Lesson 1 Universe and The Solar System
Lesson 1 Universe and The Solar System
Lesson 1 Universe and The Solar System
MILKY WAY
OVERVIEW:
The Solar system is located in the milky way galaxy-a huge disc and spiral-aggregation of
about at least 100 billion stars and other bodies;
>its spiral arms rotate around a globular cluster or bulge of many, many stars, at the which
lies a supermassive blackhole;
>the galaxy is about 100 million light years across (1 light year = 9.4607 x 10^12 km;
>the solar system revolves around the galactic center once in about 240 million years;
>the milky way is part of the so-called Local group of galaxies, which in turn is part of the
supercluster of galaxies;
>based on the assumption that they are remnants of the materials from which the formed,
radioactive dating of meteorites, suggests the Earth and the solar system billion years old on
the assumptions of they are remnants of the materials from which the formed.
FIGURE 2: THE SOLAR SYSTEM POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
ROTATION
vs.
REVOLUTION
ROTATION -MOVING AROUND AT A CENTRAL POINT.
• MASS-weight
INTERVALS- a period of
time between events.
SMALL SCALE PROPERTIES
1. MOST PLANET ROTATE PROGRADE
PROGRADE:
direction of rotation
that is
COUNTERCLOCKWISE
2. Inner terrestrial planets are made of materials
with high melting point such as silicate, iron, and
nickel. They rotate slower, have thin or no
atmosphere, higher densities and lower contents of
volatilities(hydrogen, helium, and noble gas)
>its spiral arms rotate around a globular cluster or bulge of many, many stars, at the which lies a supermassive blackhole;
>the galaxy is about 100 million light years across (1 light year = 9.4607 x 10^12 km;
>the solar system revolves around the galactic center once in about 240 million years;
>the milky way is part of the so-called Local group of galaxies, which in turn is part of the supercluster of galaxies;
>based on the assumption that they are remnants of the materials from which the formed, radioactive dating of meteorites, suggests the Earth and the solar system billion years
old on the assumptions of they are remnants of the materials from which the formed.
1.Much of the Mass of the Solar system is concentrated at the center (SUN) while angular momentum is held by the outer planet.
4. The period of the revolution of the planets increase with the increasing distance from the sun; the innermost plant moves fastest while the outermost moves the slowest.
2. Inner terrestrial planets are made of materials with high melting point such as silicate, iron, and nickel. They rotate slower, have thin or no atmosphere, higher densities and
lower contents of volatilities(hydrogen, helium, and noble gas)
3.Outer 4 planets are called “GAS GIANTS” because of the dominance of gasses and their larger size. They rotate faster, have thick atmosphere, lower densities, and fluid
interiors rich in hydrogen, helium and ices (water, ammonia, methane)
TNX 4 WATCHING AND LISTENING
-FELIMINIANIO & BORINAGA