...Chapter 1 – Market Analysis Identifying an Alternate/Emerging Market Neptune Homes currently endeavours in designing and building medium sized high quality homes, with a target audience of middle class families looking to build their own home. The skills and resources of Neptune’s co-owners provides a reliable framework for this form of construction to succeed and flourish, though while they have been successful in establishing themselves in this niche, the opportunity to expand the potential of this business is definite. The key to developing a new frontier in another building market is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the currently operation, and isolating the outstanding attributes this business has to offer along with current and trends and opportunities in the construction industry. As Neptune homes has a prominent history in residential housing industry, is would be prudent to utilise the resources and established networks that have been created. Remaining in the residential market will allow Neptune to continue their successful practices and methodology into an alternative emerging market, and accordingly increase clientele and revenue. The demand for residential developments in Queensland is expected to increase dramatically, with ‘The Queensland Plan’s’ call to double the regional...
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...photographs of Jupiter and Saturn? * Question 1 2 out of 2 points | | | Which of the following most likely explains why Jupiter's interior releases so much heat? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Jupiter is contracting very gradually. | | | | | * Question 2 2 out of 2 points | | | Uranus and Neptune have methane clouds but Jupiter and Saturn do not. Which factor explains why? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Temperatures on Jupiter and Saturn are too high for methane to condense. | | | | | * Question 3 2 out of 2 points | | | What would happen to Jupiter if we could somehow double its mass? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Its density would increase but its diameter would barely change. | | | | | * Question 4 2 out of 2 points | | | Which of the following is not a piece of evidence supporting the idea that Europa may have a subsurface ocean? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Astronomers have detected small lakes of liquid water on Europa's surface. | | | | | * Question 5 2 out of 2 points | | | According to our theory of solar system formation, why did Uranus and Neptune end up to be much less massive than Jupiter and Saturn? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Particles in the solar nebula were more spread out at greater distances, so that accretion took longer and there was less time to pull in gas before the solar wind cleared the nebula. | | | | | * Question 6 2 out of 2 points ...
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...Gemini Outlook for 2012 Gemini 5/21 – 6/21 Year 2012 Career Neptune, the planet of inspiration, moves back into your career sector this February to work its mystical glamour for the next several years. This is a time when your dreams and visions insist on becoming tangible realities. A quality of inspiration infuses all that you manifest over the next 12 months, so consider the world your creative oyster! No longer will you work just for the sake of earning a wage; rather, your career promises to become more of a soul-calling. The only downside to this influence is that it can sometimes bring confusion or disillusionment. If this is the case, trust that it's simply a necessary sacrifice that will later bring deeper levels of fulfillment. Mars, the planet of action, will be out of phase for the first four months of the year, putting everyone in a more introverted frame of mind rather than visualizing the future. You usually thrive on continuous movement, but this imposed pause in the action couldn't come at a better time. Use this energetic slowdown to properly integrate all your sources of inspiration and recent feedback. Your whole concept of work is in a profound process of metamorphosis right now. Saturn, the cosmic taskmaster, enters your work sector in October, where it will take up residence for the next two-and-a-half years. This is a time to transform your daily schedule and weed out any methods that waste time. You'll begin to take your talents more seriously and...
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...which is a star. It was also established that the sun due to its gravitational pull attracts all these planets which revolve round it. Apart from the Earth there are some other planets which go round the sun. These planets, however, vary in size and also in their distance from the sun. They have their own orbits, and the period of rotation also varies in each case. Some of these planets have satellites called moons, varying in number. Some do not have any satellites. Normally, if they do not have a counter pull, they should have been dragged into the sun by the gravitational pull. These gravitation pulls of the sun and the counter pulls of the planets are called centrifugal forces. The planets revolve round the sun in their own specific orbits. These planets could be arranged in an order based on their distance from the sun. The nearest to the sun is Mercury and the next is Venus. Third comes the Earth. Later in the same order come Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Pluto is the most distant planet. If the are arranged in the order of size, the order would be ; 1. Jupiter, 2. Saturn, 3. Neptune, 4.Uranus, 5. Earth, 6. Venus, 7. Mars, 8. Pluto and 9. Mercury. The solar system has a diameter of 17,900 million kms. The nine planets can be grouped into two groups: 1. Small but high density planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars and 2. big but low...
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...Abstract Eight planets, fifty-eight moons, thousands of asteroids, and billions of meteoroids and comets and one dwarf planet named Pluto orbit the grand star, the Sun. Around and around they go. These planets and other object came from a huge explosion. The Big Bang Theory, which states that the universe began as a dense and hot point that was less than a fraction of an inch and has continued to evolve into what it is known as of today. The origin of the galaxy seems a mystery. But over time, the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. Scientists believe a supernova or star may have formed the universe. When the Earth first formed, it contained gasses which dissolved into the Earth’s molten planet. When this formation happened from the smaller bodies, these were called planetesimals. But not all planets are the same. The Jovian planets are shrouded by thick atmospheres that are rich in hydrogen and helium. These planets were formed away from the sun. A shooting star is what individuals think of when they see a vapor stream of dust and gas shooting across the sky. The sun helps make this spectacle possible and could be a reason why early astronomers were so curious about the skies. When an individual looks up at the night sky, he or she can get lost in the vast beauty. Who wouldn’t get mesmerized? Introduction Our solar system consists of the Sun, eight planets, the dwarf planet Pluto, fifty-eight moons, thousands of asteroids,...
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...Go to hyperlink http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/my-solar-system and click on Run Now. 1. After the simulation loads click Start. Describe what you see in this simple sun-planet system. Specifically, what happens to the central object (the Sun)? Can you explain why the central object moves? HINT: Is gravitational attraction only the sun pulling on the planet? Does the planet orbit in a perfect circle? Is the sun at the center? Solution: Running the simulation we get the paths of the two body system as shown in the above figure. The central Object (The Sun) also moves along a closed path resembling a small ellipse. The motion of the central object must be attributed to the gravitational force acting on it by the smaller object causing smaller centripetal acceleration. No, the planet doesn’t move in a perfect circle. No, the sun is not at the center of a circular path. 2. Click Stop and then select 3 bodies. Then Start. Sketch a complete cycle (orbit). Watch the ‘funny’ object closely. What is it doing? Describe and explain. Could this be the Earth/Moon/Sun system? (Try un-checking Show Traces.) Is there anything you are uncomfortable with in the simulation? Explain. Can you explain the difference in the moon’s path when it is on the right side of the Sun compared to on the left side? (Turn Traces back on.) Solution: The smallest object which is behaving as a satellite to the second object appears to behave funny. But, it’s orbiting the planet...
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...that comes in to play here is copyright infringement. The song at questioned broke the law because it had likeness of another song and that Thicke used the former song to make is million dollar song “Blurred Lines”. The musician Thicke stole the intellectual property of Marvin Gaye when he created the “Blurred Lines” song. In a business such as a record company they type of trouble can easily happen. Managers that work in fields where copyrights are attached to every product that the business releases should be have a plan in place to identify copyright infringement. Millions and millions of songs have been created and there is n way of knowing if a certain theme of lyric would match one of those songs that has already been created. This case dealing with Robin Thicke could of avoided if managers at the recording studio took the time to research songs from the past and see if there were any similarities between “Blurred Lines” and any song from the past. In the world today this would not be a hard task and this is an...
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...What is the Solar System? The Solar System is a stellar system made up of the Sun and the planetary system that orbits it, either directly or indirectly. Of those objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest eight are the planets, with the remainder being significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies such as comets and asteroids. *The Planets of the Solar system and their name meanings Mercury- the messenger god Venus- god of love Earth- is the son of Gaia goddess of universe Mars- god of war Jupiter- god of lightning Saturn- god of agriculture Uranus- god of light Neptune- god of the sea Pluto- god of death Mercury is the smallest and closest to the Sun of the eight planets in the Solar System, with an orbital period of about 88 Earth days. Seen from Earth, it appears to move around its orbit in about 116 days, which is much faster than any other planet in the Solar System. It has no known natural satellites. The planet is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger to the gods. Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. It has no natural satellite. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows. Because Venus is an inferior planet from Earth, it never appears to venture far from the Sun. Earth is the third planet from the Sun, the...
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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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...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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...Ty Gilbertson 828811509 MU100 Ellins 2PM Assignment #2 Holst: The Planets Before listening to “The Planets” play list I was somewhat skeptical on how accurately Holst would portray each individual planet in music form. After listening to the songs I was impressed by how the artist personified each planet giving every planet a different tempo, instrument combination, and rhythm. My favorite songs were Mars and Mercury because Mars has faster tempo with strong horn and percussion sections and Mercury has an uplifting pace and pleasant string instruments. When I started listening to Mars I visualized an inter-galactic battle taking place with the song playing in the background. I didn't like Venus or Saturn all that well because of the somber tone and the slow pace didn't hold my attention as well. Overall I enjoyed The Planets play list and the artist did an excellent job representing all the planets in musical form. Beyond the Score Video In addition to the Holst the Planets play list, the Beyond the Score video, directed by Gerald McBurney, featuring Simon McBurney, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by Charles Dutoit, offers viewers a deeper more historical perspective on the musical piece. The video begins with a detailed look at Mars: The Bringer of War and how the uses of horns and trumpets have been used for thousands of years to frighten opposing armies before battle. In particular, the use of the bass oboe gives the musical piece the recognizable...
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...Planetary comparison Chris Bond SCI 151 11/30/10 Norm Stradleigh The make-up of the solar system consists of eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and two dwarf planets: Pluto and Eris. These planets all revolve around an average-sized star in which we call our sun. Before we begin comparing the planets within our solar system we must first ask ourselves what a planet is. First to be called a planet, the body must have its own orbit around the Sun, It should be spherical by the merit of its own gravitational force, and it should be the biggest, most gravitationally dominant object in its own orbit. Now that this has been explained, planets are broken up into two different types: celestial and Jovian. Celestial planets within our solar system include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the Jovian planets are made up of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The key difference between these two types of planets is simple: Celestial planets are made of rocky and metallic substances, which give it a surface, whereas Jovian planets or gas giants are primarily made up of large amounts of hydrogen and helium gases. The celestial planets formed within the warmer zone of the solar system with all the hard physical matter combining over billions of years to form planets. This explains their relative size as compared to...
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...as extrasolar planets. The solar system has been relatively well-studied, initially through telescopes and then later by spacecraft. This has provided a good overall understanding of the formation and evolution of this planetary system, although many new discoveries are still being made.[50] The black spot at the top is a dust devil climbing a crater wall on Mars. This moving, swirling column of Martian atmosphere (comparable to a terrestrial tornado) created the long, dark streak. NASA image. The solar system is subdivided into the inner planets, the asteroid belt, and the outer planets. The inner terrestrial planets consist of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The outer gas giant planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.[51] Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, and finally the Oort Cloud, which may extend as far as a light-year. The planets were formed in the protoplanetary disk that surrounded the early Sun. Through a process that included gravitational attraction, collision, and accretion, the disk formed clumps of matter that, with time, became protoplanets. The radiation pressure of the solar wind then expelled most of the unaccreted matter, and only those planets with sufficient mass retained their gaseous atmosphere. The planets continued to sweep up, or eject, the remaining matter during a period of intense bombardment, evidenced by the many impact craters on the Moon. During this period, some of the protoplanets may have collided, the leading hypothesis...
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...The most visible rings in the universe – Saturn Introduction Saturn is the 6th planet from the sun, its most well-known for the magnificent rings that surround it. These rings are the only rings in the universe that are visible from Earth, they only require a small telescope to be seen. This report shall discuss the planet of Saturn itself, and its magnificent rings. The Planet Saturn is the second of the gas giants in our solar system, and like the rest it’s much larger than Earth, having a diameter 9 times the size of our home planet. The planet is the least dense planet in the solar system with a density of 700kg/m^3, making it the only planet that could float in water despite its low density it’s still thought to have a rocky core. When you pair Saturn’s low density with its rapid rotation (1 day on Saturn is 10hr and 40m) it results in a flattening of the planet with its radius from top to bottom being 10% less than it is across its equator. (Image owner: NASA) Saturn is much less colourful than other planets in the solar system, and finds itself to have little variation due to storms and clouds that may characterise its neighbours. Like the majority of the universe Saturn is composed of primarily hydrogen making up 92.4% of the planet, with the rest being primarily helium at 7.4%, the rest of Saturn’s atmosphere is made up of small amounts of Methane (CH4) and Ammonia (NH3). Like Jupiter, Saturn also has some extreme wind speeds (up to 400km/h) and experiences...
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...Borderline Planet It is no question that the status of Pluto’s status as a planet has stirred up a lot of controversy in the past. A lot of people in these modern times grew up with acknowledging Pluto as the ninth planet. Not too long ago a critical debate was held to finally conclude on what Pluto really is. Nadia Drake, a science journalist from National Geographic provided a neutral view into the debate. Her article In a Planet-or-Not Debate, Some Astronomers Say “Long Live Planet Pluto”, which was published on September 27, 2014, discusses a little bit about what went down at the debate that was held at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics. She also goes in depth on the decision that discontinued Pluto as a planet in 2006....
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