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Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun, right behind Saturn, and in front of Neptune. Uranus is considered a Jovian planet alongside with Jupiter, Saturn & Neptune. In 1781, a British astronomer named William Hershel discovered the planet of Uranus. Hershel discovered the planet through his 6-inch telescope and thought it moved relative to the star, but noticed it traveled rather slow to be a star of some sort. Hershel originally wanted to name the planet Georgium Sidus, which is Latin for “George’s

characters that have never been associated with the real world, but is that really the case. Aliens have been a controversial topic for many years, and whether they have ever set foot on earth, remains an unsolved mystery. The earth is an immense planet, and it hides the necessary evidences and artifacts to unveil the world’s genuine history and future. Humans are naturally curious towards new and unexplained ideas, and they have the tendency to do whatever it takes to feed their starving curiosity

The Size of the Solar System Overview • Become familiar with the scale of the planets vs. their distances. • Get an overview of the solar system. Introduction 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

Andrew Logan Dr. Richards PHY-161 5/1/15 Observing Project Object 1: The Moon Next to the Sun, the moon is the most recognizable object in the night sky, and is Earth’s only natural satellite. It has been estimated that the moon formed somewhere in the region of 4.45 billion years ago, just a measly 30-50 million years after the origination of the Solar System. While there are many hypotheses that try to account for the formation of the moon, the one that is backed the greatest is the theory

The Muggle Astronomy search more than the wizard astronomy to find life on others planet, to defined what is similar and what is different to our Earth. The Wizarding Astronomy tend more to find in what the others planet affects our life. But the wizarding astronomy take the research of the Muggle astronomers to have their own interpretation of it. To me, astronomy mean the research of an other world and life. So I am more near of the Muggle definition of astronomy but I think that the other worlds

“E.T. phone home”: this quote has been very popular for decades now (Verhoeven). Ever since Steven Spielberg directed the movie E.T. in the 1980’s, this movie caused an up-rise about extra-terrestrial life. Because of this movie, people started to realize other life might exist beyond our own planet. In addition, this caused xenophobes to start rising around the world. With many so-called encounters with aliens in Earth’s atmosphere for many millenniums now, does this serve as proof aliens exist

Description: Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. It also is classified as an inner planet. The planet’s size is 3,760 miles. Venus is also known for its volcanoes. The biggest volcano on Venus is Matt Mons. Scientists think Matt Mons is might be erupting. You can’t see Venus’s surface because it has a super thick atmosphere. It is 67 million miles away from the Sun and is the second planet from the Sun. Venus is also known as “Earth’s next door neighbor” or “Earth’s twin”. In

The bland aquamarine face of Uranus bears witness to the fact that Uranus is enshrouded in clouds. The planet appears to be blue-green because the atmosphere absorbs the, red wavelengths of the visible spectrum, . The uniformity of the planet's appearance confirms that the planet's atmosphere is composed almost solely of one element, methane gas. There is a preponderance of haze, composed of ethane and other hydrocarbon ices high in the stratosphere, and clouds of methane ice low in the troposphere

Comparing the geology of Mars to Earth Did you watch The Martian in the movie theaters? It’s hard to make the distinction between science fiction and reality. This paper is dedicated to describing the geology of Mars in reference to our own planet. How do the two planets relate? On a fun note, is there any point in going to Mars? In conclusion, with the power of research, this paper will unlock the mystery surrounded with the geology of Mars. How similar or different are Mars and Earth’s atmosphere?

1. Small Planet If the sun were as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a nickel, and Mars would be about as big as an aspirin tablet. 2. Fourth Rock Mars orbits our sun, a star. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun at a distance of about 228 million km (142 million miles) or 1.52 AU. 3. Longer Days One day on Mars takes just a little over 24 hours (the time it takes for Mars to rotate or spin once). Mars makes a complete orbit around the sun (a year in Martian time) in 687