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    Lesson 1

    Other Heavenly
    Bodies
    ASTRONOMY

    Derived from the Greek words


    astrons (star) and nomos
    (law).
    Natural science deals with the
    scientific study of celestial
    bodies beyond our world.
    Branches of Astronomy

    Astronomy

    Optical Astronomy Non-optical Astronomy


    OPTICAL ASTRONOMY

    Study of celestial objects


    in the visible band.
    INSTRUMENTS USED
    HST and various space
    probes
    NON-OPTICAL ASTRONOMY
    Uses instrument other than
    the telescope to study objects
    in the radio through gamma
    ray wavelengths.
    INSTRUMENTS USED
    Infrared, X-ray, ultraviolet and
    radio telescope
    SUBFIELDS OF ASTRONOMY

    Planetary Astronomy
    Stellar Astronomy
    Galactic Astronomy
    Extragalactic Astronomy
    Planetary Astronomy
    Focuses on the study of
    planets both within and
    beyond our solar system
    as well as objects like
    asteroids and comets.
    Stellar Astronomy
    Study of stars including
    their creation, evolution
    and death.
    SOLAR ASTRONOMY
    - When the object under
    study is our Sun.
    Galactic Astronomy

    Studies the complex system of


    stars, nebulae and dust that
    compose the Milky Way
    Investigates the motion and
    evolution of our galaxy and the
    formation of other galaxies.
    Extragalactic Astronomy

    Study of all astronomical


    objects which are not covered
    by galactic astronomy.
    Unravel the interaction
    among galaxies on a large
    scale.
    FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
    SOLAR NEBULA

    A huge swirling
    cloud of
    interstellar gas
    PROTOSTAR

    A dense of
    condensation of
    material that is still in
    the process of accreting
    matter to form a star
    ACCRETION

    The coming together


    of materials that
    formed the heavenly
    bodies
    PLANETISIMAL

    Objects formed
    by accretion
    The cloud would
    have been rotating
    (even a little bit).
    This means the
    inflowing material
    would have formed
    an accretion disk
    in the plane of the
    Sun’s equator
    The idea of an
    accretion disk in the
    solar nebula 4.6 billion
    years ago, from which
    the planets formed, is
    consistent with the
    observation that all of
    the planets revolve in
    the same direction,
    that of the rotation of
    the Sun
    PLANETESIMAL’ S IDEA
    PLANETISIMAL’ S IDEA
    Everywhere in the solar At different places in
    nebula, tiny pieces of the solar nebula,
    matter started these “little bits of
    condensing from the gas grit” were different
    compounds
    Eventually, these
    planetesimals collected These small pieces of
    into objects the size of matter stuck to
    planets. Gravity got others, making larger
    into the act when the sized blocks (the
    planetesimals got big planetesimals)
    Planet Formation
    • After 100 million
    years, we have
    –Nine protoplanets.
    –Dozens of
    protomoons.
    –A glowing
    protosun at the
    center.
    Planet Formation
    • Roughly a billion years
    were required to
    “sweep” the system
    clear of interplanetary
    “trash.” This is a period
    of intense meteoritic
    bombardment whose
    effects on the moon
    and elsewhere are still
    evident today.
    THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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