1. The Solar System 2. Contents of the Solar System• The Sun• 8 Planets• Asteroids• Satellites• Comets• Stars 3. The Sun• A Star• Made of many different scorching…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Time and Tide Wait for Gnomon By Roger Bailey NASS 2006 Vancouver Slide 3 Slide 4 Newcomers Tide Questions Tides are caused by the gravitational attraction…

Slide 1 Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. Announcements First Homework Assignment. Due Thursday 14 th July, At start of class. Complete pages 79 to 85 of the Lecture…

Slide 1 The Search for Extrasolar Planets Since it appears the conditions for planet formation are common, we’d like to know how many solar systems there are, and what…

Slide 1 Mission to Titan Mitchell Drew and Mariel Henkoff http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=3701 Slide 2 Saturn Orbital Radius: – 1.43 *…

Slide 1 Slide 2 10/7/03Prof. Lynn Cominsky1 Class web site: http://glast.sonoma.edu/~lynnc/courses/a305 Office: Darwin 329A and NASA E/PO (707) 664-2655 Best way to reach…

Slide 1 Phys. 121: Thursday, 13 Nov. ● HW 11: due by 5:00 pm. ● HW 12: ch. 16: # 16, 22, 59, and ch. 17, # 17, 20, and 46. Due date TBA (before Thanks. break). ● Mast.…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Rotation=Spinning Slide 7 Revolution = Orbit Slide 8 The Inner Planets Slide 9 Have no rings Have no rings Only 0-2 moons…

Slide 1 The Solar System Slide 2 Slide 3 Terrestrial Planets Slide 4 Earth Average distance from the Sun: 1.00 AU Radius: 6,378 km Mass: 5.97 × 10 24 kg Avg. density: 5.52…

Slide 1 Goal: To learn (review?) basic information about the 8 planets and the minor planets of our solar system. Please be in your seat and have a pencil or pen. Slide 2…