Solar System B

[dxu46]

Does anyone know about how many near-Earth asteroids that we should put up? In other words, should we just find like the most massive and go from there?

Probably just the bigger ones, like Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, etc.

[OrigamiPlanet]

Does anyone know about how many near-Earth asteroids that we should put up? In other words, should we just find like the most massive and go from there?

Probably just the bigger ones, like Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, etc.

Ok, but I thought Ceres, Vesta and Pallas were within the asteroid belt, and that they were not near-Earth asteroids.

[MaxFRMS]

Hi! I'm new to this subject, any recommended textbooks for this and/or websites? Thanks!!

[dxu46]

Does anyone know about how many near-Earth asteroids that we should put up? In other words, should we just find like the most massive and go from there?

Probably just the bigger ones, like Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, etc.

Ok, but I thought Ceres, Vesta and Pallas were within the asteroid belt, and that they were not near-Earth asteroids.

They are but it might be good to have a good understanding of them since they are important asteroids.
And, on a side note, "near" is a relative term (Earth is near the sun and far from it at the same time)

[PotatoBoi]

How are you guys selecting surface features to study?

[bmd234]

How are you guys selecting surface features to study?

Do the largest and most significant features you can find. For example, don't go talking about random insignificant craters on Mercury, talk about something important like the Caloris Basin which is one of the largest basins in our solar system. If you find yourself writing about craters you can barely find information on, you probably don't have to write about that.

[BioassayRedundancy]

You only have to study the primary geological features of the terrestrial planets, notable asteroids, the moon, Phobos, Deimos, and Io, which should simplify the studying by a lot. And, don't overdo it, such as by trying to study every insignificant, random crater or asteroid and focus on large, important geological features that are likely to be on tests.

[BioassayRedundancy]

Probably just the bigger ones, like Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, etc.

Ok, but I thought Ceres, Vesta and Pallas were within the asteroid belt, and that they were not near-Earth asteroids.

They are but it might be good to have a good understanding of them since they are important asteroids.
And, on a side note, "near" is a relative term (Earth is near the sun and far from it at the same time)

Also, according to the official rulebook, you also need to study the Asteroid Belt, not just Near-Earth asteroids, so it's a good idea to just study asteroids in general.

[jmayo22]

On the Science Olympiad Division B Rules Manual it says, "Given a set of images of a particular feature, identify the specific name of the feature, how old that
feature might be, and explain how the feature was formed." under sample performance tasks. Does anybody know if there is a process to figuring these things out or if we are just supposed to have them on the notes page? Thanks!

[OrigamiPlanet]

On the Science Olympiad Division B Rules Manual it says, "Given a set of images of a particular feature, identify the specific name of the feature, how old that
feature might be, and explain how the feature was formed." under sample performance tasks. Does anybody know if there is a process to figuring these things out or if we are just supposed to have them on the notes page? Thanks!

A good idea is to try and get exposed to the names and have them in the notes, but do not put images of the specific features down. You would probably make the most of your notes if you only put statistics down of the feature, but be able to identify the features. Make a slideshow for that, it would be the most efficient, unless you have quizlet or Pro quizlet