Planet Rock

the scientific study of planets and their planetary systems which includes moons, ring systems, gas clouds, and magnetospheres6. This type of science helps us understand how all the components of planetary systems interact with each other giving us a deeper insight in the nature of planetary science3. This concept also includes geology and atmospheric science. Learning and understanding the science and form of planets will help us understand how common we expect planets…

Space has a vast history filled with fact and fiction. The thought of beings beside humanity seems like foolishness to some, but to others it is almost a certainty. The with massive void of space humanity lives in is filled thousands of stars, planets, and rocks extraterrestrial life seems more than possible. Now, with modern science advancements it…

contrasts between Jovian and Terrestrial Planets. Firstly, Jovian Planets are visibly bigger than the Terrestrial Planets, which, are notably smaller. The reason, a Jovian Planet is bigger than a terrestrial planet due to its closeness to the sun as well as its chemical composition. Secondly, A Jovian Planet has rings while a Terrestrial Planet has none. A Jovian Planet’s rings have a composition of rock and ice that orbit the sun. However, A Terrestrial Planet does not have any composition…

anyone else could get it. In my project I will talk about many different surroundings and features of the planet of Uranus. The Overview of Uranus is that it is the only giant planet in our solar system that has nearly a right angle towards its orbit. Uranus was discovered by William Herschel on March 13th 1781. Uranus has a more methane in its mainly hydrogen and helium atmosphere. The planet has more than both Jupiter and Saturn combined. The reason for the blue color of Uranus is because of…

about our planet Mars. There are there things some we don’t know about mars. So scientist may have to search another planet besides earth that’s having lot secrets. There are many others planets in our solar system that may have more secrets on it and might have resources for us to use. The close planet that we may able know it mars. Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system and it has the same landmark as earth. Its known to be named after the Roman god of war and the planet has a…

everyday lives such as rotation. For example, Every approximately 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds Earth makes a full rotation on our planet on its axis, Earths axis is a line we say goes through the middle of the north and south pole. During the day, half of Earth will see daylight and the other side will receive darkness, this is because one side of the planet is facing the sun receiving all the energetic heat and the other side is cooling down from the previous day. Although the side…

Aaminah Azhar Astrobiology Spring 2015 Test 1 1. Name and describe five important steps in the formation of planets based on our current scientific understanding. a) Star and planet formation starts inside a collapsing cloud of gas and dust inside a bigger cloud called a nebula. Because of gravity pulling materials in the collapsing cloud closer together, the center of the cloud gets increasingly more compressed and because of this get hotter. The dense hot core of this collapsing cloud becomes…

so have to look at the rock record from on Earth and else were in the solar system. So to start to discover the age of the Earth we need to know about how the Earth formed. We know that there are terrestrial and giant outer planets, where Earth is a terrestrial planet that have been formed by the build up of planetesimals through collisions, but at that point Earth wasn’t as we know it today. So, how did the Earth change from being a hot, rocky mass into the living planet we know today? Earth…

II. The Physical Features of Planet Mars Planet Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system, only larger than Mercury. The size of Planet Mars is about 6,794 km in diameter. The surface area of Planet Mars is about the same as all the land of the Earth. Most of Planet Mars’ surface is mainly a dry wasteland with craters and volcanoes. One of Planet Mars’ volcanoes, Olympus Mons, is the largest volcano in the entire solar system with the height of 24 kilometers (78,000 feet) from the…

Neptune and Uranus are similar in size, composition, atmosphere and color. Neptune is the second most distant planet from the sun, Neptune orbits very far from the sun. It is exactly 2.8 billion miles from the Sun, It is also the 8th planet from the sun. Neptune completed it’s very 1st orbit on July 12, 2o01. That has been its first orbit since its discovery. Pluto the 9th distant planet, crosses Neptune’s orbit at certain times. Pluto crosses Neptune’s orbit for 20 years every time Pluto orbits…