Understand the movement of planetary bodies. Complex Knowledge: demonstrations of learning that go aboveand above and beyond what was explicitly taught. Knowledge: meeting the learning goals and expectations. Foundational knowledge: simpler procedures, isolated details, vocabulary. Limited knowledge: know very little details but working toward a higher level. Understand how our view of the solar system has changed over time and how discoveries made have led to our changing our view of the solar system. Learn planetary characteristics such as number of moons, size, composition, type of atmosphere, gravity, temperature and surface features. Understand the movement of planetary bodies. Understand which planetary characteristics are more important than others when it relates to our understanding of other worlds. Understand how proximity to the sun influences planets. Understand the methods and tools scientists use to learn about other planets and moons in our solar system. Understand the conditions needed for a habitable world and determine if there are habitable worlds in our solar system or outside the solar system. Understand how we look for and study solar systems other than our own.
Formation of the Solar System
This Week’s questions: Are all planets created equal? What events and materials were necessary to form our solar system? How do planets differ from one another and why?
Mass and Gravity (and diameter) Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mass (1024kg) 0.330 4.87 5.97 0.642 1899 568 86.8 102 Gravity (m/s2) 3.7 8.9 9.8 23.1 9.0 8.7 11.0 Relative Surface gravitation 0.378 0.907 1.00 0.377 2.364 0.95 0.81 1.2
This is a college level class We use a college textbook Choose a page and read. We have college level standards there are nearly a hundred that you have to master We do the amount of work that a college student would do Homework every day We do college level labs you can only figure things out yourself by reading We do talk about constellations Only for about half a class sometime next week though
We use college level math AND… Second law of thermodynamics Kepler’s third law of planetary motion Maxwell's equation of electromagnetic fields Hubble's law Einstein's law of mass and energy Energy of light Law of parallax Newton's law of gravity Blackbody radiation law Doppler Effect Einstein's law of special relativity
Welcome Back to HONORS Astronomy! Time for math
Density
Use the planet info sheets to Find DENSITY for each planet Find 2 patterns in the solar system Record any ideas in your notebook Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mass (1024kg) 0.330 4.87 5.97 0.642 1899 568 86.8 102 Diameter (km) 4879 12,104 12,756 6792 142,984 120,536 51,118 49,528 Density (g/cm3)
Use the planet info sheets to Find DENSITY for each planet Find 2 patterns in the solar system Record any ideas in your notebook Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mass (1024kg) 0.330 4.87 5.97 0.642 1899 568 86.8 102 Diameter (km) 4879 12,104 12,756 6792 142,984 120,536 51,118 49,528 Density (g/cm3)
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Use the planet info sheets to Find DENSITY for each planet Find a pattern in the solar system and the anomaly Record any ideas in your notebook Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mass (1024kg) 0.330 4.87 5.97 0.642 1899 568 86.8 102 Diameter (km) 4879 12,104 12,756 6792 142,984 120,536 51,118 49,528 Density (g/cm3) 10
Use the planet info sheets to Find DENSITY for each planet Find a pattern in the solar system and the anomaly Record any ideas in your notebook Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Mass (1024kg) 0.330 4.87 5.97 0.642 1899 568 86.8 102 Diameter (km) 4879 12,104 12,756 6792 142,984 120,536 51,118 49,528 Density (g/cm3) 5.427 5.243 5.514 3.933 1.326 0.687 1.271 1.638
Formation of the Solar System
Any model of Solar System formation must explain the following facts: All the orbits of the planets are prograde (i.e. if seen from above the North pole of the Sun they all revolve in a counter-clockwise direction). All the planets have orbital planes that are inclined by less than 6 degrees with respect to each other (i.e. all in the same plane- ecliptic). Terrestrial planets are dense, rocky and small, while Jovian planets are gaseous and large.