Planet

With the help of Tycho Brahe's observations, Kepler discovered that the orbits of the planets can be described with a curve. By trial and error, he discovered that an ellipse with the sun could accurately describe the path of a planet about the sun. Ellipses (which does not look like the usual circle, but as an egg) is described mainly by the length of its two axes. A circle has the same diameter if we measure it across or up and down. However, an ellipse has diameters of different lengths. The…

over again. Is it really possible to live on another planet? Few years later, I’ve did research through many space expeditions where NASA sent humans onto the moon. When the mission succeeded it was one of the greatest achievements of all time. That was when I came to believe that if we humans can set foot on the moon, and then we can accomplish many things in the world. During this year it is impossible for astronauts set foot on other planets because…

call home, it is the collection of the eight planets and their moons. These celestial objects orbit around the sun, although this was not always the case back in 140 AD Claudius Ptolemy contemplated with the idea or theory of a geocentric universe. The literal definition of geocentrism is having the earth as the center of the universe and the at the other celestial objects orbiting the earth. Theses celestial objects are called planets. The word planets were invented by the Ancient Greek, the…

Mars is a planet full of deep, rich history and lies in the Milky Way Galaxy. People all over the world are captivated by the fourth planet in the solar system due to the possibilities of life on the red planet. Scientists study this terrestrial planet’s properties to test and understand the planet’s potential habitability for life in its past. Mars is truly a captivating planet that leaves one wanting to uncover the mysteries that it holds underneath its thin layer of atmosphere. Since the…

Everyone at some point has dreamed of outer space, and usually at the forefront of those dreams is exploring distant alien planets in advanced starships and making new discoveries that change the way we think about the universe around us. You may think that this is something of a far off dream or pure science fiction but it’s not. Thanks to the discovery of the first exoplanet in 1995 scientists are doing just that every day.. They may not have starships and be zooming around the universe at…

Introduction An extrasolar planet also known as exoplanet is any planet that orbits a star not within our solar system. The first real discovery of an exoplanet was made in 1995 by the Swiss team of Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz of Geneva. The planet that they discovered was at least half the mass of Jupiter and smaller in size. NASA has confirmed 1746 exoplanets exist and there is surely more to be discovered. The Kepler mission was too find and statistically characterizes planets outside of…

exciting and core tenets of astronomy. With our telescope we were able to see firsthand and notice some of the distinct characteristics of the different objects. First we looked at our nearby neighbor planet, Mars. Mars is named after the Roman god of war and has a nickname of the “Red Planet” due to its reddish appearance. We know that it…

and they have visited our planet. This research paper will analyze if outer space aliens really exist. Have you ever wondered if Earth is unique and if it’s the only planet with life in the universe? Scientists have discovered other planets, but none of them are Earth-like, those planets are very big and gaseous. In addition, they orbit near to their stars, so the temperatures are very high in those planets. Mathew Stanley estimated that ‘there are 10 Earth-like planets for every grain of…

in the Muggle world. It not only helps the understanding of the constellations and planets, is the source where students do their magic powers stronger. This year, we have studied our Solar System and its planets. Next, we will list the planets of our Solar System and examples of its facts: Mercury: its period is only 59 days, exactly two thirds part of its orbital period. Its a rocky…

the Nice theory, The Kuiper belt lies out past the orbit of Pluto. Instead of asteroids, The Kuiper belt has millions of icy comets that circle the Sun very fast, and because of that fast motion, they were flung outward by encounters with the giant planets. Scientist believe that the comet Pluto is a part of the Kuiper belt. The Oort cloud is not really a cloud, but a mass of a over a trillion comets that circle the Sun at a great distance. In fact, the Oort cloud extends over…