Citations with the tag: SOLAR system
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- Comets, asteroids, and satellites.
// World Almanac for Kids; 1996, p157Focuses on different objects in space. Comets including Halley's Comet; Asteroids including Ceres; Satellites including natural satellites like moons.
- The solar system.
// World Almanac for Kids; 1998, p152Defines and discusses the solar system. Description of the sun; Description of an orbit, a planetary revolution, and an axis; Information on each of the nine planets, including average distance from the sun, diameter, time to revolve around the sun, time to rotate on its axis, number of moons,...
- Junk in space.
// Current Events; 1/20/92, Vol. 91 Issue 16, p3Reveals that the US Space Command now tracks a large amount of debris which is orbiting the earth, by using instruments buried in a hollowed-out Colorado mountain. Most are satellite parts; Other sources; Dangers; Damage to US shuttle Challengerin 1983; Recent close encounters with space trash.
- Take the sky's temperature.
Reddy, F.; Titcomb, P. // Odyssey; Feb91, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p16Explains how the sun affects Earth's temperature. Includes instructions for building a thermal isolation tank to understand the way the Earth cools and warms; Materials needed; Conducting the experiment; How it works.
- Mystery object buzzes Earth.
Gerard, J. // Odyssey; Apr92, Vol. 1 Issue 3, p39Investigates the appearance of an orbiting object which recently came within 290,000 miles of the Earth. Theory that it may be a spent stage from Saturn V launches in the 1960s and 1970s; Alternate theory that it is an asteroid; Ongoing study of the object.
- Neptune's `forbidden' moons.
Gerard, J. // Sky & Telescope; Jul92, Vol. 84 Issue 1, p7Reports on the conflicts that have arisen between the Roche limit theory and the discovery of new moons within that limit of Neptune. Description of the Roche limit; Possible source of inner moons.
- Celestial artist's corner.
Gerard, J. // Sky & Telescope; Apr95, Vol. 89 Issue 4, p99Presents several drawings of the planets and stars in the solar system. Includes Russ Sampson's image of the Novaya Zemlya effect; White-spot activity in Saturn by Greg Mort; Dark spots in Jupiter by Takeshi Sato.
- Phenomena, comment and notes.
Wiley Jr., John P. // Smithsonian; Mar93, Vol. 23 Issue 12, p22Comments on how the earth is plowing through a haze of debris at 65,000 miles per hour in its endless voyage around the sun. Catastrophic collisions caused by asteroids; Frequency of near-Earth-objects (NEO's); Threat posed by comets; Periodic comet `Swift-Tuttle,' and the news that it may hit...
- Phenomena, comment and notes.
Trefil, James // Smithsonian; Jul93, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p17Reacts to a lecture by MIT astrophysicist Jack Wisdom on calculations which indicated that the solar system is actually chaotic. Ability of chaotic systems to appear ordered and regular; Report by Wisdom and Gerald Jay Sussman in `Science'; What Earth would be like without the Moon; The view...
- Are we living in a `bubble?'
Trefil, James // USA Today Magazine; Jun89, Vol. 117 Issue 2529, p13Examines results of experiments conducted by the Pioneer 10 spacecraft indicating our solar system may be inside a `galactic bubble.' Data being received from Pioneer 10.
- Bombardment of earth is constant.
Trefil, James // USA Today Magazine; Jun89, Vol. 117 Issue 2529, p13Presents an analysis of data received from the Voyager II spacecraft indicating a constant bombardment of the Earth by comets. Cause of the comets; Impact on the Earth and moon.
- The Solar System.
Trefil, James // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2000, p304No abstract available.
- Send in the brooms: A dust cloud draws nigh.
Cowen, Robert C. // Christian Science Monitor; 8/14/96, Vol. 88 Issue 182, p13No abstract available.
- We're older than we thought.
Cowen, Robert C. // USA Today Magazine; Jun92, Vol. 120 Issue 2565, p14Suggests that the Earth and the rest of the solar system may be 200,000,000 years older than presently believed. Research conducted on lunar rocks and meteorites by cosmochemists William A. Myers and Paul Kuroda; Analysis of results.
- Icy object found orbiting beyond Pluto.
Cowen, Robert C. // New Scientist; 9/26/92, Vol. 135 Issue 1840, p5Reveals that astronomers have found an object about 200 kolometers across beyond the most distant part of Pluto's orbit. This is the best evidence yet that many small icy bodies may orbit in the farthest bounds of the solar system. Discovery may help understand the evolution and origins of the...
- Mysterious object sweeps past Earth.
Cowen, Robert C. // Current Science; 2/14/92, Vol. 77 Issue 12, p13Contains information about a mysterious object which zoomed past Earth last December 1991. Size of object; How close it came to Earth; United States astronomer Brian Marsden believes it is a leftover Centaur rocket.
- Giant centaur.
Cowen, Robert C. // New Scientist; 04/26/97, Vol. 154 Issue 2079, p13Focuses on the discovery of the biggest member of the centaur family called 1997 CU26 by Jim Scotti of the University of Arizona in Tucson.
- The pull of Planet X.
Croswell, K. // Astronomy; Aug88, Vol. 16 Issue 8, p30Recaps the discovery of the outermost planets and discusses the search for Planet X. Though the motions of Uranus and Neptune point to the existence of a tenth planet, researchers are uncertain that the planet they're searching for exists.
- Your own piece of the solar system.
Miller, F. // Astronomy; Mar1989, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p73Instructions for creating a three-dimensional model of a favorite planetary feature.
- Most distant `asteroid' discovered.
Miller, F. // Astronomy; Jul91, Vol. 19 Issue 7, p22Announces that a new asteroid-like body with unique orbital properties was discovered by astronomers in Australia using a U.K. Schmidt Telescope on February 18. Speculation on what the object might be; Observations by Robert McNaught of the University of Adelaide.
- 3D solar system poster.
Miller, F. // Astronomy; Sep91, Vol. 19 Issue 9, p97Comments on a unique poster that depicts the planets and their orbits around the Sun using a 2-color anaglyph 3D process.
- Solar system finds home in Idaho.
Matell, W. // Astronomy; Feb1992, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p24Gives details on an outdoor model of the solar system, a joint project of the Boise Astronomical Society (BAS) and the Discovery Center of Idaho. It is the first model of the solar system in the western United States built to a realistic scale for both planet sizes and distances.
- Mysterious sungrazers.
Verschuur, G.L. // Astronomy; Apr92, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p46Discusses how silent invaders are playing havoc with out solar system which are known as Sungrazers. They are chunks of frozen ice, dust and rock comets that come from behind the Sun and slam into it. Mission for Sungrazers; Nature of Sungrazers; Echoes of an ancient past; Fitting the pieces...
- Where has Pluto's family gone?
Stern, Alan // Astronomy; Sep92, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p40Examines the ice dwarf hypothesis which states that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of icy Pluto-like planets may have formed in the outer solar system before being ejected into the Oort, or comet, cloud. Planetesimal accretion; Ejection; Probability of collisions; Questions raised by the...
- Icy subdwarfs already discovered?
Stern, Alan // Astronomy; Sep92, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p46Describes the three small icy `subdwarfs' that have been detected in the region between Saturn and Uranus. Chiron, the largest known comet and a recent acquisition from the Oort cloud; Phoebe, a satellite of Saturn captured form heliocentric orbit; A minor planet called 5142.
- Through the eyepiece.
Kanipe, Jeff // Astronomy; Sep92, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p55Gives advice on telescopic observation of Mars, Saturn and various asteroids visible during September 1992. How to observe various features on Mars; How to train the eye; Seasonal changes in Mars' surface markings; Shadow of Saturn's globe cast onto the rings; Saturn's effect on first-time...
- The Titan/Triton connection.
Croswell, Ken // Astronomy; Apr93, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p26Compares and contrasts the characteristics of Saturn's moon Titan and Neptune's moon Triton, which appear different but have many similarities. How the two moons offer clues to the nature of the outer solar system; Efforts from the 1940s to today to explore the moons; Moons' atmospheres; View...
- Celestial sights of the future.
Dyer, Alan; Talcott, Richard // Astronomy; Aug93, Vol. 21 Issue 8, p64Provides information on the sky's best events over the next 20 years. Among others, 1994: annular eclipse of the Sun; 1996: total eclipse of the Moon; 1997: dawn occultation of Saturn by waning gibbous Moon; 1998: close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter near waning crescent Moon; 1999: Leonid...
- The color of the solar system.
Dyer, Alan; Talcott, Richard // Sky & Telescope; May85, Vol. 69 Issue 5, p399Seen through an eyepiece, the Moon and planets look bright because they're surrounded by black sky: we have no true idea of their relative lightness or darkness. For this article, colored swatches were specially created by a pigment laboratory to match those of several planets and satellites,...
- Olbers' paradox solved at last.
Wesson, P.S. // Sky & Telescope; Jun89, Vol. 77 Issue 6, p594Discusses explanations for why the night sky is dark. Theory of Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers. How expansion and age factors keep intergalactic space dark.
- Playing dice with the solar system.
Killlian, A.M. // Sky & Telescope; Aug89, Vol. 78 Issue 2, p136Discusses the application of chaos, or the study of nonlinear dynamics, to solar system studies. History of chaos; Nonlinear dynamics explained; Solar system dynamics in the studies of physicist Jack Wisdom; Graphic representations of chaos; Erratic asteroids; Chaotic Pluto.
- The Solar System.
Killlian, A.M. // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2001, p586Presents an overview of the solar system and its planets. Paths taken by the planets including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto around the sun.
- The Solar System.
Killlian, A.M. // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2002, p651Presents an overview of the solar system and its planets. Paths taken by the planets including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto around the sun.
- The Solar System.
Killlian, A.M. // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2003, p665Presents an overview of the solar system and its planets. Paths taken by the planets including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto around the sun.
- The Solar System.
Killlian, A.M. // World Almanac & Book of Facts; 2004, p657Presents an overview of the solar system and its planets. Paths taken by the planets including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto around the sun.
- Solar-system happenings.
di Cicco, Dennis // Sky & Telescope; Dec97, Vol. 94 Issue 6, p112Focuses on the various activities in the solar-system for September 1997. Solar activity of Pluto; Prominent white ovals in Jupiter's South Temperate Zone; Physical activities of the spots in Jupiter; Solar activities.
- Redeux.
Wiley Jr., John P. // Astronomy; Oct98, Vol. 26 Issue 10, p50Provides information on the solar system. Background on the solar system; Order in the solar system; Modifications on the traditional view of the solar system; Reason for believing that chaos exists in the solar system.
- SkyTalk.
Garfinkle, Robert A. // Mercury; Jul/Aug97, Vol. 26 Issue 4, pC-2Describes what the solar system will look like during the month of August 1997. Positions of planets; Perseid meteor shower; Celestial events.
- A new spin on earth's rotation.
Garfinkle, Robert A. // Science Teacher; Apr93, Vol. 60 Issue 4, p6Reports on the view of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researcher Luke Dones that early in the formation of the Earth, collisions with planetary bodies as large as Mars could have caused the Earth's rapid spin. Direction of rotation being a matter of chance; Moon being made...
- Moons: The giant jigsaw puzzle.
Walz-Chojnacki, G. // Odyssey; Sep91, Vol. 13 Issue 8, p3Explores the scientific mysteries presented by moons. How some moons resemble miniature solar systems; Theories on how they were formed; Distinguishing between regular, irregular, and broken moons; Three moons that don't fit into a scientific category; Overview of major known moons. INSET:...
- Wet planets.
Walz-Chojnacki, G. // Wilson Quarterly; Spring98, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p137Reviews the article `Surfing the Solar System,' by Michael Milstein, found in the December 1997-January 1998 issue of the periodical `Air and Space.'
- Sol's Family.
Harwood, William // Sky & Telescope; Jul2003, Vol. 106 Issue 1, p66Discusses the content of the book 'Solar System,' by Nigel Hey. Evolution of the solar system; Discovery of extrasolar planets; Study of the Earth.
- Meteorite holds hints of solar system formation.
KRUESI, LIZ // Astronomy; Jul2011, Vol. 39 Issue 7, p16The article discusses a report in the March 4, 2011 issue of "Science" by scientists at the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration's (NASA�s) Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, regarding meteorite research that revealed hints about the formation of Earth's solar system.
- 5 Best Places To Vacation In the Solar System.
KRUESI, LIZ // Scholastic SuperScience; Feb2001, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p4Reports the five best planets and moons explored by astronauts in the solar system. Observation of active volcanoes on Io; Presentation of the moon Europa; Features of the planet Mars.
- STRANGE MOON ON THE RISE.
Costello, Emily // Scholastic SuperScience; Mar2003, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p12Examines the solar system to find out the possibility of life in the space.
- Space Case.
Costello, Emily // Scholastic SuperScience; Oct2004, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p3Focuses on the planet Venus.
- A New World!
Costello, Emily // Scholastic News -- Edition 3; 10/1/2007, Vol. 64 Issue 4, p3The article reports that scientists discovered a planet outside the earth's solar system called Gliese 581 C.
- Far-out Planets.
Greenberg, Glenn // Scholastic News -- Edition 3; 10/23/2000, Vol. 57 Issue 7, p3Describes the planets discovered by astronomers that are orbiting other suns.
- Found In Space.
Greenberg, Glenn // Know Your World Extra; 2003-2003 Skills Extenders, p20Presents a multiple-choice quiz for children about planets in the solar system.
- Out of This World!
Greenberg, Glenn // Weekly Reader - Edition 2; 11/19/2004, Vol. 74 Issue 11, Special Section p4Presents a quiz regarding the planets in the solar system.
