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This GoConqr page gathers over 20 community-made notes on the solar system and its formation, covering planets, meteorites and models of the solar system. School students and primary pupils can study these topics, while teachers can find ready-made material for different school levels. Choose a note that fits what you are studying.
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Untitled Imagine that you are not reading this textbook. Imagine instead that you are lying on your back in some soft grass on a warm summer night, far from city lights, staring into the vast, dark night sky. As you continue t...
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Untitled Aryabhat Astronomy Quiz Study Material Part 1 The Sun The Sun Our Sun (called Sol by the Romans from which we get the word solar) is a main sequence G2 dwarf star. This means that it is fusing ...
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Untitled Astronomy notes unit 2 Planets 1 Cassini division - a prominent gap between Saturn’s a and b rings Kuiper belt -A doughnut-shaped ring of space around the Sun beyond the orbit of Pluto that contains manna frozen...
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The Sun-Earth-Moon System
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Observing the Solar System Apparent Motion of Heavenly Bodies Apparent motions are motions that something appears to be making. They can be real or they can be imagined. For example, if you whiz pass trees on a bicycle or car, it appears ...
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Meteorites and Impact Craters Most meteorites come from the Asteroid Belt, a few are thought to come from the Moon and perhaps Mars. Meteorites from the Moon are identified because they have a composition similar to the rock samples brought back f...
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Astronomy The Solar System: Orbits of planets - elliptical (squashed circles) and Sun is close to centre Gravitational field strength - strength of gravity on planet or moon Planets don’t emit light - non-luminous Planets refle...
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P.1 The Solar System P.1 The Solar System The Geocentric Model Created by Greek astronomer, Ptolemy Earth in the centre Planets move in small circles as they orbit the Earth Planets orbit Earth in circular fashion Accepted model until 1600s
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Untitled The origin of the earth has puzzled man since ancient times. This problem is astronomical as well as geological, for the origin of the earth cannot be divorced from that of the component members of our solar system. T...
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Solar System - created from Mind Map Geocentric Model Heliocentric Model Galileo
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Identifying Volcanism in the Solar System The only active volcanoes in the Solar System are: Io, a moon of Jupiter: Io is Jupiter's closest moon and orbits in a matter of hours. Heat arises in the core of Io as it becomes stretched and compressed by Jupiter's...
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Rings, moon Saturn's rings are the most spectacular A ring, B ring, C ring, Cassini Division all the Jovian planets have rings! Uranus' and Neptune's rings have been discovered from the ground Ring structure is due to orbita...
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VENUS - created from Mind Map Venus is the second nearest planet from the Sun. Venus is a rocky planet. This means that most of its surface is made up of rocks. Venus completes an orbit every 224.7 earth days, even though it completes a rotation e...
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M3S2 Add Science Nebular Theory/Hypothesis The most recognized & agreed upon the idea for the formation of the solar system. Nebula (N./Sin.) Nebulae (N./Plu.) Protostar: First/Original Stars of the nebula, since th...
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Formation of the Solar System
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The Earth and universe In our solar system there r 8 planets orbiting the sun and are as follow according to their size ( starts from smaller planets) : 1- Mercury 2- Mars 3- Venus 4- Earth 5- Neptune 6- Uranus 7-Saturn 8- Jupiter The first...
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Untitled ★ science solar system & planets The Solar System consists of the Sun with planets in orbit around it. Most planets have at least one satellite in orbit around them. Gravity provides the centripetal force needed to ke...
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Our Solar System Notes Mercury Number out from the Sun: 1 Is it a Planet or a Dwarf: Planet Is it Terrestrial or Gaseous: Terrestrial How many moons does it have: 0 How many rings does it have: 0 Does it have an atmosphere: No Mars
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The SoLaR SyStEm THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Our solar system is made up and other celestial bodies that move around the sun. The panets are celestial bodies that orbit a star that shineslight on them. Sattelites are spherical or ...
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Untitled the solar system consist on the sun and all the celestial bodies travelling arround itthe sun is the centre of the solar system and 8 planets go arround it.the sun is extremely hot.in the geocentric model the earth is...
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Solar System Lesson (Outline)
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Untitled - created from Mind Map Mercury Earth Mars
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Astronomy - created from Mind Map JUPITER SATURN EARTH
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The smaller Bodies - created from Mind Map 1.Dwarf Planets Smaller bodies that orbit around the sun 3.Ceres
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Space Facts Planets MercuryMercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar SystemIts orbital period 88 earth days (that is less than the other planets in our Solar System) VenusVenus is the second planet from the SunIts...
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Untitled SOLAR SYSTEM STRUCTURE. SUN: The sun is the center of solar system, this gives light and heat to the earth. Is the closets star to our planet. - It has a diameter to 1,391,000 km and the layers that make it up are:&nb...
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SOLAR SYSTEM - creado desde un Mapa Mental Located Planets Asteroid Belt
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How Planets are formed When stars form, its hot core remains, and it is surrounded by gas and dust. Gravity puts the gas and dust into motion around the stars core, and eventually the gas and dust will build up and form a rocky planetesimal...
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These notes offer both broad views and focused topics. Astronomy covers planetary orbits and gravity, while Meteorites and Impact Craters looks at meteorites and where they come from. Other notes explore volcanism, rings and moons, or the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
For an overview, start with Astronomy and note the ideas you want to understand better. For formation, read Formation of the Solar System and follow its account from a nebula to a disk. If you are studying models of the solar system, the notes on geocentric and heliocentric models offer another starting point.
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