Mercury

Johannes Kepler(12/27/1571 - 11/15/1630) was a German Astronomer, Mathematician, and Astrologer who lived in Weil der Stadt, Württemberg until he was an adult. While Kepler was a child he showed a very evident talent for mathematics. He was given a scholarship to the University of Tübingen to study for the Lutheran ministry. Kepler then became a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, Austria. But Kepler was soon forced from his position due to a counter reformation and he became the…

Imagine life on earth with no sun, no warmth, no light, only rain. In the short story "All Summer In One Day" by Ray Bradbury, there is no sun where the main character Margot lives. It takes place on Venus, a young girl named Margot, who once lived on earth faces the hardships of life with nothing but a slight memory of the sun. For the past five years of her life she was told she was a liar until now. Therefore, Margot is unhappy on Venus, because she has nothing to be happy about. She doesn't…

Johannes Kepler was a astound 16th century mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. Conjuring up one of science's most revolutionary laws, dealing with planetary motion that has consequently becoming one of his most famous works. His works have even influenced awe-inspiring scientist such as Isaac Newton. Newton implemented his works and connected it with his own to fully explain the complexities of the solar system. (Wikipedia, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, n.d.). However, most of his…

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the most distant that can be seen with the naked eye. Saturn is the second largest planet and is best known for its fabulous ring system that was first observed in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei. Saturn is a gas giant and is composed of similar gasses including hydrogen, helium and methane. Saturn can be seen with the naked eye. It is the fifth brightest object in the solar system.Saturn was known to the ancients, including the Babylonians…

Ray Bradbury's story “All Summer in a day”, is about people who lives on the planet venus and it rains all of the time. Margot lived on earth but just recently arrived on mars. She remembers there being sun when she lived on earth and now she is not used to it always raining with no sunshine. She starts to miss the sunshine and how warm it was earth. The other children on Venus are jealous and get mad that she remembers and even got to see the sun. A lesson in this story is sometime when people…

Can you imagine living on a planet with endless rain and no sun? The story, “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is an interesting story with many different interpretations and morals. Ray Bradbury writes stories, mostly about science-fiction and his stories always have deep morals. The story is about a girl named Margot, who suffers from depression, lives on Venus, and gets bullied by her classmates because they are jealous that she has experienced the sun before and they haven’t. Because the…

“All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction story about a girl who struggles with living on Venus and is different from everyone else. In the beginning, all the kids on Venus were pressed against the window. The kids are waiting for the sun to come out. Soon, the kids go and put Margot into a closet. The kids on Venus finally get to see the sun. In the end, a girl starts crying because it starts raining. Then finally the kids on Venus come inside and then they remember Margot in…

fueling hatred Cobb had towards NASA for not allowing women to join their program or have the opportunity to fly their aircrafts. It is important because Cobb’s hatred and the sexism in NASA is the reason the Mercury 13 took their case to Capitol Hill, a pivotal change in the career of all the Mercury 13 members. The quote creates a message to tell the reader to question the status quo of society. By stating how Cobb disagreed with the requirements to become an astronaut it shows how Cobb…

Mercury There are no seasons on the surface. The colour of the surface is grey with white spots. On the surface there are craters. The mass of Mercury is 330,104,000,000,000 billion kg. Mercury is smaller than the Earth. A year on Mercury is about 88 (Earth) days. Mercury is very dense. Mercury is the second hottest planet in the world. Two spacecrafts have gone to Mercury. Mercury has the most craters in the Solar System. Mercury was named after the Roman god of messenger. Mercury…

The inner solar system planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are fascinating because they orbit closest to the sun. In fact, a human could possibly stand on the four inner planets, unlike the four outer planets that are made of gas. Earth, Mercury, Venus, and Mars provide crucial information for researchers who need additional information about the four inner planets. I chose this topic because I thought it would be facilitating to learn about a different world, and how they are similar, yet…