In this lab, the object was to see what makes up a planet. With used rocks and other metal objects to find their densities and relate it back to planets makeups. Our results show that higher density, the more rock the object is made of.
Objective
The purpose of this lab is to try and figure out what planets and moons are made of. Depending on the density of the object, you can usually figure out what a planet is made of. We first need to figure out how to use the density formula to be able to apply it to our data. We know that planets are either made up of rocks and metals or gases and ice. With knowing the density, you can figure out the planets make up.
Introduction
Before this lab, we knew that the terrestrial planets are made up mostly
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The units are grams for the mass, centimeters cubed for the volume and grams/ centimeters cubed for the density. For the sphere, the mass was 242.4 g and the volume was 47.7 cm^3, which makes the density of 5.08 g/cm^3. For the cylinder, the mass was 103.2 g and the volume was 34.3 cm^3, which makes the density of 3 g/cm^3. For the first rock, the mass was 334.1 g and the volume was 118 cm^3 which makes the density of 2.83 g/cm^3. For the second rock, the mass was 46.6 g and the volume was 20 cm^3, which makes the density of 2.33 g/cm^3. For the water, the density will always be 1 g/cm^3 which means the mass and volume will always be the exact same number.
We also calculated the density of a moon based on its make up or rock and ice percentage. We use the formula ( (P rock) (3.5) + (P ice) (0.9) ) / 100. When the moon is 100% rock and 0% ice, the moon’s density is 3.5 g/cm^3. When the moon is 80% rock and 20% ice, the moon’s density is 2.98 g/cm^3. When the moon is 60% rock and 40% ice, the moon’s density is 2.46 g/cm^3. When the moon is 40% rock and 60% ice, the moon’s density is 1.94 g/cm^3. When the moon is 20% rock and 80% ice, the moon’s density is 1.42 g/cm^3. When the moon is 0% rock and 100% ice, the moon’s density is .9
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Higher density means that the planet or moon will be made up of usually more rocks than ice and gases. If the density it above 3.5 g/cm^3, then the planet or moon is made up of 100% rocks. If it is less than 3.5 g/cm^3 but greater than .9 g/cm^3, than the planet or moon is made up for rock and ice. If the density is less than .9 g/cm^3, the planet or moon is made up of 100% ice and
My research paper will investigate the Greek God Apollo. The reason I chose Apollo was I have never had a chance to look into other Gods or Goddess’ other than Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. The next seven paragraphs are paraphrased depictions, stories and relational information directly related to the god Apollo The information was compiled by author: Atsma, Aaron J., on the website: Theoi.com. Theoi Project Copyright © 2000 – 2011. 12 May 2014. Each paragraph is a separate encyclopedia reference and is noted in the following footnotes reference.
Chondrites are the most primitive rocks in the solar system. Chondrites are stony (non-metallic) meteorites that have not been modified due to melting or differentiation of the parent body. Chondrites are formed when dust and small grains that originated from the early solar system accreted to form asteroids. Chondrites represent 86% of meteorites that fall to Earth. An important diagnosing feature of chondrites is the presence of chondrules. Chondrules are millimeter sized round inclusions made primarily of olivine and pyroxene, and chondrules make up 20-80% of the volume of most chondrites. Chondrites are important to geochemistry because chondrites give insight on the composition and age of the early solar system, the presence of water on Earth, and possibly the origin of life.
NOACK, L., GODOLT, M., PARIS, P. V., PLESA, A.-C., STRACKE, B., BREUER, D. & RAUER, H. 2014. Can the interior structure influence the habitability of a rocky planet? Planetary and Space Science, 98, 14-29.
With a little bit of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen about 1.5%. The other 0.5% is made up of small amounts of a lot of other elements such as neon, iron, silicon, magnesium and sulfur. The definition of Mantle is the planet between the core that is the mantle. There is the upper Mantle and lower Mantle. Did you know that Uranus and Venus spin the opposite direction? Venus spins the opposite direction because it’s axial is tilt at 177 degrees which means that means it is almost spinning the opposite direction to the orbit. Uranus axial is at 97.77 degrees so the axis parallel to the plane of the Solar System. Our Solar System is ginormous, Scientist discovered that the solar System is 40 astronomical units. One astronomical unit is 9.296e+7
...his moon. There is about half water ice and half rocky material, which consists of magnesium and other elements.
Mercury is in many ways similar to the Moon: its surface is heavily cratered and very old; it has no plate tectonics. On the other hand, Mercury is much denser than the Moon (5.43 gm/cm3 vs 3.34). Mercury is the second densest major body in the solar system, after Earth. Actually Earth's density is due in part to gravitational compression; if not for this, Mercury would be denser than Earth. Mercury has a total area of 75 000 000 square kilometers and is the closest planet to the sun in the solor system. This indicates that Mercury's dense iron core is relatively larger than Earth's, probably comprising the majority of the planet. Mercury therefore has only a relatively thin silicate mantle and crust.
The answer to why this works can be found in the physics of crystallization. To form a crystal you need something that the crystals can grow around a, nucleus of regularly arranged atoms (Science in school). Crystallization occurs most often when a liquid touches a solid surface or when the liquid contains crystalline impurities. It is kind of like the liquid copies the ordered structure of the solid. This is also know as heterogenous nucleation. In the liquid state, the neighboring atoms touch each other as if they were a solid, the single atoms move around making the perfect regular pattern of a crystal (Science In School). The density of a liquid is not so different from the density of a solid.
In 1609, Galileo Galilei, using “spyglass” which allowed one to see things closer than they appeared, made an early version of the telescope. With it, he observed the skies in a way no one had before. He discovered the moon isn’t perfectly globular, it has craters, the Sun has sunspots, Venus orbits the Sun (contrary to widespread belief in his time), and then he observed four “stars” around Jupiter (“Our Solar System”). Within days, he realized that these objects were not stars, they were moons. Io, Ganymede, Castillo, and Europa are known as the Galilean Moons or Satellites, collectively. During the 19th century, the first measurable physical studies of these moons became achievable when Simon de Laplace derived the satellite masses from their shared gravitational perturbations and afterward, other workers used a new generation of telescopes to measure the mass of these moons. The data collected showed that the density declined from the inner to the outer satellites. According to Adam Showman, “More recent observations of water ice on the surfaces of the outer three moons led to the inference that the satellite compositions range from mostly silicate rock at Io to 60% silicate rock and 40% volatile ices (by mass) at Ganymede and Callisto” ( 77). The Voyager flybys of Jupiter in 1979 exposed indication of extensive geological activity like Europa's fractured terrains, which probably result from tidal heating and bending...
Density is how much mass is in a certain volume. You can calculate density by dividing mass by volume. Water's density depends on its temperature and salinity. Cold water with a high salinity is more dense than warm water with a low salinity.
In 2013 a team of astronomers discovered a new planet eleven times more massive than Jupiter and 650 astronomical units from it’s star. It’s relatively new, only 13 million years old, and still glows from leftover heat from it’s formation. This planet defies many of the limitations scientists know about star and planet formation. It’s too far away from it’s star to have been formed by gathering asteroid-like bodies from the creation of the star or to be made of dust and gas clouds in the primordial disk. Astronomers also considered the idea that it might be a failed start formed during binary star formation however the mass ratio of the planet and it’s star is too different for that to be likely either. Therefore, scientists cannot explain how such a massive planet could be formed so far out. Many astronomers are excited about this new discovery because it shows the diversity planet formation, giving them new ideas to contemplate and shows us that there is still much we don’t know about the universe.
In experiment 5, we are learning about density and specific gravity in measurements. Density is measured by mass divided by volume in order to get the ratio of the mass of an object to its volume. Specific gravity, on the other hand, is the density of a substance divided by the density of water and will cancel out the units in order to get a unitless measurement. Mass and Volume can be measured in two different ways, first mass can be calculated by directly placing it on the triple beam scale directly, or by weighing the difference. Volume can be calculated by displacement in the graduated cylinder or by calculating its dimensions. In this experiment, the objectives were to calculate the density of a solid by measuring its mass and volume,
The moons that exist in our solar system have very diverse properties and characteristics. It can be very easy to compare and contrast them with one another; however, it becomes difficult to categorize them in a way that is useful and precise for discussing the satellites in our solar system. By studying the geological activity of planets and their moons we can better understand the evolution of the solar system. It offers insight as to what bodies in the solar system have been through and are still going through today. Surface features such as impact craters, unusual/uneven terrain, volcanoes and various other forms of tectonic activity provide critical evidence of geological activity. Some of the satellites in our solar system have very
The gravitational forces between the Earth and the moon cause some interesting effects; tides are the most obvious. The moon has no atmosphere, but there is evidence by the United States Department of Defense Clementine spacecraft shows that there maybe water ice in some deep craters near the moon's North and South Pole that are permanently shaded. Most of the moon's surface is covered with regolith, which is a mixture of fine dust and rocky debris produced by meteor impact. There are two types of terrain on the moon. One is the heavily cratered and very old highlands. The other is the relatively smooth and younger craters that were flooded with molten lava.
Saturn is one of the five planets that you can see from Earth, though it will only be seen as a star figure. From miles away saturn looks like a solid planet. Looks can be deceiving because it is actually one of the least dense planets since it is a very gaseous planet. It has such low density to the point where if you put Saturn in an enormous pool of water, it would actually float! Saturn is 94% hydrogen and 6% helium and small amounts of methane and ammonia. Saturn’s layers is the rocky and icy c...