Solar System

Zoe Starr Mr. Eric Smith Astronomy H 22 May 2018 Jupiter and its Galilean Moons Jupiter, the fifth planet from our sun, is the most massive planet in our solar system, twice as massive as all the other planets comined. It is a gas giant planet and therefore lacks a earth like surface. Due to the giant atmosphere of gas, Jupiter rotates faster than any other planet. Jupiter’s day is only about ten hours long. Jupiter takes twelve Earth years to make one revolution around the sun so, one…

Mary Rojas-Bueno 11/15/2017 Astr101 Uranus There are many planets out there in the vast expanse of space. There are eight planets in our solar system, barring pluto which is a dwarf planet and not an actual planet. I will be discussing the seventh planet of our solar system, the lovely ice giant Uranus. The first ever sighting of Uranus was in 1680 by John Flamsteed, he categorized it as 34 Tauri, he thought it to be a star or comet. It wasn't until William Herschel and John Elert Bode…

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 hydroden heliem and other gasses.The solar system had formed around 4.6 billion years…

Discovery of Uranus William Herschel had a few motivations that led to his discovery of Uranus. However, “[he] spent most nights observing nebulae, looking for double stars, and searching for signs of life on other worlds.” (Ruskin 282) He basically discovered Uranus by accident supposing at first that it was a comet. After sharing his find with other astronomers, they questioned whether it was a comet at all. One astronomer named Nevil Maskelyne “suggested that [it] might be a planet” but it…

I visited the Griffith Observatory on January 23, 2016. I walked around looking everything and chose about what I write. The three things caught my attention was Center in the Universe show, the planets, and Moon Phases. First, I saw the Center in the Universe. It was an unforgettable experience because the place is arranged with comfortable and recumbent chairs. The dome shows a beautiful blue sky with clouds around. I felt literality as I was in the sky. The show started with all the lights…

I have always had a concern for our planet's health and wanted to ask the question if we are irreversibly damaging our home. If this is the case then there is a possibility that we will be able to colonize different planets in our solar system and or make a man made structure to live in. This topic really hits home with me because I need to know where we will go if our earth can no longer provide us the support we need. We will have to find an affordable way to colonize a place that is foreign…

The history of earth is hard to imagine without our moon. The moon has had an impact on the earth in many different ways. For as long as man walked this earth, the moon has affected the tides and even the metals of the earth. The phases of the moon are still used to help guide the harvest, and even help determine the time of the river floods. The moon is a place that we know little about and very few people are lucky enough to get to experience it in person. Some interesting facts that we know…

not. Though no one has unearthed all the secrets of Earth, countless scientists, astronauts, and engineers yearn for the opportunity to watch an American citizen take their first steps on Mars. "NASA aims to extend human presence deeper into the solar system and to the surface of Mars," states a well-educated member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA's Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration" [4]). However, would colonizing The Red Planet be a threat…

source of minerals and material for initial economic expansion and concurrently providing platforms for operations and manufacturing. Eventually, the human race could use asteroids as space vehicles to move itself across and possibly beyond the solar system effectively becoming mobile bases of operations and even space colonies. The only significant limitations of this future growth are technological capability and legal ambiguity for large scale human space activity. For any space activity to…

is also known as the Planet of life because scientist believe that it is the only planet in the solar system that contains life. It is the third planet from the sun and the fifth largest planet in the solar system. It has its own way of protecting itself and life on it (species, humans and plants), it has a strong magnetic field to protect itself and life on it from solar effects (solar flares and solar winds). It gets most of its energy from the sun, via infrared radiation which is emitted by…