluto is now the second-largest dwarf planet. Composed primarily of ice and rock‚ Pluto took part of our Solar System for 76 years. It was discovered on January 23‚ 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Tombaugh was an American astronomer who worked at the Lowell Obeservatory. Tombaugh had been working on a project when he came across a moving object in photographs he had taken of the celestial sky. After observing a lower quality picture taken of the mysterious

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    Corinne Carbone 2/8/14 Environmental science There are 8 planets in our solar system; these are divided into two types‚ large gas giants (Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus and Neptune) and smaller rocky terrestrial planets (Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth and Mars). The order from closest to the Sun outwards is; Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus and finally Neptune. Until 2006 Pluto was also classed as a planet‚ however it is now classified as a dwarf planet (meeting the first two requirements

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    in a tiny part of a vast universe. "This part of the universe is called the solar system‚ and is dominated by a single brilliant star-the sun." (Skywatching 230) The solar system is the earth ’s neighbourhood and the planets Mercury‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune and Pluto are the Earth ’s neighbours. They all have the same stars in the sky and orbit the same sun. Scientists believe the solar system began about 5 billion years ago‚ perhaps when a nearby star exploded and caused

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    2001‚ Eritrea signed loan agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for the facility’s repair. The 88 MW facilities came online in March 2003‚ but many industry experts fear that the new capacity could overload Eritrea’s dated grid system. Both the European Development Fund and the World Bank have considered projects to update the transmission lines‚ but firm contracts have not been negotiated. Electricity is only available in Eritrea’s larger cities and towns‚ leaving about 80%

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