PPT-EXTREM ophiles ! Finding Life on other Planets

What are some sites or places that you have been to or have heard about that are characteristic of having extreme conditions very hot very cold very dry What about extreme conditions around us on a daily basis or where we live in kitchen our bodies etc. 1. The trouble with planets In space missions efforts to calibrate out persistent speckles will concentrate on PSF es-timation from wave front sensing and subtraction [8], as well as To Be A Planet, Or Not To Be?. Physical Characteristics . 5 - Recognized Dwarf Planets. Ceres, Pluto, . Haumea. , . Makemake. , Eris. Classification Criteria. Directly orbits the Sun (not a satellite). Dr.. Jade Carter-Bond. (Lillian’s Daughter). U3A. 6 June, 2012. Extrasolar Planets:. What they are, what we know about them, why we should care, where ET lives (just kidding!) what I’ve been doing for the last 12 years and why your tax dollars should continue to help. Formation of the Solar System. Formation of the Solar System. Scientists claim that 4.5 billion years ago there was just a featureless cloud of . gas..mostly. hydrogen and some helium with a little carbon and iron. Winter 2012. Mercury. James . Pluim. & Eddie Lopez. . Facts about Planet . Mercury. Mercury is the fastest moving planet in our Solar System and is the nearest planet to the Sun. Mercury is one of the four terrestrial planets, being a rocky body like the Earth. It is the smallest of the four.. http://www.cs.wright.edu/~tkprasad. Prasad. 1. U3_SolarSystem. SOLAR SYSTEM. The Sun. Prasad. U3_SolarSystem. 3+ Dwarf Planets . Over 150 . moons . /. satellites of the . planets. Comets, meteors, asteroids,. Exam on Monday. I’ll have a Mock exam to work on Friday. Solar Eclipse. Freds_excellent_eclipse.mpg. Solar Eclipses . Umbra. – region of total shadow. Penumbra. – region of partial shadow. Totality lasts only a few minutes!. First things first…. Rotation. . – a circular movement of an object around a . center. (or . point. ) . of rotation; rotation around an axis. Sidereal Day – The time it takes for a planet to make one . By AJ, Aidan, Cheryl, and Emma. The Dwarf Planets. A dwarf planet is a smaller planet that shares an orbit around the sun such as an asteroid comets.. Scientists believe there may be as many as a few 100 other dwarf planets in the . What factors exists on Earth that make life possible here, but unlikely on any other planet?. Which planets in the solar system are called the “gas giants” and why?. In general, what condition on the planets is MOST affected by its distance from. The milky way. (seen from Bryce Canyon, UT). The Solar System. ?. “A . system. is a set of . interacting. or interdependent. components . forming an integrated whole” (Wikipedia). The Solar System. Protoplanetary. disk: condensation and accretion. Solar wind (beginning of fusion). Collisions continue. Planetary migration (orbits shifting). Late Heavy Bombardment (Hadean Era). Planetary Evolution. - A reappraisal and update.. Joe Gale. Institute of Life Sciences. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. . ILASOL 2013. Why was Oxygen so essential for the Evolution of Complex Life on Earth? . SOLAR SYSTEM: all of the planets, 
moons, comets, and rocks that travel 
around the Sun. GALAXY: giant collection of gas, dust, 
and trillions of stars. Milky Way: our galaxy. Planet Sizes. PLANETS.