What does the name Ceres mean? Define Oort cloud What do we mean by the star-gas-star cycle? What do astronomers mean by the Big Bang? What does Vega and Rigel mean? What is the mass of Betelgeuse? What is the perihelion distance of Eris? What does Ceres orbit? What is orbital ecce...
Often nicknamed the 'red planet,' Mars is one of Earth's closest neighbors. It is the fourth planet away from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in our solar system. Answer and Explanation: Mars is orbited by two tiny satellites, or moons. Both were discovered by Asaph Hall in 1877...
Does Eris have moons? Does Mars have volcanoes? Why doesn't Venus have a magnetic field? Is Venus the closest planet to the sun? Does Mars have an inner and outer core? Does Jupiter have an atmosphere? Is Venus a dwarf planet? Does Earth have a smaller orbit than Mars or Venus? Does...
Exoplanets or extrasolar planets are those which orbit a distant star other than the sun that lights and warms Earth and they are not easy to detect. Learn how these planets orbiting far away stars are observed by astronomers using methods such as Doppler shifts, transits, and microlensing. ...
Why doesn't the Kuiper belt form a planet? Why is Mercury the most cratered planet? Why is Pluto not considered a Jovian planet? Why is Eris a dwarf planet? Why is Pluto not a dwarf planet? Why do planets orbit the sun? Why did the solar nebula heat up as it collapse...
Is the Oort cloud in the Kuiper belt? Is Eris in the Kuiper belt? Are the Jovian planets in the Kuiper belt? Is the Kuiper belt part of the solar system? Is the Kuiper belt a reservoir of planets? Do Kuiper belt objects orbit the sun? Does the asteroid belt have an atmosphere? Is...