EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

QUARTER I

CURRENT ADVANCEMENTS/INFORMATION ON THE

SOLAR SYSTEM

FLORITA E. LUZANO
Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Tech. Voc. Sch. Of Fisheries & Arts
Bien Unido, Bohol
0910-607-6853
Explain the current
advancements/
information on the
solar system - 05
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With the vastness of
our solar system,
how far does the
human race reach?

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 1. PLUTO’S STATUS
• In 1930, Clyde Tobaugh discovered Pluto
as the ninth planet in the solar system.
• Kuiper Belt – an area after Neptune that
contains asteroids, comets, and other
celestial bodies
• In 2005, Eris – a Kuiper Belt object was
discovered to be 10 percent bigger than
Pluto.

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 2. OORT CLOUD
– a huge, roughly spherical, orbiting
collection of comets thought to exist at the
edge of the solar system
- It is a band of icy material that lies
well past the Kuiper Belt.

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 3. PLUTO’S STATUS
• In 2005, Eris – a Kuiper Belt object was
discovered to be 10 percent bigger than
Pluto.
• It was suggested as the tenth planet
• But its incapability to clear its orbit due to
lack of gravity led to classify it as a dward
planet.

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 PLUTO’S STATUS
• Dwarf planet – are celestial bodies that
orbit the sun, have enough mass to
assume a nearly round shape, and have
not cleared its orbit due to lack of gravity.

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 4. PLANET X
• Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin
discovered six clustered objects in the
Kuiper Belt and stated that this clustering
is due to the presence of a planet enough
to put them in place.
• Calculations and observations have been
done to claim that a PLANET X exists.

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 PLANET X

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• However, other astronomers stated that
until it is seen, the claim of the ninth planet
in our solar system is STILL IN
QUESTION.
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 5. MARS ROVER MISSION
• Since 1970s, NASA (National Aeronautics
and Space Administration) has been
deploying Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
to examine Mars.
• They examined materials of Mars’
lithosphere and assessed if the weather
condition is viable for the survival of life.

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 MARS ROVER MISSION
• NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
mission is an ongoing robotic space
mission involving two Mars rovers:
MER-A Spirit
MER-B Opportunity

The purpose is to explore the Martian

surface and geology.

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MER-A Spirit

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MER-B Opportunity

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• Materials on Mars’ lithosphere were
examined and the weather condition was
assessed to gauge whether it is viable for
the survival of life.
• The Mars One Program aims to land the
first humans on Mars and establish a
human colony on that planet by 2027.
• Studying the Titan’s composition lead to
the discovery that liquid substance is
present on the moon in the form of liquid
methane.
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• 1. Imagine yourself traveling as an
astronaut. What are other things that you
want to discover to contribute to the new
advancements about our solar system?

• 2. What are the things you are looking

forward to be discovered in our universe?

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“There's life all over this universe, but the
only life in the solar system is on earth, and
in the whole universe we are the only men.”

George Wald

brainy quote

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THANK YOU!