Discussion Prompt: Compare and contrast two planets in our Solar System with Earth. What are the signature features of those planets and how do they compare to Earth?
In this discussion I'd like to write about two neighborhood of earth ie Mars and Venus to earth.
Venus vs Earth:
Mars vs Earth:
Discussion Prompt: Compare and contrast two planets in our Solar System with Earth. What are the...
Many of the thousands of planets discovered outside of our solar system (exoplanets) belong to a class of planets called super-Earths which are rocky planets much larger and more massive than Earth. One such planet has a mass 27 times that of Earth and a radius 2.7 times larger. How many times heavier would you weigh standing on the surface of this planet than you do on Earth?
3b - Planets of our Solar System No unread replies.No replies. Read ALL of this, then post on the Forum! Stars are far away. But never the less, planets like Jupiter look like they are in among the stars. Planets are in the foreground and stars are in the background. Yes, that means you can go out and see planets in the night sky with just your eyes. You do not need a telescope. So the question(s) are --- Can...
How does the size of Pluto compare with that of planets in the solar system? Pluto is much smaller. Pluto is much larger. Pluto is about the size of the outer planets. Pluto is about the size of the inner planets.
Pluto's orbit around the Sun is highly elliptical compared to the planets in our Solar System. It has a perihelion distance of 29.7 AU and an aphelion distance of 49.5 AU. a) What is the semi-major axis of Pluto's orbit, in AU? b) What is Pluto's orbital period, in Earth years?
Question 12 [4 marks] Out of the rocky planets in our solar system excluding Earth (so that is Mercury, Mars, and Venus) and the moons Europa and Titan, which one do you think is the most likely to have life-forms currently or to have had them at some point previously. Provide three reasons (maximum two sentences each, point form is best) as to why you think that planet/moon is most likely to have life now or to have had life...
2. The inner planets of our solar system are represented in a mobile built with straws and light ropes for a school project. The mass of the piece that represents the Earth is 25.0 g, and the mass of the straws can be ignored. (The lengths shown are not proportional to the actual distances in the solar system.) What is the mass of the piece that represents (a) Mars, (b) Venus, and (c) Mercury? 2. Los planetas interiores de nuestro...
Over 500 planets have so far been detected beyond our solar system. This is accomplished by looking for the effect the planet has on the star. The star is not truly stationary; instead, it and its planets orbit around the center of mass of the system. Astronomers can measure this wobble in the position of a star. a.) For a star with the mass and size of our sun and having a planet with two times the mass of Jupiter,...
Earth’s atmosphere components of 1st atmosphere, components today Life on Earth, where did it likely start, about when Geologic timescales Scientific method Resources what do we use from the Earth What is the age of the Earth and Solar System? How old is the Universe? How did the Universe begin? (name of the theory) What is the name of the theory for what we currently understand as being the beginning of the solar system? Where did all the elements come...
One of the primary goals of the Kepler space telescope is to search for Earth-like planets. Data gathered by the telescope indicates the existence of one such planet named Boralis orbiting a star 120 ly from our solar system. Consider an interstellar spaceship leaving Earth to travel to Boralis. The ship can reach 0.70c almost instantly and can also decelerate almost instantly. The ship is 175 m long in its reference frame. (a) What is the length of the moving...
One of the primary goals of the Kepler space telescope is to search for Earth-like planets. Data gathered by the telescope indicates the existence of one such planet named Boralis orbiting a star 120 ly from our solar system. Consider an interstellar spaceship leaving Earth to travel to Boralis. The ship can reach 0.96c almost instantly and can also decelerate almost instantly. The ship is 169 m long in its reference frame. (a) What is the length of the moving...