The solar system by Cristina Casas on Prezi Your Age on Other Worlds Want to melt those years away? Travel to an outer planet! <div class="js-required"><hr> This Page requires a Javascript capable browser <hr></div> Fill in your birthdate below in the space indicated. (Note you must enter the year as a 4-digit number!) Click on the "Calculate" button. The Days (And Years) Of Our Lives Looking at the numbers above, you'll immediately notice that you are different ages on the different planets. The earth is in motion. The top-like rotation of the earth on its axis is how we define the day. The revolution of the earth around the sun is how we define the year. We all learn in grade school that the planets move at differing rates around the sun. Why the huge differences in periods? Johannes Kepler Tycho Brahe Kepler briefly worked with the great Danish observational astronomer, Tycho Brahe. Here you see a planet in a very elliptical orbit. Kepler's third law is the one that interests us the most. The Gravity Of The Situation Isaac Newton ©2000 Ron Hipschman
Sun, Moon and Earth Orbits Learn about our planet, our only natural satellite and our nearest star © 2012 This website is produced by the Student Recruitment, Admissions and International Development Division at The University of Manchester The Solar System Our solar neighborhood is an exciting place. The Solar System is full of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, minor planets, and many other exciting objects. Learn about Io, the explosive moon that orbits the planet Jupiter, or explore the gigantic canyons and deserts on Mars. What Is The Solar System? The Solar System is made up of all the planets that orbit our Sun. Everything in the Solar System orbits or revolves around the Sun. How Did The Solar System form? This is an important question, and one that is difficult for scientists to understand. Scientists believe that the Solar System evolved from a giant cloud of dust and gas. At the center of this spinning cloud, a small star began to form. Further away from the center of this mass where the star was forming, there were smaller clumps of dust and gas that were also collapsing. A Great Storm Once ignited, the Sun's powerful solar winds began to blow. The Solar System Has Over 100 Worlds It is true that there are only eight planets.
A total eclipse - Science (7) - ABC Splash - Overview Eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon are perfectly aligned. Find out why an eclipse does not occur each month (the approximate time it takes for the moon to orbit the Earth). Use the animation to help explain how a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse occur. Duration: 57 secs Source : BBC Learning area: Science Secondary: Year 7 For teachers Science: Year 7 Strand: Science Understanding Substrand: Earth and space sciences Content code: ACSSU115 Content description:Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and eclipses, are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth and the moon About this resource Acknowledgements Program: 30 April 2009 Cite this resource You can use this information to reference this item. Bibliographic details for 'A total eclipse': BBC, 'A total eclipse', ABC Splash 16 October 2014 Copyright information
World Sunlight Map Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated daily with current weather satellite imagery. The Mercator projection used here is one way of looking at the spherical earth as a flat map. Used since the 16th century for navigation, straight lines on this map can be used accurately as compass bearings but the size and shape of continents are distorted. Compare this with Peters, Mollweide or equirectangular projection maps. Also available is a semi-realistic view of dawn and dusk from far above the Earth, a look at the moon, and information about how this works.
Marko's Gameroom Solar System GamePlanet Order GameSolar System Q&A Game 1Photosynthesis GameRespiratory System Game Hidden Object Game 1 Astronomy For Kids - KidsAstronomy.com The most stunning images of Earth ever taken from the International Space Station Indian Ocean Maldives Pacific Ocean Hawaii Aurora Australis, New Zealand East coast of Spain at Night Manam Volcano, Papua New Guinea HTV on ISS backdrop East coast of Argentina Beaver Lake in Arkansas USA East Coast of the USA, with the last light of the day visible on the horizon Earth and the stars Long Beach California night clouds United Kingdom and Ireland by night ATV launch viewed from ISS ISS solar panels French Riviera by night Barcelona, Spain by night Super Moon Cape Cod, Massachusetts Moscow, Russia by Night Sunset off West Africa Sicily, Italy Lake Qadisiyah on the Euphrates river, Iraq Heart shaped atoll north east of Solomon Islands San Quintin Glacier, Chile Crete, Greece and Turkey Nile River Buenos Aires, Argentina – Rio de la Plata Cyclone Dianne forms off the north west coast of Australia Somali Desert Chaco National Park Paraguay Parque Nacional Los Glaceres Argentina Santiago, Cabo Verde The Dead Sea, Israel Rio Sao Francisco, Brazil Sunset reflection in the Caspian Sea