Solar System

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2013, p. 216). The reason that terrestrial planets are grouped separately from the rest of the solar system is because they are all structured very similarly and all have surfaces most like that of the planet Earth. Another aspect that separates these four planets from all others is the fact that they are all located the closest to the Sun. Terrestrial planets can be easily identified in the solar system because they are much smaller in size compared to the planets around them. Scientists have…

Plato once said, “Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world into another.” Obviously, astronomy has always been an interest to mankind. We look up into the night sky and feel an urge, something pulling us towards the stars. Many people have been influential in discoveries involving the stars and the planets beyond. From Galileo Galilei to Stephen Hawking, we have learned and discovered amazing things about the universe, and in recent discoveries we have wondered if…

area of crew safety that is to be improved upon is with protection from solar radiation, currently, gold foiling is in use to protect the astronauts from the solar radiation, although the gold foiling does a mediocre job at repelling the solar radiation it can…

astronomers learned about Uranus. But the true nature of Uranus was discovered by William Herschel. According to Wikipedia Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For this reason,…

visible from Earth in the solar system. Of these bodies it is the second largest behind the sun. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System with a mass of 1.899x1027kg orbiting at 5.2AU from the Sun. Jupiter is orbited by 67 moons of which the first four are called the Galilean moons as of their discovery in 1614 by Galileo. Jupiter formed about 4.6billion years ago from the cloud of dust and gas that made up the early Solar System. This early Solar System is known as a solar nebula.…

and I took the opportunity to take this project before anyone else could get it. In my project I will talk about many different surroundings and features of the planet of Uranus. The Overview of Uranus is that it is the only giant planet in our solar system that has nearly a right angle towards its orbit. Uranus was discovered by William Herschel on March 13th 1781. Uranus has a more methane in its mainly hydrogen and helium atmosphere. The planet has more than both Jupiter and Saturn combined.…

Earth. Just like the Solar System, exoplanets can orbit their…

Seaghan Kinneen 8.5 billion miles from the Sun, over ninety-one times the distance between the Earth and the Sun, stands the newest addition to the Solar System. 2014 UZ224, located some 4.83 billion miles beyond Pluto, joined Ceres, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and the aforementioned Pluto, as the most recently discovered Solar System Dwarf Planet. To understand the definition of a Dwarf Planet, one must understand the definition of a regular planet. In a 2006 assembly that has gained notoriety…

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…