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Exploring our Solar System

Exploring our Solar System. Part 1. The Universe. Star. Meteor. Sun. Moon. Planet. Galaxy . Universe. Earth. Asteroid . Can you put them in order of size?. Cluster. Universe. Our universal address would be: Yitzhak Rabin High School, Broadview Ave, Ottawa, K2A 1R9, Canada,

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Exploring our Solar System

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  1. Exploring our Solar System Part 1

  2. The Universe Star Meteor Sun Moon Planet Galaxy Universe Earth Asteroid Can you put them in order of size? Cluster

  3. Universe

  4. Our universal address would be: Yitzhak Rabin High School, Broadview Ave, Ottawa, K2A 1R9, Canada, North America, Earth, Sol, Milky Way Galaxy, Andromeda Cluster, The Universe. Universe Cluster Galaxy Star and Sun Planets and Earth Moon Asteroid Meteor

  5. Galaxies

  6. 3 Types of Galaxies • Elliptical – oval shaped, no arms, little gas or dust clouds • Spiral – bulging nucleus (the center) with a least two arms that contain great clouds of gas & dust coming out on opposite sides (3/4 of all) • Irregular – stars spread unevenly, no distinct shape, least common

  7. Elliptical

  8. Spiral

  9. Barred Spiral

  10. Irregular

  11. Black holes • The gravity on neutron stars, white dwarfs and black dwarfs is so strong that it crushes atoms, so the matter in stars is millions of times denser than anything on earth. • A black hole is formed if enough of this dense matter is left behind after a supernova explosion then the gravitational field is so strong that nothing can escape not even light. • Scientists know they exist using x-rays

  12. Black Holes

  13. Black Holes • The intense gravitational field left when a giant star collapses

  14. Satellites Path followed if gravity switched off Pull of gravity Path followed by satellite Earth

  15. Useful orbits There are TWO main orbits that are useful called POLAR and EQUATORIAL. POLAR -The orbit is close to the Earth, only just above the atmosphere. With a good camera you can see the headlines on a newspaper!

  16. Polar orbits Because the Earth spins the satellite will ‘see’ every part of the Earth once every 24 hours. This orbit is used for spy and weather satellites.

  17. Equatorial orbits At the right distance the satellite will take 24 hours to orbit the Earth. Because the Earth is also spinning once each 24 hours the satellite stays above the same place on the Earth all the time. We call this a GEOSTATIONARY orbit. This orbit is used for communication satellites, like Sky TV.

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