...Herschel tried to have his discovery named “Georgium Sidus” after King George III. The name Uranus was suggested by astronomer Johann Bode. The name comes from the ancient Greek deity Ouranos. Uranus is often referred to as an “ice giant” planet. Like the other gas giants, it has a hydrogen upper layer, which has helium mixed in. Below that is an icy “mantle, which surrounds a rock and ice core. The upper atmosphere is made of water, ammonia and the methane ice crystals that give the planet its pale blue colour. Uranus hits the coldest temperatures of any planet. With minimum atmospheric temperature of -224°C Uranus is nearly coldest planet in the solar system. While Neptune doesn’t get as cold as Uranus it is on average colder. The upper...
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...Ken Hayes EDU-450-O101 Classroom Engagement and Management August 11th 2013 Shica Little A case studies a student's disruptive behavior. I’d like to take make a case study of a person I shall call Max. Now Max is a student who is normally a good student but has a I think I know everything type attitude so sometimes he becomes a disruption for he likes to show off to the class with his storehouse of knowledge and can sometimes test the teacher’s patience. In this case study I shall go through the behavior cycle as listed in our textbook, “Lee Canter’s Classroom Management for Academic Success.” For instance the first part of the cycle mentions using explicit directions or to communicate your instructions clearly and that a teacher cannot afford be vague when issuing directions in what he/she would like to have the class do. In this case, the teacher tells the class to go to their seats and begins to work on their worksheet on the planet Saturn. Max starts out going to his seat but stops to make a commentary on Debbie’s attire and then gets to his seat and then starts his assignment but then stops his work and starts to tell the class all he knows about Saturn. Now according to the text he did do what he was told but he did it his way and on his time frame. This is because the teacher did not give explicit enough instructions. A sample of this would be, class, go directly to your seats to not talk and get to work on your worksheet on the planet...
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...mass of Earth and is somewhat more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times the mass of Earth but not as dense.[12] On average, Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU, approximately 30 times the Earth–Sun distance. Named for the Roman god of the sea, its astronomical symbol is ♆, a stylised version of the god Neptune's trident. Neptune was the first planet found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation. Unexpected changes in the orbit of Uranus ledAlexis Bouvard to deduce that its orbit was subject to gravitational perturbation by an unknown planet. Neptune was subsequently observed on 23 September 1846[1] by Johann Galle within a degree of the position predicted by Urbain Le Verrier, and its largest moon, Triton, was discovered shortly thereafter, though none of the planet's remaining 12 moons were located telescopically until the 20th century. Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft, Voyager 2, which flew by the planet on 25 August 1989. Neptune is similar in composition to Uranus, and both have compositions which differ from those of the larger gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn. Neptune's atmosphere, while similar to Jupiter's and Saturn's in that it is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, along with traces ofhydrocarbons and possibly nitrogen, contains a higher proportion of "ices" such as water, ammonia and methane. Astronomers sometimes categorise Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants" in order to emphasise these distinctions...
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...Johann Gottfried Galle His Early Life Galle was born in the Papsthaus [a house in the pabst woods] on June 9, 1812. He attended the Gymnasium of Wittenberg and studied at the Friedrich-Wilhelm’s-Universitat Berlin from 1830 to 1833. He became a teacher Gymnasium of Guben, teaching mathematics and physics. Later on he switched to Berlin. Berlin Observatory He started working as an assistant to Johann Franz Encke in 1835. He immediately followed the completion of the New Berlin Observatory. Galle worked there for the next 16 years. In 1838 he discovered an inner, darker ring of Saturn. From December 2, 1839 to March 6, 1840 he discovered 3 comets. Breslau Observatory In 1851 he moved to Breslau {today Wroclaw} to become the director of the local observatory. In 1856 he became a Professor of Astronomy at the Schlesischen Freddrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Breslau. He worked in Breslau for 45 years. For the academic year 1875/76 he was elected as Rector. Rector meant ruler. At Breslau he dealt with the exact determination of planetary orbits and developed methods for calculating the height of the aurorae and the path of meteors, and consolidated the data for all 414 comets discovered up to 1894 into one work {with help from his son}. Otherwise he concerned himself with the Earth’s magnetic field and climatology. Altogether he published 200 works. An aurora was a natural light in the sky. Later years In 1897 Galle returned to Potsdam, where he died at the age 98. He was...
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...System, with an orbital period of about 88 earth days. * Distance from Sun: 35,980,000 miles * Gravity: 3.7 m/s * Radius: 1,516 miles * Surface Area: 28.88 million sq. miles * Mass: 328.5E21 kg * Moons: 0 Neptune * Neptune is the eight and farthest planet from the in the solar system. It is the fourth largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass. Among the gaseous planets in the solar system, Neptune is the densest planet. * Distance from Sun: 2,798,000,000 miles * Gravity: 11.15 m/s * Radius: 15,299 miles * Surface Area: 2.941 billion sq. miles * Mass: 102.4E24 kg * Moon: Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Larissa, Proteus, Galatea, Despina, Thalassa, Neso, Halimede, Psamathe, Laomedeia, Sao. Uranus * Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. it has the third largest planetary radius and fourth largest planetary mass in the solar system * Distance from Sun: 1,787,000,000 miles * Gravity: 8.69 m/s * Radius: 15,759 miles * Surface Area: 3.121 billion sq. miles * Mass: 86.81E24 kg * Moons: Miranda, Titania, Umbriel, Oberon, Ariel, Puck, Cordelia, More...
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...Miranda is one of the moons of Uranus. It is one of the five major moons of Uranus, similar to Saturn’s medium sized moons except that it is much less reflective. It is not one of the largest moons of Uranus. It is actually a small moon only 470 kilometers wide. However it is the most interesting of Uranus moon because of its unusual appearance. Miranda is one of the icy moons of Uranus. It is one of the smallest icy moons. It was discovered by Kuiper in 1948. It was named after Miranda from William Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”. Unlike the other moons in the solar system, which are named after Greek and Roman mythological figures, the moons of Uranus are named after characters from classical features. It was the moon that was approached the closet by Voyager 2. So far the only close up image is from the Voyager 2 observation in 1986. During the fly by the southern hemisphere of the moon was pointed toward the Sun, so only that part was studied. Miranda shows more evidence of past geologic activity than any other Uranus moons. It was the last moons of Uranus to be discovered prior to Voyage 2 visit in 1986. It surface is unlike anything in the solar system it looks like a mixture of different surfaces , some quite smooth, some ridged, some density cratered and others where it appears to be filled with lines of crack where meteorite and comets have seen to have shattered the surface. Scientists believe that Miranda was shattered by an impact from an asteroid, meteorite...
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...Many people often wonder how and why a an hour consists of 60 minutes and a day is divided into 24 hours. We can all tell time and we schedule our appointments and dates around time and day all the time. No one ever really stops to look into the history of the origin of time and how it was determined to be divided upon. However, that definition is a narrow one that only applies to planet earth., but what about other planets? One day is the length of time it takes for a planet to complete one single rotation on its axis which is 360°. Since all of the planets rotate at different speeds, the length of a day on each one differs. The definition of a day will explain just how many hours are in a day for Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus , Neptune, Mercury and Pluto. Explanation of the units of an hour and day There is documented evidence of the use of sundials that were used by Egyptians as early as 1500 B.C.. Sundials were stakes that were strategically placed in the ground so that they can indicate the time by the length and direction of the resulting shadow. A duodecimal system was used to divide the time period between sunrise and sunset into 12 parts. The number 12 was significant because it is the number of lunar cycles in a year. The night sky was divided by 12 and a circle into 360 degrees. They divided the day and night each into 12 hours. The hour was split into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds. The Egyptians divided the clock into 12 hours of daytime...
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...BEGINNING AND STUFF T HE I N THE BEGINNING, I wasn’t there. I don’t think the Ancient Greeks were, either. Nobody had a pen and paper to take notes, so I can’t vouch for what follows, but I can tell you it’s what the Greeks thought happened. At first, there was pretty much nothing. A lot of nothing. The first god, if you can call it that, was Chaos – a gloomy, soupy mist with all the matter in the cosmos just drifting around. Here’s a fact for you: Chaos literally means the Gap, and we’re not talking about the clothing store. Eventually Chaos got less chaotic. Maybe it got bored with being all gloomy and misty. Some of its matter collected and solidified into the earth, which unfortunately developed a living personality. She called herself Gaia, the Earth Mother. Now Gaia was the actual earth – the rocks, the hills, the valleys, the whole enchilada. But she could also take on 1 Text copyright (c) Rick Riordan. Courtesy of Penguin Books Ltd 9780141355412_PercyJacksonAndTheGreekGods_TXT.pdf 1 23/06/14 3:27 PM P E R C Y J AC K S ON ’S G R E E K G OD S humanlike form. She liked to walk across the earth – which was basically walking across herself – in the shape of a matronly woman with a flowing green dress, curly black hair and a serene smile on her face. The smile hid a nasty disposition. You’ll see that soon enough. After a long time alone, Gaia looked up into the misty nothing above the earth and said to herself: ‘You know what would be good? A sky. I could really go for...
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...knowledge of space. There was this desire and curiosity that arose, the desire to know what is there beyond earth. This desire arose from people wanting to know whether there exists another world other than the current one we live in, and whether there is life there in space. The discovery of the planet Uranus in the year 1781 by Sir William Herschel, planet Neptune in the year 1846 by John Couch Adams and Pluto by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in the last century is among the notable discoveries. As a result, governments have invested resources that would be channeled towards space exploration. In October 1957, the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched into space. Later on after four years in April 1961, Russian Lt. Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth. Since then, a series of other space visits occurred aimed at studying beyond earth, the contents and properties. Thus the discovery of planets continued. One of the planets in existence was planet Saturn. It is the sixth planet from the sun. It is also the second largest planet. Here are some 10 important facts about this planet Saturn 1. Saturn is Surrounded by a ring Saturn is one of the planets, apart from Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune planet in the solar system that is surrounded by a large, beautiful and extensive ring. Its ring is the biggest and brightest. It has thus been nicknamed famously as “The Ringed Planet”. These are actually many tiny rings called ringlets that make up the larger ring. An astronomer called...
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...Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-biggest planetary range and fourth-biggest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is comparative in piece to Neptune, and both have distinctive mass synthetic creation from that of the bigger gas titans Jupiter and Saturn. Hence, researchers regularly characterize Uranus and Neptune as "ice monsters" to recognize them from the gas goliaths. Uranus' climate, albeit like Jupiter's and Saturn's in its essential creation of hydrogen and helium, contains more "frosts, for example, water, smelling salts, and methane, alongside hints of different hydrocarbons. It is the coldest planetary air in the Solar System, with a base temperature of 49 K (−224.2 Celsius), and has a perplexing, layered...
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...Discovery of Uranus Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel on March 13, 1781. His phenomenal detection was unintentional, just like most of today’s most famous discoveries. Herschel was looking for stars in his telescope and came across a blurry object that he assumed to be a comet. After a few nights of observation, it became apparent to Herschel that although the object was moving along with the background stars, its acceleration was way too slow to be classified as a comet. After many calculations, and years of study, he then concluded that this object was in fact a planet. This planet was further away from the sun than any other known planets, and was the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope. (Uranus is the 7th planet...
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...Romano 1 Fabio Romano Mr. Brown English 1011 30 September, 2013 A Play on Power In all of Shakespeare’s works there is always the element of symbolism to help display his personal beliefs of human nature throughout his play, which is suggested by Harold C. Goddard and other scholars. In The Tempest, one of the symbols that is most abundant and is the main driving force behind certain decisions the characters make in the play is power. The play is also certainly related to the change of power between nobilities such as the civil war between Lancastrians and Yorkists around the time Shakespeare started writing his plays (1422-85), which likely may have been an influence on the play along with other plays such as with Romeo and Juliet (Frye). An example of how power functions as the main influence on decisions that characters make, is when Prospero talks to his daughter about how they ended up on the island. He discusses how his brother was possessed by the lust for political and military power, which caused him to plot with Alonso, betray him and then proceed to take the throne for himself. It is evident when Prospero explains, So dry he was for sway – with’ King of Naples To give him annual tribute, do him homage, Subject his coronet to his crown, and bend The dukedom yet unbowed – alas, poor Milan! – Romano 2 To most ignoble stooping. (I.2.110-116) Prospero says that Antonio was so power hungry that he was even willing to pay Alonso, which undoubtedly...
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...“Beyond the Traditional Analysis” In his play, The Tempest, Shakespeare conveys themes through different character pairs. Each pairing is a guise for a different theme in the play's plot. For instance, Ariel and Caliban are thought to be grouped together because they show two contrasting sides of servitude. Other examples lie behind Miranda and Ferdinand's "love at first sight", as well as the forgiveness that Alonso, Antonio, and Prospero receive. Each grouping of characters is placed strategically throughout the play by Shakespeare to exemplify different themes. Ariel and Caliban are both under Prospero's servitude, and are actually foils for one another. However, while Ariel abides by Prospero's rules willingly, Caliban only serves Prospero out of fear. They are both obligated to serve Prospero and do his bidding, but while Caliban is only trusted to do the simplest of tasks, Ariel is the equivalent to Prospero's second in command. He is constantly a major aide in Prospero's grand plan, and he is privy to Prospero's secrets. "All hail great master! Grave sir, hail! I come to answer thy best pleasure,"(Shakespeare 14). Ariel says this to his master, living with the hope of soon being free. He could behave as Caliban, but Ariel is trusted enough to help Prospero complete his master plan. Ariel even influences Prospero's decision on whether to forgive the ones who have wronged him. At the end of the play, Prospero's other servant Caliban, turns out to be one of the ones who...
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...Once Miranda learns from her father, she becomes under the impression that she has gained an authoritarian position. Interestingly, it is not Prospero, who relays knowledge upon Caliban, rather it is Miranda. Just as her father takes responsibility in teaching Miranda, Miranda admits that she “took pains to make [Caliban] speak, taught [Caliban] each hour” the knowledge bestowed upon her (Shakespeare, 1.2. 354). In this instance, Miranda seems not only to have overcome her status as a barbarian, but she seems to have a position equal to that of Prospero. Just as Prospero was the schoolteacher of Miranda, Miranda was the schoolteacher of Caliban. There is, however, a contradictory element to this position. Miranda claims that she not only taught Caliban, but that she was able to transform Caliban from one who “didst not… know thine own meaning” (Shakespeare, 1.2.355-356). Miranda, therefore, teaches Caliban the knowledge that he needs in order for him to understand his own identity. Ironically, Miranda herself is “ignorant of what thou art” when she is teaching him; she has not yet understood her own identity and is therefore teaching Caliban the skills that she herself did not possess (Shakespeare, 1.2.102). Her description of Caliban’s lack of identity is nearly identical to Prospero’s description of herself, she uses the same technique that Prospero uses, and she bestows knowledge upon Caliban just as Prospero bestowed knowledge upon her, but she falls short in that she had...
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...Jacob Friedman Period 3 English 12/8/12 Major Assignment #2: Forgiveness vs. Vengeance Essay Throughout Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the theme of vengeance and forgiveness make multiple appearances. At first, it seems like the entire plot of the play is a scheme designed by a powerful magician named Prospero to bring his rivals to a state of regret because they had usurped him from his rightful throne in Milan. However, as the story progresses, it seems as if Prospero brought his enemies to his island not for revenge, but so that he can pardon them and restore the rightful order of things to his dukedom of Milan. The play starts, in Act 1 Scene 1, with a storm threatening to destroy a ship that happens to have Prospero’s enemies on board. We later find out that this storm was, in fact, created by Prospero himself for the purpose of trapping his enemies on his island. At first it may seem that this was an act of vengeance by the part of Prospero and it may be, but he asks Ariel if his enemies are okay (Line 217). By Act 2 Scene 1, we meet Prospero’s enemies. Here it becomes more obvious that Prospero wants vengeance as he is making Alonso suffer by thinking his son, Ferdinand, is dead because of the storm. This scene showcases another plot of Prospero’s, which is to kill off Alonso. Prospero, through Ariel, makes all but Antonio and Sebastian fall asleep. This way, Antonio and Sebastian can speak their minds without worrying of consequence...
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