Solar System

for short-lived comets. However, that anomaly was not the sole phenomenon the Kuiper Belt and its contents helped explain. The Kuiper Belt’s primordial origins have established it as one of the most helpful tools to aid in learning more about the solar system’s beginning. Its existence debunks the original theory of the belt’s formation, consequently given way to the conjecture predicting a shuffling of the planets resulting in their current placement. Gravitational fields of Kuiper Belt Objects…

there are 8 Moon's orbiting. Jupiter has the most Moon's in the solar system, with 63 Moon's of course Jupiter can gain more Moon's in the future. Mercury and Venus have the least amount of Moon's, with 0 Moon's. Jupiter have 8 Moon's that are regular satellites, 4 large spherical moon's, and 4 small moon's. Also 55 additional tiny irregular satellites. But Saturn is number two with the highest number of Moon's in the solar system, with 61 moon's. That's a lot of Moon's orbiting around…

has combined over the years to advance our pursuit the discovery of new astronomical findings. One such ongoing effort is the Voyager Program. Two space probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, were launched in the late 1970s to collect data about our solar system. Voyager 2 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on August 20, 1977. Voyager 1 was also launched from the Kennedy Space Center 15 days after Voyager 2 on September 5, 1977. The reason for the seemingly backwards numbering is that they…

to create the universe and the earth. The Big Bang Theory explains that the Universe exploded and was very hot. .One believes in a superior being and the other believes in no ultimate being. Part B: Scientists believe the formation of the Solar System started around 4.6 billion years ago. They believe there was a huge molecular cloud and that a small part collapsed, possibly due to a shock wave from a close by supernova. This is known in science as a gravitational collapse which is…

In layman’s terms, the Sun is the star at the center of our Solar System, around which all the planets in our Solar System orbit. This fact may make the sun seem simple, but in fact, the sun is a much more complex system. In order to answer a simple yet complex question; What is the sun? One must learn about its structure, function, properties, benefits, and detriments to life. The structure of the sun is much like that of earth. It can be broken down into 6 layers. The inner layers include the…

According to 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…

Each planet and moon differ from one another in mass, density, geologic activity, and structure. The inner most planets or also known as terrestrial planets, these planets mainly have a dense core and rocky surface. Each of these planets though vary in atmosphere and temperature depending on how close or far they are away from our Sun. The temperature also depends on if the planet has a atmosphere or not and what the atmosphere is composed of. Also geological activity depends on if the planets…

Voyagers are not same. There is change is one or other form. Though launched 4 months after Voyager 2 , Voyager 1 reached the planetary system ahead than the Voyager 2 so due to the difference in time of the data taken and the position where data is taken, the data are different from the two voyagers which is helping to better understand the factors such as solar wind, plasma velocity and many more. This literature review mainly focuses on the data sent by the Voyagers, their implications and…

Planet Jupiter, the largest of the gas planets, reigns superiority in the solar system. It is the fifth planet from the sun and features unique properties that are unlike Earth and other planets. Jupiter is one of the five planets including; Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Mercury, that can be seen with a naked eye. Its massive size makes it hard to miss in the gleaming night sky. Due to their visibility, the planets have been observed by many cultures and were given various names. The Romans named…

reach distant Jupiter” (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galileo/mission/journey-cruise.cfm). Now scientist back home were presented with an opportunity to discover and uncover much more than just Jupiter. "Galileo made excursions as far out in the solar system as the asteroid belt, enabling scientists to make the first close-up studies of two asteroids, Gaspra and Ida. As if this were not sufficient, Galileo scientists were fortunate to be the only ones with a direct view of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy…