Wednesday October 3, 2012 (Video – HTUW: Alien Galaxy Parts 6 & 7; Our Solar System)

WednesdayOctober 3, 2012(Video – HTUW:

Alien Galaxy Parts 6 & 7; Our Solar

System)

The Launch Pad10/3/12

Draw a picture of the Sun and the eight planets to scale.

Announcements

Assignment Currently Open

Summative or

Formative?Date Issued Date Due Date Into

GradeSpeed Final Day

Quiz 4 S4 9/21 9/21 10/5

Project – Stellar Modeling

F8 9/26 10/2 10/2

Quiz 5 S5 9/28 9/28 10/12

Recent Events in ScienceSigma 7: Wally Schirra's Mercury Flight

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/schirra50/Read All About It!50 years ago, Wally

Schirra became the fifth American in space,

making the third orbital flight of the Mercury

program. 

Schirra piloted his Sigma 7 capsule on a six-orbit mission that lasted more than nine hours on Oct. 3, 1962.

VideoHow the Universe Works:

Alien GalaxyPart 6- Fate of the Milky Way Galaxy

(29:31 – 35:50)

An Overview of the Solar System Our Solar System

includes: the Sun

eight planets (formerly nine)

moons of planets

many asteroids

many comets

many meteoroids

Our Solar System

Figure 22.1

Our Solar System

The planets drawn to

scale

Orbital Plane of the Planets

Plane of the Ecliptic

Jovian or Jupiter-like planets (not to scale)

Terrestrial or Earth-like planets (not to scale)

The Solar System to Scale

VideoHow the Universe Works

Alien GalaxyPart 7 - Dark Energy

(35:51 – 42:11)