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Exploring the Seasons
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March Equinox June Solstice
December Solstice
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March Equinox
June Solstice
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December Solstice
Sun’s rays
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Equ ato r
S Noon sun vertical at 23.5° S
Exploring Phases of the Moon
First Quarter Waxing Gibbous
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Waxing Crescent
Waning Gibbous
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Full Moon
New Moon
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Lunar Eclipse
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Earth
High and Low Tides
Low tide
High tide
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Low tide
High tide
Moon
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Material from the object and Earth is thrown into orbit.
Earth
Earth
Material in orbit forms the moon.
Material from Earth’s outer layer is broken off by the collision.
Moon
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Collision Theory of the Moon’s Origin
A large object strikes Earth.
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Exploring the Sun
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Sunspots Corona
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Chromosphere
Prominence Photosphere Core
Diameter (kilometers) 4,878 12,104 12,756 6,794
Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Venus
59 243 1 1.03
Period of Rotation (Earth days)
The Inner Planets
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Average Distance From the Sun (kilometers)
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Number of Moons
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Period of Revolution (Earth years)
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Diameter (kilometers) 142,800 120,540 51,200 49,500 2,200
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Uranus
Period of Revolution (Earth years) 12 29 84 165 248
778,000,000 1,427,000,000 2,871,000,000 4,497,000,000 5,913,000,000 0.41 0.43 0.72 0.67 6.4
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Average Distance From the Sun (kilometers)
Jupiter
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Period of Rotation (Earth days)
The Outer Planets
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Reflecting Telescope
Refracting and Reflecting Telescopes
Refracting Telescope
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Parallax
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Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
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When a star begins to run out of fuel, it expands to become a giant or supergiant.
A star’s life begins when gas and dust in a nebula contract to form a protostar.
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Protostar
Nebula
Giant and supergiant stars can blow up into supernovas.
Supernova
Small and medium stars become red giants and then white dwarfs.
White Dwarf Black Hole Neutron Star
The remains of the most massive stars collapse into black holes. Not even light can escape from a black hole.
When a white dwarf runs out of energy, it turns into a black dwarf.
The remains of the supernova become a neutron star.
Black Dwarf
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The remaining gas and dust formed the planets.
A cloud of gas and dust formed a spinning disk.
Formation of the Solar System
The solar system includes the sun, planets, and belts of rock, ice, and dust.
Gas in the center of the disk collapsed to form the sun.
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