Planet Review

Watch the video clip.

1. Write down at least 5 facts that you did not know.

2. Write down one quiz question. (I will ask for these at a later date.)

http://richannel.org/the-solar-system

Answers to Questions on Planet Chart

1. All of the heavy elements are born in a supernova.

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Answers to Questions on Planet Chart

2. All of the planetesimals started spinning in the same direction when the nebula was a spinning disk. They continue to orbit around the sun in the same direction due to gravity and inertia.

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Answers to Questions on Planet Chart

3. There is little/no gas on the inner planets due to:a. Too close to the sun and the amount of heat causes

the lighter elements to “burn off.”b. The mass of the inner planets is much less than the

outer planets and the gravitational force is too weak to hold on the lighter elements like Hydrogen and Helium.

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Vocabulary

• Gravity – force of attraction between two objects

• Inertia – the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest or to keep moving in the same direction at the same speed, until acted upon by an outside force

The retrograde motion of Mars in 2005.A composite image created by superimposing images taken on 35 different dates, each separated from the next by about a week.

Retrograde Motion

• Retrograde Motion - the apparent (not actual) backward motion of a planet

• http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/r

enaissance/retrograde.html

Vocabulary

Ancient reasons for studying the skies

Remember Science is Tentative yet Reliable.

History of Astronomy

Aristotle – 2000 years ago believed in a geocentric model

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History of Astronomy

Copernicus – 1500 AD believed in a heliocentric model

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Vocabulary

• Geocentric model – Earth-centered solar system

• Heliocentric model – Sun-centered solar system

History of Astronomy

Galileo Galilei – 1600 AD • 1st scientist to use a

telescope to view the stars

• Saw 4 moons orbit Jupiter (confirmed Copernicus)

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Tycho Brahe – in late 1500’s he carefully observed and charted the positions of the planets for 20 years

History of Astronomy

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Kepler – in the early 1600’s he worked for Brahe and used his observations to develop his 3 laws of planetary motion

Kepler’s 3 Laws of Planetary Motions

http://youtu.be/XFqM0lreJYw

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/npls12_vid_keplerorbits/

NotesHistory of Astronomy