PPT-Unit 2 – The Moon and the Planets

ASTR 101 Prof Dave Hanes The Moon s Baleful Influence Crime rates homicides birth rates acts of lunacy t raffic a ccidents etc http skepdiccomfullmoonhtml. lit up by the Sun?. Half the Moon is always. lit by the Sun. Except . . .. When the Earth’s shadow hits the Moon we have a …….. Lunar Eclipse. Eclipses. Solar Eclipse—the moon moves in a line directly between the Earth and sun. 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!. E.ST.05.22: Explain the phases of the moon. . Write down everything in yellow. . CO: I can explain why the moon appears to go through eight different phases in sky. . You are about to create a R.A.N. chart in your science notebook to discuss what we already know about tides and make predictions about what we might learn. . 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 . 0. Guidepost. In this chapter, you will consider four important questions about the Moon. Why does the moon go through phases?. What causes a lunar eclipse?. What causes a solar eclipse?. How can eclipses be predicted?. Earth and Sun Relationship. Earth completes one revolution around the sun every 365 ¼ days. . Revolution – the time it takes for the Earth to complete 1 orbit around the sun.. What is Rotation?. Rotation – the Earth rotates around its axis once every 24 hours.. SC.5.E.5.1, SC.5.E.5.2, SC.5.E.5.3, SC.4.E.5.4 . Department of Science. Big Idea 5: Earth in Space and Time Benchmarks. SC.5.E.5.1. Recognize that a galaxy consists of gas, dust, and many stars, including any objects orbiting the stars. Identify our home galaxy as the Milky Way. AA . Place . agenda in the top corner of your desk.. Begin answering the study guide with the information you know in PENCIL.. 1. When the question pops up you will only have a short amount of time to write.. st. quarter moon, full moon, last quarter moon). Hint: Today is a new moon (Weds, Feb. 18. th. and there are only 28 days in Feb. ). Hint: We have a new moon every 28 days. Pull out Bill Nye worksheet . The Moon Topographic map from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Basic data Radius 0.27 of Earth’s Mass 0.01 of Earth’s Orbits Earth with period 27.3 days Revolves on its axis with this period: tidally locked so one face always points towards the Earth 2015-2016. Earth’s movement is constant!. Earth’s orbit. Sun is at the center. Orbit: movement of an object around another. ex: Earth orbits the Sun.. Elliptical: oval shaped. Revolution: 1 full orbit of Earth around Sun. . Tides. Characteristics of the . Moon. Spherical; made of . rock. Has no atmosphere, no water, and no living . things. Drastic temperature . changes. Earth’s only . natural. . satellite. Moon . & . Mars. Venus. Earth. Jupiter. Mercury. Saturn. Uranus. Neptune. Our Home Planet. Earth, our home planet, is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest planet in the Solar System. Earth is 150 million kilometres from the Sun..