Solar System

the word planet. Pluto has been a part of our solar system for a long time now, but the question is Pluto a planet is still upon us. Some consider Pluto a planet and some consider it a dwarf planet. By using Kepler’s Third Law we figured out that the mass of Object X is 1.476*10^22kg, and expressed it in Mearth which equals .00247, in other words 405 Object X will fit onto Earth, therefore Object X should be considered a planet. In our solar system we have moons, planets, dwarf planets, comets…

and how they came to Earth. STARS SPEWED OUT PRESOLAR GRAINS ALL OVER EARTH As one may assume, presolar grains are older than the sun. They were thrown up by the stars in the universe hundreds of millions of years ago. Way before Earth had a solar system. By analyzing these ancient grains, scientists can trace the origins from the stars and how they got to Earth. Thanks to the wonders of technology, researchers can build computers simulating these star explosions to see if they came from…

interact with Jupiter’s gravitational pull. Modern systems are first simulated using computerized Software and their reactions studied when subjected to various dynamics. However, for the case of Voyager 1 during the time of its launch, the computer technology was dismal. Consequently, everything had to rely on human and engineering tests and accuracy (Brumfiel, 2011). Elements had to be tested elsewhere before being embedded into Voyager 1 system. This had risks of its own like making errors…

Pluto, the most puzzling world in the solar system, is the second largest dwarf planet made of ice and rock. It is 5.9 billion km from the Sun; it has the width of North America. It is a very cold place with minimum temperature of -370 degree Fahrenheit on the surface. One year on Pluto is equal to 248 Earth’s years; it takes a very long time to orbit the Sun. In addition, a day in Pluto lasts 6 Earth’s day. Pluto is a world that stands with light and shade, what causes this contrast may be that…

What's to know about that lonely planet on the far reaches of our solar system? More than you'd think. It turns out Pluto spits out a fair bit of news on the reg so listen up. Here are five things ignorant Earthlings don't know about the planet. 1. PLUTO IS COLDER THAN WE THINK AND WE DONT KNOW WHY The upper atmospheric temperature of the planet has been found to be much colder than any Earth-based studies have previously found. About 70 degrees Fahrenheit colder actually. That's news to a lot…

spacecraft’s, Mariner 4, missions was to carry out the first flybys of Mars. It collected the first close-up photographs of the planet and had a small tape recorder on it as well. It showed us craters on Mars and while in Mars’ solar orbit it also taught us about Mars’ solar wind environment; teaching us about the magnetic field and atmosphere of the planet. There is a current mission happening called MAVEN that hopes to learn more about how fast atmospheric gases are being lost to space today,…

Characteristics of Sun As matter of fact, our solar system is composed of the Sun and all things which orbit around it in the nature of the Earth, the other eight planets, asteroids, and also comets. Even though the sun is a normal star but it is much closer to us compared to any other star. By studying the sun, we do notonly acquire about stars and galaxies but in the end, we can also learn more about the universe. Another significance of learning more about the sun is we will apprehend more…

A Lack of this protective layer is a key factor in what may have caused the depletion of the atmosphere on Mars. Without protection, Mars’ atmosphere may have been stripped off from solar wind particles over the 4.5 billion years of its existence. Dr. Tamppari also talked about NASA’s thousands of detections of minerals. Certain locations have layers of minerals that required a lot of water, and show that the environment has transitioned…

elsewhere in the Solar System and was passing by Earth when it was pulled into its gravitational field ("Origin of the Moon"). This theory was supported because the moon is more oval shaped rather than a perfect sphere. It is also believed that Earth's moon was caused by the Capture theory because the moon orbits in the opposite direction of the…

scenario where a rogue black hole comes into our solar system swallowing our sun and brings darkness to all of human kind. It will follow a group of survivors that were able to get off the planet in an attempt to get to the nearest star. Leaving behind a slowly dying planet. They are met with a number of challenges. The most pressing being the increasing emission in solar weather produced by the black hole’s accretion disk, they constantly need to fix the solar electric sail that not only…