celestial body
hairy star
another term on comet
eccentric orbits
attraction to the sun that bring them closer to the sun
magnesium
blue
venus
called as Earth's sister
Jovian Planets
called because of their similarity to Jupiter, made up mostly of gases
sun
closest star to the earth, has lower density than earth, and have strong gravitational pull that holds earth and other planets
July 23, 1995
date when Hale-Bopp comet is dicovered
Nov. 18,1998
date where Leonid meteor was recorded on the Philippines
180 meters
depth of meteorite that hit Winslow, Arizona, USA
1.2 km in diameter
diameter of meteorite that hit Winslow, Arizona, USA
Hyakutake Comet
discovered by Yuji Hyakutake seen on March 25, 1996
Winslow, Arizona, USA
example of well known carater
Neptune
farthest planet from the sun
core
hottest and innermost part of sun, surrounded by hot gasses ring
3,000 yrs.
how many years where human recorded meteor showers
comets
icy celestial body revolving around the sun
939 km
km of ceres
434 km
km of hygiea
525 km
km of vesta
512 km
km pallas
meteor
known as shooting star or falling star it is a streak of light that appears on the night sky, it is when meteoroid enters the earth's atmosphere
oort clouds
large spherical cloud of planetesimals
Kuiper belt objects (KBOs)
larger members of belt
Earth
largest planet on terrestrial planet
Jupiter
largest planet, 4th highest object,Named after roman's chief God
1996
last seen on Halley's comet
Bode's Law
law where the having a planets between Mar and Jupiter been calculated
huge crater or crater
made when the asteroids fell from the skies
recovered fragments of meteors
meteorite
8 minutes
minutes where the light from the sun reaches the earth
Halley's Comet
most famous comet, appers every 76 years
corona
next to chromosphere, known as sun's crown, seen as fainted silver-white light
Photosphere
next to core, where the diameter of the sun is measured, visible surface of the sun
solar wind
next to the corona, where the coran expand, stream particles that flow the into solar system.
chromosphere
next to the photosphere, bright red in in color.
39 satelites
number of satelites in jupiter
sodium
orange
nitrogen/oxygen
pinkish/red
streak of light
produce when meteoroids burns due to friction with particles on Earth's atmosphere
Mars
red color is name after their God of war, 3rd brightest on the skiesn has 2 sattelites
convection zone
ring that surround core it is the hot gasses
disk-shaped
shape of Kuiper belt
Asteroids
small or minor rock planetoids that are member of solar system, and rich in metal and minerals
Gravitational pull
1st explanation why sun hold the solar system together
inertia
2nd explanation why sun hold the solar system together
Venus
2nd planet from the sun
Earth
3rd planet from the sun
ceres, vesta, pallas, hygiea
4 largest asteroid (inorder)
Mars
4th planet from the sun
Jupiter
5th planet from the sun
Saturn
6th planet from the sun
Uranus
7th planet from the sun
Mercury
Closest planet to the sun
Tomas Bopp from Arizona and Allan Hale from New Mexico
Dicovered Hale-Bopp comet
Johanne Bode
Germane astronomer who calculated Bode's law
4.6 billion years
How old is the earth?
mercury, venus, earth, mars
The terrestrial planets are:
planetesimals
small, rocky objects
terrestrial planets
small, solid planet that is made up of rock and minerals
Mercury
smallest in terrestrial planet
sun, asteroid, planets and moon
solar system is consists of what?
5%
sun also composed of helium and heavier elements
hydrogen
sun composed mainly of?
east to west
sun rotation that is approximately aligned with the earth
1.39 km
sun's diameter
150 million km (93 million miles)
sun's distance from earth
3.9*10 raised to 33 ergs/sec
sun's generated energy by helium through nuclear fusion reaction in it's interior
3.9*10 raised to 26 watts of power
sun's gnerated power watts that form into watts
1.98*10 raised to 27 metric ton
sun's mass
333,000 times
sun's massiveness than earth (times)
695,503 km (432,169 mi)
sun's radius
109 times
sun's radius large than earth radius
5,550 Celsius (9,900 Fahrenheit)
sun's temperature
470 Celsius
temperature of mercury
calcium
violet
impact crater
when crater formed by meteorites
environmental catastrophe
where asteroids fell and throw vast quantities of dust, gases and water vapor into atmosphere.
meteoroids
where orbits of such bodies intersect on Earth.
65 million years ago
where scientists believe that an asteroid that fell was the reason of extinction of dinosaurs
7 billion
where sun will keep shining
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
where the sizable planet formed and elliptical orbits
2061
year Halley's comet will be seen
iron
yellow
