Powers Of Ten Analysis

The view was just so beautiful to him but he felt so small in the world. He then goes on and talks about how we as humans try to imagine the size of the world we live in. He then starts to talk about Garth Illingworth and how he studied galaxies. He then talks about the distance of the most distant galaxy. He then starts to talk about how long ago people didn’t even know how big the world was. They believed everything was infinite. Lightman then writes about how they finally measured Earth and how they figured it out by the shadow that the sun made. He also talks about how a French astronomer determined the distance from Earth to Mars. He calculated this by using the stars in the sky. Garth then talks about they determined the distance to a star nearby. They then calculated the Milky Way and how they discovered there were more galaxies and the distance between them. He then talks about how we measure distance and time. He then talks about the Big Bang and how the universe could “expand far beyond” from what we can see (p. 504). He then starts to talk about the telescope which helped see the stars and planets. He also talks about how atoms and molecules were discovered to be in us as well as in nature. He also mentions advances on sending spacecraft to other planets. At the end he goes back to his memory of him sailing and how he had

It is easy to flip to the index of an astronomy textbook to discover that, say, the Sun lies 150 million kilometers away from Earth.  It is far more difficult (if not impossible), however, to picture this distance in the human mind.  In this exercise, we will learn to access the often unpalatable distances encountered in astronomy by simply scaling the huge distances to more recognizable, pedestrian numbers.  So long as every distance within the system of interest is scaled by the same factor, we retain the meaningful information about relative distances between objects.

It is easy to flip to the index of an astronomy textbook to discover that, say, the Sun lies 150 million kilometers away from Earth. It is far more difficult (if not impossible), however, to picture this distance in our mind. In this exercise, we will learn to access the often unpalatable distances encountered in astronomy by simply scaling the huge distances to more recognizable, familiar numbers. So long as every distance within the system of interest is scaled by the same

In comparison to Earth, Pluto is about 39 times further away, and therefore, it takes Pluto 248 Earth years to complete one orbit (Landau, Pluto 19). Compared to Earth’s 24 hours in a day, “a day on Pluto lasts 153 hours, or about 6 Earth days” (“Solar System Exploration: Pluto: In Depth.”). Pluto is also only 1,400 miles wide, which is “about half the width of the United States, or 2/3 the width of Earth’s moon” (“Solar System Exploration: Pluto: In Depth.”). Since Pluto is less dense than Earth, Pluto’s mass is an astonishing “one-sixth that of Earth’s moon” ( “Solar System Exploration: Pluto: In Depth.”). When New Horizons visited Pluto, it was also discovered that Pluto has a “heart shaped glacier that’s the size of Texas and Oklahoma” (“Solar System Exploration: Pluto: In Depth.”) and “mountains as high as the Rockies” (“Solar System Exploration: Pluto: In Depth.”). Overall, Pluto is much smaller and less dense than Earth, setting it apart from the other planets which are on a larger scale.

Scientist and astronomers over centuries have been able to greater understand the universe due to the increase in new technology. Space technology has enabled us to put numerous theories to the test. There are several types of space technologies such as satellites, space probes and telescopes that have allowed us to analyze planets and distant galaxies. With the information gathered we can help put together how and when the universe came about.

Where ever extra-terrestrial beings are located in space they can enhance our understanding of the universe. This is because we are the newcomers in the universe and extra-terrestrial beings can potentially be around since the time our universe was created,which was 14 billion years ago (Bennett,1 ).

It would have been helpful if Drake had explained to the reader why Pluto is not called a planet anymore. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) gave a new definition of the word planet. Pluto, as we know it, didn’t fit the definition of planet anymore. “Both planets and dwarf planets must orbit the sun and be massive enough for their gravity to have pulled them into spherical or nearly spherical shapes.” Pluto has not “cleared away many chunks of icy and rocky debris from their orbital vicinities.” (Britannica pg. 76). The author could also have included that what we know about Pluto’s size is because of an unmanned space probe that was launched in 2006. This is the same year that Pluto was redefined. The temperature of Pluto is more accurate. We know that it is far away from the sun and therefore, Pluto must be cold. Because it is the farthest planet from Earth, we don’t know much about Pluto. Its distance from Earth also makes taking images really hard. This same distance even makes using a telescope difficult. The New Horizons spacecraft will be sent to Pluto on July 14, 2015. It will only fly as close as 8,000 miles away. Investigators hope to learn more about the surface of Pluto and Charon during this mission

Director Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece is a visual and auditory sensation, the likes of which had never been seen before its creation. The plotline, if such a straightforward word could be used as a description, spans millions of years, and the first word of dialogue is spoken twenty-five minutes into the film. Arthur C. Clarke, the film’s screenwriter, said “If you understand

The main focus of this paper will be focused on the impact of the demotion of Pluto and what implications this has for future planets. Pluto was discovered on the 18th of February 1930 at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh (space.com 2013). The Observatory was given the right to name the planet, they received over 1,000 suggestions from all over the globe however, the members of the Observatory made the decision to name it Pluto after the Greek god ‘Pluto’ god of the underworld (Top10archive 2015). Pluto was known as the smallest planet in the solar system and the ninth planet from the sun, being 5.9 billion kilometers away (universe today 2016). It is 30 to 50 times as far from the sun as Earth and if travelling at the speed of light it would take 327 minutes to reach Pluto from Earth (google search 2016). It was the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt.

Our solar system is elephantine and we have made discoveries that help us understand how colossal our solar system actually is,but in doing so we have also observed how Our entire universe is growing.

Through astronomy 101, I have learned many different and new things that I never knew before, but one of the class lectures that interest me the most was finding out about why Pluto isn’t classified as a planet anymore, and what are asteroids and comets. Throughout my elementary, middle, and maybe high school days I always thought there were nine planets. I learned that Pluto isn’t classified as a planet anymore because of its small size, where there are moons and asteroids around it that are larger than Pluto. I also learned that Pluto’s orbit is more elliptical than circular causing its orbit to cross Neptune. Because there were other objects that are larger, and maybe even similar to Pluto, we were able to classify and see what comets and

They created countless dimensions, universes, galaxies, solar systems and planets. The finished the last galaxy and named it the Milky Way, they finished the last solar system and then they made the last of their planets. They decided that they would rest and started on Mercury. It’s was okay but then they realized that it was to hot. They went to Venus. Immediately they hated it. They were on their way to earth and spotted a giant rock. Vektune said,“Out of this world! Haha. Get it you guys? Because we're in space.” Silence. She continued,“Sigh, you guys are

In a lot of my cases, when people have a question about space and what goes on up there I always have an answer to it. People come to me asking about space facts, and it's all because of Mr. Sanford and his physics class. I'm to the point where I don’t need a beginners guide on complicated and confusing facts about space, I just know how to interpret that language, because when discussing space it can get complicated. Having the drive to research a topic such as astronomy and all the mysteries that it comes with, really gives you a mindset of researching other thigs as well. I have started researching ancient Egypt, and other anomalous topics, such as the Vatican and all the mysteries that it holds. This desire to know, is all due to Mr. Sanfords class, and ultimately starts very interesting topics with my friends and family.

My parents tell a lot of funny stories about me growing up. Most of them end with either food all over my face or me falling on my face. Sometimes both. They also talk about what would happen when they showed me the stars. My head would flop backward like the Raggedy Ann doll I always dragged around, my eyes and mouth so wide that I looked like a bowling ball, and I’d stare up to the heavens totally mesmerized. I loved to point out what I called the ‘crescent roll’ moon and count all the little dots until I lost track and started over. Maybe it’s because I grew up with Jiminy Cricket singing to wish upon a star, or maybe it’s just because there’s something serene and beautiful about the night sky, but I’ve always thought of outer space as a special place where discoveries can be made and exploration can happen. Now that I’m older and more interested in the science side to the sky, outer space seems even more amazing It’s baffling that I can lay on my back, look up, and each tiny glowing dot I see is several million times larger than my own planet. It’s even crazier that the human race has ways to explore it. We’re tiny. The universe is older and bigger than we will ever be able to fully comprehend, and yet, we literally launch ourselves into that great expanse to see what we can find.

Truly, the Universe is huge, holding every wonder in existence. In this Universe, though, was a little gathering of planets, known as the Solar System.