Sentences with phrase «other objects in the outer solar system»
The two nuclear - powered probes launched 40 years ago and became the first and only robots to take close - up photographs of Uranus and Neptune, the planets» moons and rings, and other objects in the outer solar system.
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«If we're right, oceans in the outer solar system are common, and other objects of similar size to Pluto there probably also have subsurface oceans,» says Francis Nimmo, a lead author of one of the studies and planetary scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Like the three other big outer - solar - system objects discovered in the past three years — including 560 - mile - wide Varuna, found in 2000 — Quaoar resides in the Kuiper belt, a wide swath of asteroids located past Neptune.
The first proposal suggests an object in the outer solar system, while the other points to a massive planet with two trails of «Trojan asteroids.»
Included in the package: 4 weeks of teaching material 9 Power Points totaling 167 slides Teacher and student versions of each power point Student notes in word Lessons Included: Lesson 1 - Space - An Introduction Lesson 2 - Our Solar System Lesson 3 - The Life and Death of Stars Lesson 4 - The Seasons and Earth's Tilt Lesson 5 - The Moon Lesson 6 - Eclipse - Solar and Lunar Lesson 7 - Galaxies, Other Objects and the Universe Lesson 8 - The Immensity of the Universe Lesson 9 - Life in outer space - how humans meet their needs Each lesson includes a student and teacher version.