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Module 5 Space Environment 1
Space Environment
Module 5
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The UniverseIn The Beginning…
• A formless mass of dust and hydrogen gas cloaked in darkness
• Gravitational force produced huge gas spheres ignited by fusion and there was light…
•Stars were born
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Stars & Nebula
• Our Sun is a star• A Hot body of
Helium and Hydrogen gas
• Nebula are huge clouds of gas and dust that have vague shapes
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Galaxies
• Enormous collections of stars
• Our Galaxy is called the Milky Way
• Scientists estimate that our Milky Way has 100 Billion stars… many with planets
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The Universe
Everything we are aware of is a part of the known universe
– Galaxies– Stars– Planets– Plants– Animals– Humans
All made from the same elements
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Space – the Final Frontier?
• The region of the universe beyond earth
• Great distances between significant bodies– Moon 240,000 miles– Planets 20,000,000
(Venus)
– Sun 93,000,000 miles
– Galaxies Light years
• A light year is 6 trillion miles
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Constellations• Groups of stars named
after mythical figures, objects, or animals as seen from the Earth
• “The Big Dipper”
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The Sun
• Center of our solar system
• Temperatures reach 15,000,000° C at its center
• Dark areas are sunspots -- cooler.
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The Solar SystemNine Ten Planets
Outer – Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Inner – Mars Earth Venus Mercury
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Our Sun as seen from the
Pluto
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Relative Size of Planets
Closest to the Sun
Furthest from Sun
Largest planet
Rotates counter-clockwise
Atmosphere is 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen
The “Red” Planet
Pluto Neptune Uranus Saturn Jupiter Mars Earth Venus Mercury
Sun
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Characteristics of Space
• Defined as starting 62 miles above the earth
• Very few molecules (low pressure - almost a vacuum)
• No oxygen• Very cold• Little gravity
(microgravity)
Thickness of the atmosphere
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Our Moon
• ¼ the size of the Earth• Orbits the earth in 28
days• Rotates on its axis once
each 28 days– Lunar day is 28 earth
days
• Far side never viewable from Earth
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Meteors
• Meteoroids are rocks 10 meters or less, that drift through space.
• If it enters the Earths atmosphere it is a meteor.
• If it strikes the earth before burning up it is a meteorite
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Asteroids
• Often called minor planets or planetoids
• Primarily inner Solar System
• smaller than planets • larger than meteoroids• distinction made on
visual appearance when discovered
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Comets
• Composed of frozen gases, dust and ice
• Have no light source but reflect sunlight
• Tail – shaped by Solar wind
– always points away from the sun
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The Universe
A Wonder of God’s creation