Transcript SpacePP - Kennesaw State University

By Linda Lambert
Kennesaw State University
ECE8814/01
Table of Contents
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Planets of the Solar System
Inner and Outer Planets
Space Exploration
The Moon, Earth’s Satellite
Space Probes
How Much Do You Weigh?
Bar graph of weight on other planets
Would You like to be an Astronaut?
Phases of the Moon
Interpreting a Graph
The Sun is a Star
Pie graph of Sun’s Gases
Asteroids and Meteoroids
Comets
Math Activity
How Far are the Planets from the Sun?
Planets of the Solar System
Planets
Distance
from Sun
(millions)
Number of
Moons
Year Length
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
69.7 km.
109.0 km.
152.1 km.
249.1 km.
815.7 km
1,507.0 km.
3,004.0 km.
4,537.0 km.
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1
2
16
18
15
8
88 days
225 days
365 days
687 days
12 years
30 years
84 years
165 years
Math
Connection
Inner and Outer Planets
Location of Planets
Inner Planets
Planets Close to the Sun
Outer Planets
Planets Far from the Sun
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Earth
Uranus
Mars
Neptune
The farther the planet is
from the sun the longer it
takes to orbit the sun
Pluto
Space Exploration
your
Take me to
leader?
your leader
Using the link, can you
find a way NASA uses
measurement?
The Moon, Earth’s Satellite
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384,00 kilometers from the Earth
Reflects light from the sun
Revolves around the Earth
Has been visited by
astronauts
 Made of rock
Math Connection
If a space craft travels at 38,600
km. an hour, about how long would
it take to reach the moon?
Space Probes
Space probes are sent into space to gather information and pictures about
other planets and our solar system. In 1976 NASA sent 2 Viking spacecraft
to photograph and gather data about Mars. Robots called Pathfinder and
Sojourner landed on Mars in 1997. Today the Hubble space telescope is
traveling through our solar system sending information back to Earth.
Math Connection
How many years passed
between the Viking landing and
the Pathfinder landing on Mars?
How much do you weigh?
Return to
previous slide
Would you like to be an Astronaut?
Astronauts study our solar system. They do
experiments in space to see if the results
are different from Earth. The U.S.A. has
recently destroyed a comet in space. This
will help to find out what comets are made
of. Connect to this movie to learn more.
Movie
Phases of the Moon
The moon
reflects light
from the sun.
The lit part of
the moon is
not always
visible from
earth
New Moon Phase
Third Quarter Phase
Earth
Full Moon Phase
A new moon
occurs every 28
days
First Quarter Phase
Interpreting a Graph
Gravity is the force of attraction between two
objects. If you weigh 80 pounds on Earth,
how much will you weigh on Jupiter? Refer
to the graph on Weight and Gravity. Does
Jupiter have more or less gravitational pull
than Mars? Which planet would you weigh
about the same as Earth?
Click ? To view graph
The Sun is a Star
 The sun is made of hot
gases.
 The sun is the closest
star.
 The planets revolve
around the sun.
 The Earth gets light
and heat from the sun.
 The sun is 4.5 billion
years old.
Hydrogen
Helium
Other gases
Asteroids and Meteoroids
 Asteroids are crater
covered rocks that orbit
the sun
 The Asteroid Belt is
located between Mars and
Jupiter
 Asteroids measure from
2.5 cm. to 1,023 km.
 Meteoroids are asteroids
caught by Earth’s gravity
 A meteoroid that burns up
in the atmosphere is called
a meteor, or “shooting star”
 A meteoroid that falls to
Earth without burning up is
a meteorite
Comets
 A comet is a “dirty snowball” that orbits the
sun.
 A comet has a nucleus (center), a coma
(head), and a tail that always faces away
from the sun.
 Famous comets are Hale-Bopp, Halley,
Hyakutake, and Shoemaker-Levy 9.
 Particles in the tail may cause a meteor
shower on Earth if it passes through the tail.
Math Activity
How far are the planets from the
sun?
 Work with a partner.
 Create a solar system showing each planet’s
distance from the sun to scale.
 Refer to Planets of the Solar System chart.
 Using the outside hallway, mark the distance of
each planet from the sun with a piece of tape and
name of planet. The sun is at the end of the hall.
 Use a scale of 1 cm=1,000,000 km.
 Be creative to show your solar system.