Discovering the Universe A Multimedia Project by Dennis Culver Table of Contents Credits.
-
Upload
barnard-cole -
Category
Documents
-
view
213 -
download
0
Transcript of Discovering the Universe A Multimedia Project by Dennis Culver Table of Contents Credits.
Discovering the UniverseA Multimedia Project by Dennis Culver
Table of Contents
Credits
Table of Contents
Planets Stars Galaxies
OtherMoons
Planets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter
Saturn Uranus PlutoNeptune
Comparison Graph
Mercury• Mercury is the first
planet from the Sun• 36 million miles from
the Sun• The daytime
temperature can get up to 800°F and -300°F at night
• Takes 88 days to go around the Sun
• Surface is rocky and covered in craters
Back to Planets Menu
Venus• Venus is the second
planet from the Sun• 67 million miles from the
Sun• Daytime temperatures
can reach 900°F• Has strongly acidic rain• Venus spins in the
opposite direction of Earth
• A day is longer than a year on Venus
Back to Planets Menu
Earth• Earth is the third
planet from the sun• About 93 million
miles from the Sun• Only planet with
liquid water• Takes 365 days to
revolve around sun• Only planet that has
life forms
Back to Planets Menu
Mars• The fourth planet
from the Sun• 142 million miles
from the Sun• Known as the Red
Planet• Takes 687 days to go
around the sun• The surface is very
dusty and contains iron
Back to Planets Menu
Jupiter• The fifth planet from
the Sun• 483 million miles from
the Sun• The biggest planet in
our solar system• Made mostly of gas• Famous for its “Red
Spot,” which is actually a storm
• Over 1,000 Earths could fit inside it
Back to Planets Menu
Saturn• The sixth planet from
the Sun• 887 million miles
from the Sun• Has many visible
rings made of dust and rock
• Nine times wider than Earth
• Made mostly of gas
Back to Planets Menu
Uranus• The seventh planet
from the Sun• 1,784 million miles
from the Sun• Has vertical rings• Spins on it’s side • Made mostly of gas
Back to Planets Menu
Neptune• The eighth planet
from the Sun• 2,800 million miles
from the Sun• Many storms on the
surface• Made mostly of gas• Has the fastest winds
of any planet in our solar system, reaching 1,200 miles per hour
Back to Planets Menu
Pluto• The ninth planet
from the Sun• 2,750-4,583 million
miles from the Sun• Smallest planet in
our solar system• Very cold surface• Some say it is too
small to be a planet
Back to Planets Menu
Comparison Graph
Distance from the Sun
010002000300040005000
Planet
Dis
tan
ce (I
n m
illio
ns
of m
iles)
Series1
Back to Planets Menu
StarsYellow Dwarf
Red Dwarf Red Giant Blue Giant
Super Giant
White Dwarf
Brown Dwarf
Neutron Star
Yellow Dwarf Star• The sun is a yellow
dwarf• Younger type of star• One million Earths
could fit into a star this size
• Extremely small compared to other stars
Back to Stars Menu
Red Dwarf Star• Most common
type of star• Small• Very faint• Cool surface
temperature compared to other stars
Back to Stars Menu
Red Giant Star• Stars of this type
are very old• 20 times bigger
than the sun• Usually orange in
color• Much brighter
than our sun
Back to Stars Menu
Blue Giant Star• A very huge star• Very hot• Burns helium, the
type of gas in balloons
• Extremely bright• Much of the light
energy they give off cannot be seen by our eyes
Back to Stars Menu
Super Giant Star• Largest known
type of star• Some could be as
large as our entire solar system
• Very rare• Eventually
become black holes
Back to Stars Menu
White Dwarf Star• Small and hot• The remains of a
red giant star• About the size of
Earth, but much heavier
• Very compacted star
Back to Stars Menu
Brown Dwarf Star• Not very bright• Too small to
create much energy
• Not very hot• A smaller type of
star
Back to Stars Menu
Neutron Star• Very compact stars• About 12 miles wide• Has same amount of
mass as the sun• Are created after a
supernova occurs• Can cause objects
called pulsars
Back to Stars Menu
GalaxiesSpiral
Elliptical
Irregular LenticularActive
Cluster
Spiral Galaxies• Our galaxy is a
spiral galaxy• A third of all
galaxies are spiral• Has two or more
curved arms made of stars
• Contains billions of stars
Back to Galaxies Menu
Elliptical Galaxies• Shaped like an
oval or circle• Contain old red
stars• Stars are not as
closely packed as other galaxies
• Many different sizes
Back to Galaxies Menu
Irregular Galaxies• No real shape• Stars and other
objects are scattered• The smallest type of
galaxy• Caused by other
nearby objects disturbing the gravity or by colliding galaxies
• Young galaxies
Back to Galaxies Menu
Lenticular Galaxies• Shaped like a lens• Have little
material inside them
• Contain older stars
• Similar to spiral galaxies, except no arms
Back to Galaxies Menu
Active Galaxies• Called active
because they give off large amounts of energy
• Could have black holes at their centers
• Can give off radio, x-ray, and other waves
Back to Galaxies Menu
Cluster Galaxies• Contains many
galaxies grouped together
• Can contain thousands of galaxies
• Filled with large clouds of hot gas
• Gives off x-rays
Back to Galaxies Menu
MoonsEarth’s Moon
Mar’s Moons
Jupiter’s Moons
Saturn’s Moons
Pluto’s Moon
Uranus’ Moons
Neptune’s Moons
Comparison Graph
Earth’s Moon• Earth’s only moon• Revolves around
the Earth• Causes tides with
Earth’s oceans• Has several
phases• Covered in craters
Back to Moons Menu
Mar’s Moons
Phobos Deimos
Back to Moons Menu
Jupiter’s Moons
Back to Moons Menu
•Adrastea
•Amathea
•Callisto
•Europa
•Io
•Ganymede
•Metis
•Thebe
•Lida
•Himalia
•Lysithea
•Elara
•Ananke
•Carme
•Pasiphae
•Sinope
•Many more
CallistoEuropa
Ganymede Io
Saturn’s Moons
Back to Moons Menu
•Atlas
•Calypso
•Dione
•Enceladus
•Epimetheus
•Helene
•Hyperion
•Iapetus
•Janus
•Mimas
•Pan
•Pandora
•Phobe
•Prometheus
•Titan
•Tethys
•Rhea
•Talesto
Titan
Rhea
Uranus’ Moons
Back to Moons Menu
•Ariel
•Belinda
•Bianca
•Caliban
•Cordelia
•Cressida
•Desdemona
•Juliet
•Miranda
•Oberon
•Portia
•Puck
•Rosalind
•Sycorax
•Titania
•Umbriel
•Ophelia
Ariel
Miranda
Neptune’s Moons
Back to Moons Menu
•Despina
•Galatea
•Larissa
•Naiad
•Nereid
•Proteus
•Thalassa
•Triton
Triton
Pluto’s MoonCharon
Back to Moons Menu
Comparison GraphNumber of Moons for Each Planet
0 0 1 2
60
18 178
10
10203040506070
Planet
Nu
mb
er
of
Mo
on
s
Series1
Back to Moons Menu
Other
Black Holes Supernovas Asteroids
Comets Nebulae
Black Holes• Created when a star
dies• Has very strong gravity• Sucks in objects and
materials from space• Not completely
understood• To see a video model
of a black hole in action, click here (QuickTime needed)
Back to Other Menu
Supernovas• Occurs when a star
runs out of fuel and dies
• Huge explosion• Rare in our galaxy• Huge amount of
energy released• To see a video model
of a supernova, click here
Back to Other Menu
Asteroids• Big pieces of rock
with minerals• Form a belt
between Mars and Jupiter
• Many different sizes and shapes
• Thousands in our solar system
Back to Other Menu
Comets• Made of dirty ice
and dust• Well known comet
is Haley’s comet• Are far away from
the Sun most of the time
• Comets can have more than one tail
Back to Other Menu
Nebulae• Large clouds of
dust and gas• Caused by dying
stars, what is left over
• Gives off light energy
• Can form many different shapes
Back to Other Menu
CreditsPictures from:Sun-http://www.kansaswindpower.net/Sun%20latest_eit_304_full-6-24.gif
Mercury-http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/images/fullsize/mercury.jpg
Venus-http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/public/venus.jpg
Earth-http://www.astro.washington.edu/weblinks/Earth/earth.gif
Mars-http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/world/images/mars.jpg
Jupiter-http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/images/fullsize/jupiter.jpg
Saturn-http://nexus.polaris.net/services/image-archive/space/saturn/saturn.jpg
Uranus-http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/images/fullsize/uranus.jpg
Neptune-http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/images/fullsize/neptune.jpg
Pluto-http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/images/fullsize/pluto.jpg
Back to Title Page
CreditsPlanets-http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/images/fullsize/
pluto.jpgMoon-http://www.astrosurf.com/re/moon-03.jpgGalaxy(title
page)-http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d6/m31x.jpgStars-http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/images/stars.jpgBlack
hole-http://www.ohiou.edu/researchnews/info/gallery/images/miscellaneous/BLACKHOLE.jpg
Supernova-http://nexus.polaris.net/services/image-archive/space/interstellar/supernova.jpg
Universe(title page)-http://www.twosteptidewater.com/photo-album/universe.jpg
Pictures from:
Back to Title Page
CreditsRed giant-http://www.sciam.com/media/inline/00016086-7CBA-
1C72-9EB7809EC588F2D7_arch1.gifSupergiant-http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0012/
supergiantsim_freytag.jpgWhite
dwarf-http://library.thinkquest.org/12523/media/Star_WD.gifBrown
dwarf-http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/star_life/images/browndwarf.jpg
Neutron star-http://zhengjian.org/news_images/2002-11-24-neutronstar2.jpg
Spiral galaxy-http://www.spacetoday.org/images/DeepSpace/Telescopes/GreatObservatories/SIRTF/M81spiralgalaxySpitzer.jpg
Pictures from:
Back to Title Page
CreditsElliptical
galaxy-http://www.geocities.com/newastronomy/Chapter13_files/image004.jpg
Active galaxy-http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2000/37/images/a/formats/web.jpg
Irregular galaxy-http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jmi/images/ngc6822.jpgLenticular galaxy-http://mt.sopris.net/mpc/biol/v/lenticular.galaxy.jpgCluster galaxy-http://www.exn.ca/news/images/1998/01/12/19980112-
galaxycluster.gifBlack hole-http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/screen/heic0409a.jpgAsteroid-http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/gal_0202562000.gifComet-http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/news/comet/Ikeya-Zhang.jpgNebula-http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/01/
hubble.ant.nebula/large.ant.nebula.jpg
Pictures from:
Back to Title Page
Phobos-http://www.sai.msu.su/ng/solar/mars/mar_sat/fobos/phobos.jpgDeimos-http://gw.marketingden.com/planets/images/fullsize/deimos.jpgCallisto-http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0201/
callisto3_gal_big.jpgEuropa-http://www.morgenster.org/foto/europa.jpgGanymede-http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/barnes/ast110/gwas/
ganymede.jpgIo-http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/outerp/io-enh.gifTitan-http://evula.org/solarsystem/Resources/Titan.gifRhea-http://www.planetary.org/saturn/images/sc5km_rhea.jpgAriel-http://www.lowell.edu/online_newsletter/spring_03/ariel.jpgMiranda-http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/uranus/uranimg/
URAN_P29524.jpgTriton-http://www.wcsscience.com/neptune/triton.JPG
CreditsPictures from:
Back to Title Page
Information from:
Credits•http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/bl/blue_giant.htm
•http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/startypes.shtml
•Supernova video-http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/snr.html
•Black Hole video-http://www.spaceref.com/tools/vi.html?id=139&cat=blackholes&imgs=movie
•Miles, Lisa and Smith, Alastair. The Usborne Internet Linked Book of Astronomy and Space. Usborne Publishing Ltd. : London, 2001.
•Ridpath, Ian. Astronomy: How We View Our Solar System and The Universe Beyond. W.H. Smith Publishers: New York, 1991.
Back to Title Page