humans and planet Earth

geocentric, or the Earth-centered cosmology. The Ptolemaic model explains that every planet does still orbit the Earth but, does not follow it along a direct orbital pattern. The planets orbit has two full circles. The larger one, known as the deferent, and a smaller one, known as the epicycle. The deferent uses the idea that a planet orbits Earth and this orbital circle is its' path. The epicycle uses the path of the deferent as the center of this circular orbit, and giving the planet a secondary orbit

May mankind become an interplanetary species in the near future, conquering the planets, and the vastness of space? Martian Metropolis by Meg Thatcher explores the idea that humanity may find itself venturing into new territories and adapting, living and thriving on the red planet. However, a multitude of challenges and difficulties will accompany such a monumental feat for civilization. The Martian environment is extreme, formidable and inhospitable to life. Numerous examples of statistics and

massive planet in our solar system. The planet was named after the kings of gods in Roman mythology. In a related way, the ancient Greeks named it after Zeus, the king of the Greek pantheon. Jupiter has helped transform the way we saw the universe in 1610 when Galileo discovered Jupiter's four largest moons. This project will describe Jupiter's characteristics. Some of these characteristics include size, Great Red Spot, colorful bands, magnetic field, distance from the sun and Earth, and its

Making a Life on a Tough New Planet written by Bill McKibben. He is an American environmental writer who has written several books about the environment. His biggest book was “The End of Nature” written in the late 1980’s which talked about climate change and how it has affected our planet. Bill McKibben is a renowned author known as a leading environmentalist and green activist. Eaarth places emphasis on the wrong doings the human race has already caused our planet and how it is time we ultimately

Global Warming - Is It Man-Made or Mother Nature or Both? Global warming is define as the global increase in the average temperature of the earth, that near the air-surface and the oceans which caused by the emission of the gases. These include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen that trap the sun’s heat in the earth. It’s happened since the mid-twentieth century and its projected would be continuation. Global warming is an extremely severe problem facing the world today. Its effects and causes

If I were asked whether or not I wanted to be an early colonist on Mars, I would accept. Not because the thought of living on a newly inhabitable planet is cool, but because of the creatures that may already claim Mars as their own. Mars would be an interesting place to live, its dirt red and sky pink. The creatures that already inhabit the planet, Mars, would not be something that has been seen before. The creatures would be green. The same color as a newly sprouted plant. A bright green that is

Ryan Coffman 16 October 2014 ESS 102 Space and Space Travel Research Paper Human Survival in Space and on Mars In the year 2048 a segment of the United States population (about four million people) attempted to overthrow the government through acts of terrorism. The US government was able to stop the threat, but now they have four million people to deal with. In response a decision was made to send these people to Mars to start a colony. To do this advancements were made in nuclear power to propel

Make a Change for Climate Change “The inhabitants of Earth are quietly conducting a gigantic environmental experiment” claimed Dr. Wallace S. Broecker of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Gelbspan 28). While referred as an “experiment,” this is something much more malicious than the word entails. Over time this experiment, climate change, has worsened and improved, but recently, due to industrial practices, climate change has been set on a path that is becoming harder to reverse

Aristotle's(384 BC – 322 BC) Geocentric Theory. In this particular model, the Earth is the center in the of the universe, and everything else revolved around it in circular orbits, while rotating in smaller circles, to explain retrograde motion. (Figure 1) Retrograde motion can be explained as

regions. This could be a change in a place’s normal temperature for its time or it could be how much rain a place gets in a year. Normally, climate change is considered normal on planet Earth. Things evolve and change all the time on our home, ever since it formed. Mother nature always goes through different phases. Our planet was a lot different millions of years ago, it was even different decades ago compared to today! It all ranges from culture to society to technology to everything in general. Change