The Solar System
Our solar system comprises of a normal star we call the Sun, the planets Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury. It incorporates the satellites of the planets; various comets, asteroids, and meteoroids; and the interplanetary medium. The Sun is the wealthiest origin of electromagnetic energy, in terms of heat and light, among the Solar System.
The planets, a large portion of the satellites of the planets and asteroids rotate around the Sun in a similar way, in almost circular orbits. When looking down from over the Sun’s north post, the planets circle in a counter-clockwise way. The planets orbit the Sun in or close to a similar plane, called the ecliptic. Pluto is an extraordinary case in that its orbit is the most profoundly slanted and the most
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The solar breeze was substantially weaker in the external regions, nevertheless, bringing about gas giants made up for the most part of hydrogen and helium.
The inner solar system
The four internal four planets — Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars — are made up generally of iron and rock. They are known as terrestrial or earth-like planets in light of their comparative size and organization. Earth has one regular satellite — the moon — and Mars has two moons — Phobos and Deimos.
Amongst Mars and Jupiter lies the asteroid Belt. asteroids are minor planets, and researchers evaluate that there are more than 750,000 of them with widths bigger than three-fifths of a mile (1 km) and a huge number of littler asteroids. The dwarf planet Ceres, around 590 miles (950 km) in measurement, lives here. Various asteroids have circles that take them nearer into the solar system that occasionally lead them to crash into Earth or the other inward
Before Oceans Module DBA: Answer the following Self -Assessment Questions based on the scale below prior to the DBA. I fully understand and able to discuss in detail 4 of the following main idea concepts discussed in the Module: I fully understand and able to discuss in detail 3 of the following main idea concepts discussed in the Module: I fully understand and able to discuss in detail 2 of the following main idea concepts discussed in the Module: I fully understand and able to discuss in detail 1 of the following main idea concepts discussed in the Module: Develop logical connections through physical principles, including Kepler's and Newton's Laws about the relationships and the effects of Earth, Moon, and Sun on each other.(SC.912.E.5.6)
Although the book contains a massive amount of words, there is one thing in particular that stands out to me and that is, pictures. For a 32 paged book about the Solar System; you would think there would be word after word, but its not the case in this book. In every page of the book there are small graphics explaining how new planets are found, how stars are made, etc. “Five planets formed in the cooler, outer part of the disk-- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are formed from the lumps of ice and freezing gas found there” (8 Kerrod). Kerrod shows 2 graphics explaining how each planet is formed and where it is found in our Solar System.
I found the article Winter Wonderworlds extremely fascinating as I have a keen interest in the study of space. I believe that the author took an interesting interpretation of the study of other planets and moons that could appeal to all audiences. For a good understanding of this article it would be helpful to have prior knowledge of the planets and moons in our solar system and a good understanding of astronomy. However, it is not necessary that you understand these points when reading the article as the article explains these things in a basic way. This article I found made several good points about what the other planets and moons in our solar system are like on the surface.
During the Middle Ages a Roman Astronomer named Ptolemy came up with the theory that all surrounding planets orbited around the Earth. Advancement in telescopes and technology helped Copernicus during the renaissance create a more logical and accurate theory which stated how the sun is in the middle of our universe and all planets orbited the sun. This changed the way man thought because it realized how small Earth is compared to the rest of the solar system and how we may not be
Astronomy: Discovery of Uranus by William Herschel in 1781 Before the discovery of Uranus by William Herschel the world knew about the five existing planets that were able to be observed by the naked eye. These planets are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The earth was not considered in these planets because earth was previously thought to be the center of the universe where all celestial bodies revolved around it. William Herschel began at a young age to ponder the heavens and what was out there, he used small telescopes but was soon frustrated because of their lack of power to see much further than the naked eye. Herschel was motivated to build larger telescopic tools to look deeper into the cosmos.
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos, named, respectively, fear and panic, after the sons of Ares and Aphrodite. They are both small, irregularly shaped rocky bodies. Phobos is larger by several kilometers and also has larger craters, some stretching as far as 28 kilometers long and nearly as wide. However, Deimos is also home to very large craters.
Controversy over Pluto Pluto was once considered one of the nine major planets in our solar system until 2006. The reason for this was in 2003, when an astronomer found another object in close proximity to Pluto that appeared to be larger. Based on Pluto’s size and location it was stripped of its status and was then classified as a dwarf planet. I was 11 when this event occurred. It was one of those major events in history that would result in textbooks being rewritten.
Pluto is a dwarf planet that is located in the Kuiper belt. It was the first object to be found in the Kuiper belt. If you were to look into the night sky and find the constellation of Sagittarius, Pluto is located in about the center of it. Originally considered a planet when it was found by Clyde Tombaugh and named by Venetia Burney. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the Underworld.
Also, the IAU’s definition is not necessarily true to all of the planets in our solar system. This shows us that the criteria cannot be met for all of the other bodies stated as a planet so therefore, the rules either have to be changed, or else, Earth is also not considered a planet. Finally, some say that Pluto is also too far out to be a planet, but, from 1979 and 1999, Pluto was closer to the Sun than Neptune. This shows that if Pluto was considered too far away to be a planet, then Neptune could not be considered a planet as it would be too far away from the
Today virtually every child grows up learning that the Earth orbits the Sun, but four centuries ago the heliocentric solar system, where the Earth orbits the Sun, was so controversial that the Catholic Church classified it as a crime of heresy (UCLA). In the age of early philosophy, Socrates’ is well known. Between the Socratic method and his line of successful students, Socrates’ makes the history books. Galileo Galilei turned astronomers on their heads when he discovered moons around Jupiter. Giordano Bruno didn’t back down from any of his brilliant and different ideas.
Greek mythology’s effect on science was enormous; it involved the naming of planets, periodic table of elements and even constellations. The solar system’s planets and moons were named after Greek mythological characters. However, it was also given Roman version of it. “Sun, the center of our solar system was named after
186,282 miles per second. That’s how fast light travels in the universe. Our Sun is 93 million miles away from the Earth, and it’s light reaches us in around 8 minutes. That may seem like a huge distance, but that is absolutely nothing compared to other objects in space. Neptune, known for its glorious blue color, is 2.7 billion miles away.
Saturn is the second largest planet and sixth number planet of our solar system. Saturn is a gas giant made up of hydrogen and helium. It is big enough to hold more than 760 Earths within it, and is second massive planet after Jupiter, roughly 95 times Earth 's mass. However, Saturn has the lowest density among all the planets of solar system .It spins faster than any other planet except Jupiter which help Saturn with its magnetic field which is about 578 times more powerful than Earth 's. Although Saturn has at least 62 moons but its largest moon, Titan, is slightly bigger than Mercury, and is the second-largest moon in the solar system after Jupiter 's moon Ganymede (our moon is fifth largest).Although it is the most interesting planet
There are approximately 100 billion different solar systems in the Milky Way. Our dolor system is 25,000 light years away from the center of our galaxy. Our galaxy is so big we have only gone 19.5 kilometers from home. The farthest humans have gone is to the moon and back, which is only 238,900 miles away. 2.
A. The four that is closest to the sun. B. planets in our solar system orbit the sun. C. Eight planets