Week of February 19th
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| The Great Russian Meteor of February 15, 2013!
Below is a link to a video compilation of the car sized space rock that hit near the Ural Mountains in Russia on Friday
Below is a link to an amazing video of Asteroid 2012 DA14 passing between the Earth and its orbiting satellites on Friday
2 Comets Rocketing Around the Solar System!
The picture above is of 2 comets streaking through the southern hemisphere skies. Comet Lemmon is the green comet to the left and Comet PanStarrs is the white bright oval behind it. Both comets are getting brighter will be able to be seen in the northern skies in the coming months. Also pictured is the Small Magellanic Cloud Galaxy - what type? And - in the very front on the bottom right is a Globular Cluster - not quite a galaxy, but a large grouping of stars - old or young? How can you tell?
OUR WEEK - Plus
Tuesday-Wednesday: 1. Finish Impact Crater Lab - finish questions for homework - due Wednesday beginning of class
2. Vocabulary and Crater Diagram checked Thursday
3. Meteorite and Lunar Observations checked Thursday
Here is the link to the Astronomy PBIS Online Textbook
Thursday and Monday: 1. Meteorite Classification Lab - finish for homework - due beginning of class Monday
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The Russian explosion over the city was basically like a small nuclear bomb exploding without the radiation fallout
ReplyDeleteThe meteor was 55 feet in diameter and weighed around 10000 tons.
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