'Own orbit' presentation slideshows

Stars: Their Properties

Stars: Their Properties. T. K. Prasad http://www.cs.wright.edu/~tkprasad (Adapted from a lecture by Daniel Wang of UMass). Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Stars. Are Stars similar to our Sun?

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The Copernican Revolution

The Copernican Revolution. Figure 2-1 Stonehenge. Figure 2-2 Observatories in the Americas. The Greek Frame of Mind. Much of the Greek method of thinking revolved around philosophy instead of scientific reasoning

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The Not So Noticed Solar System

The Not So Noticed Solar System . Asteroids Comets. Astronomy is looking up ---Anonymous. Asteroids. Asteroids. Asteroids.

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Gravity and Space

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Courtney Feliciani STARS 2009 All information collected from www.wikipedia.org. What is the Solar System?. Made up of the sun, the planets, the moons, asteroids, comets, interplanetary dust, and meteoroids. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THE SUN. The central star of the Solar System.

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Salinity, Temperature, Density

? temp = ? density ? salinity = ? densit Thermocline Zone of rapid temp decrease Does this correlate with density and salinity?. Salinity, Temperature, Density. Below the surface waters (>500m) it is cold, dense, and saline.

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