Chapter 7 Survey of the Solar System CHAPTER 7 Survey of the Solar System * Introduction The Solar System is occupied by a diversity of objects, but shows an underlying order…
PHYS 162 * The Sun Some Properties Diameter - 109 times Earth’s Volume - about 1,000,000 times Earth’s Mass - about 300,000 times Earth’s 99.8% of Solar System Density…
Density In the solar system Density on Earth Density of water 1.0 g/cm3 Density of air 0.0012 g/cm3 (sea level at 15° C) Changes in temperature, humidity and salinity…
23.1 The Solar System 23.1 The Solar System The Solar System Earth Science 23.1 : The Solar System The sun is the center of a huge rotating system of planets, their satellites,…