The document provides information about the universe, our solar system, and astronomy concepts like stars, planets, and galaxies. It discusses astronomers like Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and Newton and how their work advanced our understanding of the heliocentric model of the solar system. Key details about the planets in our solar system are presented including their distances from the sun, rotation and revolution periods.

1. The Universe

3. • Link to this picture to focus

4. Link to the picture

5. The Milky Way

6. • Link to a diagram in spanish, summary
about the universe
– http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-
izz5xv9uXOU/TnoMkN2w8MI/AAAAAAAAAA
Q/lMrVRhWDs3Q/s1600/EL+UNIVERSO.gif

7. The Solar system

8. The Oort cloud

10. Halley comet

11. Hale Bopp comet

12. This picture shows the…?theory…
PTOLEMY

13. COPERNICUS
GALILEO

15. JOHANNES KEPLER
• He studied the movement of the planets
• There are three rules that describe the
movement of the planets around the Sun.

16. • Primera Ley (1609): Los planetas se desplazan
alrededor del Sol describiendo órbitas elípticas,
estando el Sol situado en uno de los focos.
• Kepler nunca consiguió comprender el sentido
último de tales de leyes.
Isaac Newton (1643-1727) enunciaría su teoría de la
Gravedad y la leyde la Gravitación Universal en 1685
ofreciendo así una explicación natural de las leyes
de Kepler como consecuencia de la interacción
(atracción) gravitacional que sufren los cuerpos.

17. Formación de una estrella
• http://www.astromia.com/universo/evolestr
ellas.htm
• http://waste.ideal.es/cosmos2.htm
• http://www.starneutron.com/2011/10/vida-
y-muerte-de-las-estrellas-una-explicacion-
sencilla/

18. The Sun
• What is it?
– It is a star.
• Is it far or close to us?.
– It is 150 million km away from us
• Is it hot or cold?
– Very hot.
• What is it made of?
– Hydrogen and helium

19. Stars
• They form when gases (hydrogen) are
pulled together by gravitational forces.
• They are so hot that they emit light and
heat.
• An enormous cloud of dust and gas, a
nebula, surrounds the stars

21. • Video comparing sizes in the universe
– http://www.starneutron.com/2013/03/compara
ndo-estrellas/

22. What units of measurement do
astronomers use?
• Astronomical units
• Light-year.
• The distance light travels in one year.
Light travels 300.00 km in one second

23. How do the planets move?
• Rotation
• Revolution

24. Homework
• Choose a planet. Write this:
• The planet is……
• It is an (inner/outer) planet. It is made up
mainly of (rock/gases)
• It is……..AU from the Sun
• It has a period of rotation of …..days
• It has a period of revolution of ….days.
• Other interesting things about it.

25. The great red spot of Jupiter

28. • The Moon is a satellite of…… which
belongs to the planetary system
called…..The star of this planetary
systems is……It belongs a galaxy
called…. This galaxy is part of the galaxy
cluster called….

29. • The Earth rotates from West to East

31. What is the Hubble?

32. • es un telescopio que orbita en el exterior
de la atmósfera, en órbita circular
alrededor de la Tierra a 593 km sobre el
nivel del mar, con un período orbital entre
96 y 97 min. Denominado de esa forma en
honor del astrónomo Edwin Hubble, fue
puesto en órbita el 24 de abril de 1990

33. • Pictures taken by the hubble
• http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/solar_s
ystem
• Pluto isn´t a planet anymore video
• The planets, funny video
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcY200C8rt
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34. What planet:
• Has the most satellites?
• Is the smallest?
• Supports life?
• Is the farthest to the Sun?
• Is the closest to the Sun?
• Rotates in opposite direction?
• Is the largest (biggest)?
• Is best known for its rings?

35. Planet Distance
from
sun(AU)
Period of
rotation
Period of
revolution
Mercury 0.39 59 days 88 days
Venus 0.72 243 days 224.6 days
Earth 1.00 23 h 56 min 365 days
Mars 1.52 24h 37 min 1.88 years
Jupiter 5.20 9h 55 mins 11.86 years
Saturn 9.54 10h 40 min 29.46 years
Uranus 19.19 17h 14 min 84.07 years
Neptune 30.06 16h 7 mins 164,82 years