Transcript Space,+the+final+frontier

Space, the final frontier.
haha
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Overview
Solar systems as a part of space
Our solar sytem
Stars VS planets a royal rumble
Earth
Black holes
Astronomers
Links
Space (not only a bar on your
keyboard)
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It’s really big
Seriously it’s big
Space beyond the
atmosphere of the
earth.
Our solar system is
just a minute part
of the great
expanse of space
Vastness
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The universe is mostly empty
space. Even in a "crowded" region
like our solar system, the
distances between planets are so
vast that they are difficult to
imagine. This animation simulates
a voyage from the sun past all
nine planets. For convenience,
the planets are lined up in the
same direction. The animation
shows each planet's average
distance from the sun.
At the speed of today's fastest
spacecraft (~20 km/second), it
would take almost ten years to
travel this distance. Even at the
speed of light, the trip would last
5 1/2 hours. In this animation,
the apparent speed of the viewer
is over 300 times the speed of
light.
Our Solar System
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The Sun (the center of any solar
system is a star which the planets
orbit around.)
Mercury (not only a metal on the
periodic table, or the last name of
a popular singer from a rock
band)
Venus (where woman are from)
Earth (Home Sweet Home)
Mars (where men are from)
Jupiter (largest planet)
Saturn (named after the car
company)
Uranus (please no jokes)
Neptune (the planet nobody
knows)
Pluto (still a planet?)
Earth (the lovable planet)
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Earth!
Hey! It
even
has
its own day
It’s
awesome
I love
this
place!
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7,926 miles in diameter
Each day on Earth takes 23.93
hours
(70%) is covered with water
remaining 30% is taken up by
the seven continental
landmasses
The Earth's interior is divided
into four layers
the inner core: a solid metal
core made up of nickel and iron
(1200 km diameter)
the outer core: a liquid molten
core of nickel and iron
the mantle: dense and mostly
solid silicate rock
the crust: thin silicate rock
material
Stars (not including celebrities)
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Stars are large,
massive, balls of
gas (not unlike a
celebrity)
Stars are born in
large clouds of gas
Gravity causes the
gas to compress
Planets
Yavin’s
Jungle
Moon
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Planets are non-luminous
(don’t create light), but
reflective (like mirrors)
bodies, typically orbiting
one or more stars
The most familiar variety is
called "terrestrial." These
are worlds with solid
surfaces (or, as in the case
of Earth, a combination of
solid and liquid)
The other variety of planet
is called "gas giant." In the
Solar system, these
include Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and Neptune.
Black Holes (similar to the ones
used in the LooneyToons shows)
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No matter or radiation,
including visible light, that
has entered the region can
ever escape
Invisible interior
Only detectable through
the interaction with nearby
matter, such as the
attraction of gasses
Invisible interior
Described by Einstein’s
theory of relativity
Attraction of gasses and other matter
Early Astronomers
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280 BC- Aristarchus
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120 AD- Egyptian
astronomer Ptolemy
1510 AD - Nicolaus
Copernicus
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
1618- Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
1905- Albert Einstein
1924- Edwin Hubble
Links
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http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp
?column_id=1078&column_type=home
work
http://www.hotliquidmagma.com/space/
html/early.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002809/m
ain.html