Orbit

The other gas giants are Neptune, Uranus, and Jupiter are also gas giants. One of the moons named the “Cassini” accidentally went into Saturn’s orbit. Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus are gas giants Jupiter is a kind of blue planet that rains diamonds. Neptune is a very light blue planet Uranus is a red planet but with redder spots on it. Saturn orbits around the sun and…

Its purpose was to detect cosmic rays while in orbit; unfortunately the satellite failed to ignite on its fourth stage in its launch process and never made it to orbit. During the time of Explorer 2, the Soviets were also at work with Luna 2, this probe became the first to hit the moon but after 33.5 hours into flight the signals were dead. The US then created another satellite, the fourth satellite by America, and the first satellite to be solar-powered. They created the Vanguard 1, the first…

Planet Phattie which was discovered in 1906 by Percival Lowell in the Lowell observatory in Flagstaff Arizona. But some farther into the past, a mathematician Urban le Verrier in 1846 discovered Neptune since there were irregular patterns in Uranus’s orbit, and scientists think since new little patterns of random tugging at Uranus that’s when a new theory comes in about a 10th planet by Percival Lowell. 1930 they kept the project going found Pluto realized it was too small to be tugging at…

the mysterious planet it is like. Pluto’s orbit is 5,913,520,000 km from the Sun.…

Atmosphere: The atmosphere of Pluto is complex in many ways. It is made of nitrogen with very small amounts of methane and carbon monoxide, which are all vaporized from ice on Pluto's surface. When Pluto is closer to the Sun in its orbit the Sun heats up the ice on PLuto and releases nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide on Pluto's surface. These ice vaporizes and forms a temporary atmosphere. When Pluto moves farther from the Sun the atmosphere freezes and goes back onto Pluto's surface.…

This is not necessarily true, in actuality the Earth and the Sun both orbit their common center of mass. Since the Sun is so much more massive than the Earth the center of mass is in the Sun, causing it to wobble. b) The planets orbit the center of mass (located in the star) while the star also orbits this center of mass (located within itself). The planet experiences a large orbit while the star only experiences a slight wobble. This is due to the fact that the gravitational…

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun in our solar system right in front of Venus. Mercury was named after a Roman god but is also called Hermes in Greek mythology who is the messenger of the gods. This relates to Mercury because it orbits the sun faster than all the other planets. Mercury is an extremely interesting planet in our solar system. Ancient people who lived in Mesopotamia(current day Iraq) called the Sumerians, first saw the planet Mercury in 3rd millennium B.C. Many old…

I have had the opportunity to take two UCLA Extension courses and I have had this opportunity because my dad teaches for UCLA Extension. As a professor of UCLA Extension, he is able to take a UCLA Extension class for free each quarter and was able to transfer his free class to me. This opportunity has allowed me to take aerospace classes that have taught me skills that are applicable in industry. I took a systems engineering class and an orbital mechanics class. In the systems engineering…

The Little Planet that Couldn’t, Pluto’s fall from the Big 9. Pluto. The last of the nine large objects that orbits the sun was removed from the list of planets. Pluto was removed from the planet list and was classified as a dwarf plant. This not only changed countless textbooks across the globe, it has removed a little piece from the hearts of all that learned and loved the last little guy in line; far, far across the solar system. “Smaller than the Earth’s moon, Pluto was discovered in 1930…

States and followed WWII. Thesis: The Sputnik I was so significant because it was the first artificial satellite to orbit earth and it changed history and communication in many aspects. I. Introduction Attention Getter: In the year of 1885, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky first described in his book, Dreams of Earth and Sky, that a satellite can be launched into a low altitude orbit. 72 years later, Sputnik I was launched. ( Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Intro) Reason to Listen: Sputnik I is so…