Astronomy research paper Academic Writing

Write a 4 page minimum paper on one of the Astronomy topics listed below. Compare the Moon to Mercury Compare Mars to Venus Compare Asteroids to Comets Compare Ceres to Pluto and Eris (all are “dwarf planets”) Discuss the discoveries of Johannes Kepler and his life (at least half about his work on astronomy) Discuss the discoveries of Galileo and his life (at least half about his work on astronomy) Compare Io with Europa (2 of Jupiter’s moons) Compare Titan with Enceladus (2 of Saturn's moons) The Methods and Results of Studies of Exoplanets Discuss the Doppler Effect and Its Uses in Astronomy Possibility of Life at Mars, Europa, and Elsewhere in the Solar System Paper guideline are: 1. Topic Choice: Topics must be from the approved list found in this packet. You cannot turn in a paper from another class. 2. Length of Papers: Must be at least four pages of paragraph-form text (pictures/tables/lists etc don’t count) It is OK to leave some blank space on 1ST and 4TH pages but, combined, those two pages should add to at least one full page of text. 3. Typing Style: All papers must be typed, double-spaced, no fonts larger than 12, no margins greater than 1 inch. ***!!! 4. Bibliography: A paper must have a bibliography page, which does NOT count toward the total number of pages ***!!! 5. Sources: In your bibliography, you must have at least three sources other than your official class texts. ***!!! 6. Quotations: In the body of any paper, you must include at least two direct quotations of material from the sources in your bibliography. Use quotation marks or indenting to indicate clearly that these are quotations. ***!!! 7. Copying from Sources: Do not copy groups of sentences off a web site or out of a book or other source to compose your paper except in places where you put the material in quotes and cite a source. Your paper must be an original paper written by yourself. All sources must be cited in your bibliography. You shall not submit a paper that was not written in bulk by you for this class or which you already used for credit in another class. The instructor reserves the right to give no credit to a paper found to be in substantial violation of these rules. The school allows additional penalties and disciplinary action for a student who is caught in violation of the school’s rules on plagiarism and cheating. I can easily track down papers copied off the Internet using Meta-Search techniques and turnitin.com.