THE SOLAR SYSTEM Flashcards
WHERE SUN, PLANETS, SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS ARE FOUND.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
GEOCENTRIC.
EARTH CENTERED
HELIOCENTRIC.
SUN CENTERED
EARTH CENTERED.
GEOCENTRIC
SUN CENTERED.
HELIOCENTRIC
SLOWLY ROTATING MASS OF INCANDESCENT GASES. A SPINNING CLOUD OF DUST MADE OF MOSTLY LIGHT ELEMENTS.
NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS (YEAR)
1796
WHO PROPSED NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS?
PIERRE SIMON MARQUIS DE LAPLACE
WHAT CENTURY WAS NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS?
19TH CENTURY
A THEORY ON HOW PLANETS FORM.
PLANETESIMAL THEORY
PLANETESIMAL THEORY (ASTRONOMER)
FOREST RAY MOULTON
PLANETESIMAL THEORY (GEOLOGIST)
THOMAS CHAMBERLIN
PLANETESIMAL THEORY WAS PROPOSED (YEAR)
1905
A THEORY OF THE EVOLUTION OF A CELESTIAL BODY.
TIDAL THEORY
STAR SPEEDING THROUGH THE SPACE CAME VERY CLOSE TO THE SUN.
PLANETESIMAL THEORY
WHO PROPOSED TIDAL THEORY?
SIR JAMES JEAN AND HAROLD JEFFREYS
WHEN WAS TIDAL THEORY DISCOVERED? (YEAR)
1918
PLANETS WERE FORMED DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL MASS OF GAS PULLED OUT OF THE SUN BY A PASSING STAR.
TIDAL THEORY
IF THE SUN HAD BEEN COMPANION OF A BINARY SYSTEM.
LYTTLETON THEORY
ASTRONOMER WHO PROPOSED LYTTLETON THEORY?
RAYMOND LYTTLETON
PLANETS AND STARS WERE ORIGINALLY FORMED FROM IMMENSE COLLECTIONS OF SUB-MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES FLOATING IN SPACE.
DUST CLOUD THEORY
IT IS THE MOST ACCEPTED THEORY.
DUST CLOUD THEORY
AMERICAN ASTRONOMER WHO PROPOSED DUST CLOUD THEORY.
FRED L. WHIPPLE
