National Science Olympiad 2019 B Division Solar System
National Science Olympiad 2019 B Division Solar System Event Earth’s Moon and Rocky Solar System Bodies
National Solar System Event DESCRIPTION: Students will demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the geologic characteristics and evolution of the Earth’s moon and other rocky bodies of the solar system.
2019 Solar System Part A Participants must be knowledgeable about the history and geologic processes involved in the formation and evolution of Earth’s moon and other rocky bodies of the solar system.
2019 Solar System Part B Dwarf Planets – Pluto & Charon, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, Eris Natural Satellites – The Moon, Mimas, Phoebe Asteroid Belt Objects, Trans-Neptunian Objects, & Trojans, Including ‘Oumuamua and (225088) 2007 OR 10)
Dwarf Planets: Pluto, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, Eris
Pluto: Internal Structure
Pluto: Surface Characteristics
Ceres: Internal Structure
Ceres: Surface Characteristics
Haumea
Makemake
Eris
Natural Satellites
The Moon: Internal Structure
The Moon: Surface Characteristics
Formation and History of the Moon
Saturn’s Moons Mimas and Phoebe
Pluto’s Moon Charon
The Asteroid Belt, TNOs, and Trojans
The Asteroid Belt
The Asteroid Belt C-type M-type S-type
Formation of the Asteroid Belt and Near Earth Asteroids
Trojan Asteroids
Trans-Neptunian Objects
‘Oumuamua
2019 Solar System Part C Participants will be asked to complete one or more hands-on or interpretive tasks selected from the following topics: i. Geologic history & formation of features and objects ii. Remote sensing, imagery, and satellite measurements of features above as well as entire bodies iii. Missions: New Horizons, Dawn, Cassini, Lucy, Voyager 2 iv. Kepler’s laws, Gravitational effects of the Moon, and Tides v. Rotation, libration, phases, and eclipses vi. Surface dating, regolith, volcanism & weathering, cratering & impact processes vii. Internal, surface, and atmospheric composition
Formation of the Solar System
Remote Sensing and Surface Imagery Radar Altimetry Curiosity Rover Chem. Cam Principles of Spectrometer
Major Satellite Missions Lucy Cassini-Huygens New Horizons Voyager 2
Kepler’s 1 st Law The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.
Kepler’s 2 nd Law: “The Law of Equal Areas” A line segment joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.
Kepler’s 3 rd Law: “The Harmonic Law” T 2 ~ a 3 The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
The Moon and Tides
Solar Eclipses Total Solar Eclipse Annular Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipses The Moon during a Lunar Eclipse is illuminated only by sunlight refracted around the Earth
Phases of Earth’s Moon
Regolith in the Solar System Moon Regolith Venus Regolith Mars Regolith Asteroid Regolith
Cratering in the Solar System
Volcanism and Weathering
Surface Dating and Radioactive Isotopes
2019 Solar System Event Example Exam & Event Resources NASA Planets NASA Asteroids JPL Planetary Geophysics NASA Space Place Eclipses NASA Moon
National Solar System Event Supervisor: Dustin Schroeder - dschroed@gmail. com Rules clarifications: available at www. soinc. org under event information Event Preparation: 1. Read the Event Description for content and allowable resources. 2. Make use of the recommended event resources and websites. 3. Practice early and often!
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