Comet

molecule often found in the universe is water. Water an earth and space is also found in the solid state that is ice.1 The best known theory about the origin of water on Earth suggests that the water came to Earth with comets. In the beginning, the comets collided with planet. Comets brought ice water, but the Earth had high temperatures. Therefore, the ice water turned into steam when they came into contact with the atmosphere of Earth. 2 As the Earth cooled the water started condensed…

The Kuiper Belt is what contains most of the asteroids, comets, and other floating rocks scientist see today. The Kuiper Belt is a solar system that exists far out of Neptune's orbit. Kuiper Belt also has another name, that is Edgeworth. The Edgeworth, or the Kuiper Belt, is home to three officially recognized dwarf planet we know today. Those three planets are Pluto, Haumea, and Makemake. Although, Pluto is the most common, it really shows the possibilities this Belt could contain other…

I have always been fascinated with the night sky and have enjoyed looking up at it without the light pollution. While living in Las Vegas I would have to commute at least an hour past Red Rock or Valley of Fire to escape the bright lights of the city. Since moving to a small town I have been able to enjoy watching the moons and her phases, meteor showers, and seeing where the constellations are in the night sky. William Herschel was a German composer, teacher, and musician residing and…

Barton Swaim’s The Washington Post online article, “Who’s to blame for fake news? America’s real newsrooms” posted on December 12, 2016, criticizes how people are naive when analyzing media. Swaim faces modern issues that affect journalism and speechwriters. As a journalist, being the first to get the story out, Swaim could not let misleading and inappropriate information get out to the public which is why his exigence is to inform the audience of what they are exposed to with the media.…

Eighteenth and 19th century technologies transformed the way in which the night sky was observed and led to the discovery of celestial wonders, from stars, galaxies, meteors, moons, planets, comets to nebula. The result was, in part, the creation of celestial maps that showed an exponential number of stars in the heavens, adding to the awe of a sphere that is millions of miles away and beautiful beyond compare. Star atlases became a way of conveying information about the heavens, and Elijah H.…

Skylab was the first manned mission into space in 1973. The mission lasted a total of 28 days and provided us with more information about space that we had previously not known. This was known as the first Skylab launch, and consisted of a three man crew which included Charles C. Conrad Jr. (commander), Paul J. Weitz (pilot), and Joseph Kerwin (scientist). While up in space they were able to conduct experiments which in total they spent 392 hours on. They were able to accomplish a lot up in…

years, he was sweet to the public, but was very mean behind closed doors. Twain died April 21, 1910, with the coming of Halley’s Comet. In fact, he predicted his death, as he said, “I came in with Halley 's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don 't go out with Halley 's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are…

pen name. He used this pen name when he wrote for the Keokuk Post (Cantwell 131). Another interesting fact is, when he was born Halley's comet was visible, and when he died, Halley's comet was visible. What is even more mysterious Mark Twain predicted his own death. He based his prediction on when Halley’s comet was visible on Earth, and the night Halley’s comet was visible in 1910 he died of a heart attack (“A Life Lived… 1835-1910”)e To conclude, Mark Twain was a man of many characters which…

Uranus was discovered in 1781 by a British Astronomer named William Herschel, using a 6 inch telescope. At first he thought that it might be a nebulous star or even a comet, but after continued observation, he realized that it appeared to be a disk in the sky that moved relative to the stars. The movement was far too slow to be a comet and soon enough he realized that he had discovered the 7th planet at the time. At first, he wanted to name it Georgium Sidus which translates to “George’s star”…

1. What are Kepler’s 3 Laws. Explain each law in detail and why it is important in astronomy. (3 pts) Kepler’s Three Laws that everything orbits the sun. The first law is that everything orbits the sun, all the planets orbit in the ecliptic of the sun which clear up a lot of the problems with the tycho model in retrograde motion. Ellipses. The second law is equal areas in equal times. Equal Areas. And the third law is the mathematical relationship equating distance from the sun, average…