'Long period comets' diaporamas de présentation

General Astronomy

General Astronomy. The Solar System The Smaller Objects. The Smaller Members. The smaller members of the System are composed of the: Minor Planets (Asteroids) Comets Meteoroids Dust and Gas. Titus-Bode "Law".

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Asteroids

Asteroids. In general, asteroids are small. Asteroids are found by looking for moving objects (streaks) in long exposure photographs. A Short History of Asteroids. 1000 km Ceres was discovered in 1801 600 km Pallas was discovered in 1802

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Impacts with Space Objects

Impacts with Space Objects. Moon shows many impact scars though most are prior to 3.8 billion years ago. Earth destroys most evidence over time. Why?. ASTEROIDS Originate in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Mostly pieces of rock and metals that never coalesced to form a planet.

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Lecture 6: The origin of the solar system

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The Moon, Comets, and Asteroids

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Announcements HW6 available today, due in a week Use Kevin as the TA for this one

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Vagabonds of the Solar System

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Trans-Neptunian Objects and Pluto

Trans-Neptunian Objects and Pluto. Astronomy 311 Professor Lee Carkner Lecture 21. Trans-Neptunian Region. Beyond Neptune is the region of small, icy, Trans-Neptunian Objects

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Building a Comet!

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Minor bodies in Solar System

Minor bodies in Solar System. Asteroid Itokawa imaged by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa. Announcements. Second project is now due. 6 th HW has been posted to the course website due on Thursday, April 26 last homework set of the class Quiz #3 next Tuesday, April 24

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The Solar System

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The Solar System

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Comets

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Astronomy Part 2

Astronomy Part 2. By Sahithi And Morgan. 2.1 Formation of the sun and the planets.

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What is a Comet?

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Pluto

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IAU GA, RIO, Symp. 263, #498

IAU GA, RIO, Symp. 263, #498 Collision Probabilities of Migrating Small Bodies and Dust Particles with Planets Sergei I. Ipatov (1) Catholic University of America, USA ( siipatov@ hotmail.com, http://faculty.cua.edu/ipatov/ , http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/ipatov );

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Bell 9/23

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OTHER OBJECTS IN SPACE

OTHER OBJECTS IN SPACE. ASTEROIDS. Very small irregularly shaped, rocky bodies Orbit the Sun No atmosphere or internal heat Can hit a planet if it gets close enough to be pulled in by gravity. ASTEROID BELT. Hundreds of thousands found. Mostly located between Mars and Jupiter

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