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Teagan Nurnberger MST 202-03 The book I chose is, Touchdown Mars! By Peggy Wethered, Ken Edgett, and Michael Chesworth. The text structure of this book is in a sequence /chronological order, starting with the reader being told that “you are an astronaut,” to the adventure in space, and then finally coming home. Additionally, the text is organized alphabetically by key terms. The authors’ purpose of this book is to give factual information regarding Mars, space travel, and general information…

Its called a dwarf planet because it is very small. Pluto in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Pluto might become a planet again. We have no real explanation for what a planet is so that is why it might become a planet again. Pluto’s moons: Pluto despite being very small…

Noah Yeasted A black hole is a large amount of matter in a small space. Black holes are one of the things that can be left over after a larger star dies. The other thing a larger star can become after it dies is a neutron star. A white dwarf is created after a smaller star dies. The only way for a star to become a black hole is if the star was 10-15 times more massive than the sun. The diameter of a black hole is approximately the diameter of New York City. A black hole’s gravitational pull is…

The Vega has many properties and characteristics in the star. The Vega star is 25 light years away from the earth and the mass is 2.1 times bigger than the sun. It is about 455 million years old and each rotation period is 12.5 hours. The diameter is about 2.2 million miles, which is 2.5 times the Sun, the temperature is approximately 17,000 F (9,500C), the luminosity is about 40 times the Sun’s size, and the star type is is a white main sequence star, so it is in A class. Since it is a main…

Web Site one: The name of the site is: Astronomy for Kids. The URL for the site is: http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm. The user of this site would be: the students. On this site the student will be able to find information about the sun or any of the planets in our solar system. Another aspect of the site is that students can learn about the different moons of the planets. This site also contains interesting information about Saturn’s rings. Finally, the students will be able to…

The Search For Life on Other Planets/Moons For years and years scientists have had mars in their crosshairs when discussing life on other planets within our solar system. Now say we discover that mars is completely lifeless in every way possible. Is there any other possibility of life in our solar system? The answer to that question is in the moons of Jupiter. More specifically the moon europa. There is no absolute proof because scientists have not had the opportunity to land anything…

happen if the earth did not tilt on its axis? Why is it that important that the earth is tilted on its axis? What is the angle of inclination of the earth on its axis? In the solar systems there are asteroids meteors and comets.As of 2008 there are 5 dwarf planets Pluto,Ceres,Eris,Makemake and haumea.For thousands of years humans did not know of the qalaxy they only thought the earth was the center of the universe.The outer planets also known as the gas giants are much larger mostley made out of…

defined as dwarf planets. They are categorized as dwarf planets because they are smaller compared to the other planets and with their size, are not able to clear other objects out of its path. Since the discovery of Eris, the largest known dwarf planet, the number of planets in our solar system has been cut down to eight. Other than there being one less planet, another discovery was the new category known as Dwarf planets, also called Plutoids. Although Pluto is known as the founder of dwarf…

for just it's Summer (Redd). The Sun’s electromagnetic radiation, more specifically the infrared radiation, is crucial to the formation of this atmosphere. When the Sun is closer, the infrared radiation heats up the surface of the (*clenches teeth*) dwarf planet, and sublimates the atmosphere (Redd). Pluto’s closest point to the sun is about 4.44 billion kilometers away from the Sun, whilst its farthest point may be even farther than 7.9 billion kilometers (Dunbar). Ultraviolet and other kinds…

“Oh, be a fine girl/guy kiss me,” or maybe not. Learning this phrase has helped multiple astronomers to educate themselves on the spectral classification of stars and continues to do so in today’s time. Annie Jump Cannon’s legacy will carry on lasting a lifetime! The first letters of each word in the phrase represents the seven main types of stars. Starting with ”‘O,” these stars are very young, blue, hot, massive and extremely bright star. This type of star is very uncommon similar to the “B”…