Astronomy 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Interstellar Cloud, Immanuel Kant, Scale Of Temperature
12 Dec 2018
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Astronomy lecture 10 - ch 5 and 6. All planets are nearly circular and lie nearly in the same plane. All plantets orbit the sun in the same direction(counterclockwise) as viewed from high above the. Most planets and the sun rotate in the same direction in which they orbit with fairly small axis tilts. Most of the solar systems large moons exhibit similar properties in their orbits around their planets. Patterns of motion among large bodies: sun, planets and moons orbit and rotate in an organized way. Two major types of planets: terrestrial and jovian. Asteroids and comets: location, orbits and compositions of these objects follow distinct patterns. Exceptions to these rules: sideways tilt of uranus, retrograde rotation of venus, and earth having a large moon. The solar system is organized the way is is because of this. Explains how the solar system is formed from the gravitational collapse of an interstellar cloud of gas.
