PPT-Habitable Planets

Sotirios Karathanasis Karalyn Berman Leah Cassens Overview What is a habitable planet How do they form How do we find them Possible habitable planets Future goals What makes up a habitable planet. The milky way. (seen from Bryce Canyon, UT). The Solar System. ?. “A . system. is a set of . interacting. or interdependent. components . forming an integrated whole” (Wikipedia). The Solar System. To Be A Planet, Or Not To Be?. Physical Characteristics . 5 - Recognized Dwarf Planets. Ceres, Pluto, . Haumea. , . Makemake. , Eris. Classification Criteria. Directly orbits the Sun (not a satellite). V.Aravinthan. 2011/FM/034. WHO WE ARE?. WHAT IS LIFE?. The condition that . distinguishes. . animals and plants from inorganic matter. , including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death .. Protoplanetary. Disks. Colette Salyk. National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Credit: JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC). Credit: NASA. ?. Why studying . protoplanetary. . disks is important for understanding habitability. The outer planets are called Jovian or Jupiter-like.. These planets are made of gas and are several times more massive than the Earth.. The Jovian planets grew to present size in about 10 million years.. : An instrument for identifying another Earth. David Charbonneau (Harvard). Jacob Bean (U. Chicago). Concept:. A radial velocity machine that is capable of detecting Earth- mass planets in the habitable zones of low-mass stars.. Winter 2012. Mercury. James . Pluim. & Eddie Lopez. . Facts about Planet . Mercury. Mercury is the fastest moving planet in our Solar System and is the nearest planet to the Sun. Mercury is one of the four terrestrial planets, being a rocky body like the Earth. It is the smallest of the four.. Exam on Monday. I’ll have a Mock exam to work on Friday. Solar Eclipse. Freds_excellent_eclipse.mpg. Solar Eclipses . Umbra. – region of total shadow. Penumbra. – region of partial shadow. Totality lasts only a few minutes!. E.ST.05.21. Describe the motion of planets and moons in terms of. rotation on axis and . orbits.. Advanced Note-Taking Practice 101! . Every time you see something typed in . YELLOW. …you need to write it down. . ASTR 101. Prof. Dave Hanes. The . Moon. ’. s . Baleful Influence . (?. ). Crime . rates, . homicides, . birth rates, acts of. ‘. lunacy,. ’. t. raffic a. ccidents. , etc…. http. ://skepdic.com/fullmoon.html. Evolved Stars. Lee Anne Willson. Iowa State University. April 30, 2014. STScI. 1 AU is in the habitable zone for our Sun, now.. The planetary temperature scales as. . T. planet. /T. Earth. Exomoons. Rory Barnes. with lots of help from. René Heller. Habitable . Exomoons. are Awesome!. Rory Barnes. with lots of help from. René Heller. What is an . exomoon. ?. Exomoons. !?. You’re . gonna. By: Virginia. . Speirs. The Solar System. The solar system is made up of many different things. There are 8 planets in our solar system. . The Inner Planets. The inner planets are the four planets closest to the sun. The inner planets are - Mercury, Venus, Earth, . Agenda. Definitions. Why designate space as Habitable Attic?. Requirements. Examples. Further help. 2. Habitable Attic Definition. IRC Definition:. ATTIC, HABITABLE. . A finished or unfinished area, .