Student Exploration: Orbital Motion – Kepler`s Laws
... ellipse. Eccentricity is equal to the distance between foci divided by the total width of the ellipse. There are no units for eccentricity. Click Reset. Move the planet to r = –5.00i AU (does not have to be exact) and drag the velocity vector to set the velocity close to –8.0j km/s. Click Play, and ...
... ellipse. Eccentricity is equal to the distance between foci divided by the total width of the ellipse. There are no units for eccentricity. Click Reset. Move the planet to r = –5.00i AU (does not have to be exact) and drag the velocity vector to set the velocity close to –8.0j km/s. Click Play, and ...
EDCI 270 Project III
... Saturn is the least dense planet. If there were an ocean big enough, Saturn would float in it. Saturn is most known for it's amazing rings, hundreds of thousands of miles wide. Saturn is the farthest planet that can be seen without the aid of a telescope. ...
... Saturn is the least dense planet. If there were an ocean big enough, Saturn would float in it. Saturn is most known for it's amazing rings, hundreds of thousands of miles wide. Saturn is the farthest planet that can be seen without the aid of a telescope. ...
The Solar System
... Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun and it is an outer planet. Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU. Temperatures at the planet's center are approximately 5,400 K (5,000 °C). Neptune revolves around the sun once every 165 years. Neptune makes a full rotation in 16 hours. The diameter o ...
... Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun and it is an outer planet. Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU. Temperatures at the planet's center are approximately 5,400 K (5,000 °C). Neptune revolves around the sun once every 165 years. Neptune makes a full rotation in 16 hours. The diameter o ...
Solar System Model and
... 100! (This assumes the children take two steps per meter.) Space allowing, your students could model planetary orbits by walking around the Sun. See if you can get close to the correct year lengths for each planet! ...
... 100! (This assumes the children take two steps per meter.) Space allowing, your students could model planetary orbits by walking around the Sun. See if you can get close to the correct year lengths for each planet! ...
Lunation” Astronomy picture of the day August 29th, 2004
... model (Sun-centered) Solar System Copernicus was able to explain the retrograde motion of the planets just as well as Ptolemy. However, Copernicus’ model still had it’s problems. ...
... model (Sun-centered) Solar System Copernicus was able to explain the retrograde motion of the planets just as well as Ptolemy. However, Copernicus’ model still had it’s problems. ...
Kepler’s Laws—20 Jan • Homework 1
... • a = semi-major axis of orbit, in AU. (Average Earth-sun distance is 1 AU.) ...
... • a = semi-major axis of orbit, in AU. (Average Earth-sun distance is 1 AU.) ...
Chapter 18
... smallest in the whole solar system (it’s even smaller that Earth’s moon) • It has an icy, solid surface • Pluto has an odd, tilted orbit • If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth, you would weigh 8 lbs on Pluto. Pluto's Orbit ...
... smallest in the whole solar system (it’s even smaller that Earth’s moon) • It has an icy, solid surface • Pluto has an odd, tilted orbit • If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth, you would weigh 8 lbs on Pluto. Pluto's Orbit ...
Neptunus
... few years, it was obvious that there was something wrong with the motion of the planet, as it did not follow the predictions. Alexis Bouvard, the director of the Paris Observatory, attempted to calculate improved tables using the latest mathematical techniques, but was unable to fit all the observat ...
... few years, it was obvious that there was something wrong with the motion of the planet, as it did not follow the predictions. Alexis Bouvard, the director of the Paris Observatory, attempted to calculate improved tables using the latest mathematical techniques, but was unable to fit all the observat ...
a 3 (in astronomical units)
... significance as people tried to find meanings from the heavens. The planets as well as the Sun and Moon were each given a day of the week in their honor. Saturn-Saturday, Sun-Sunday, Moon-Monday, etc. ...
... significance as people tried to find meanings from the heavens. The planets as well as the Sun and Moon were each given a day of the week in their honor. Saturn-Saturday, Sun-Sunday, Moon-Monday, etc. ...
ASTRONOMY EXAM IS _____Weds, 2/5
... SQUEEZE YOUR ANSWERS into the little space given!! Staple your paper to the back of the study guide. 9. Where is Pluto located and why is he no longer a planet? 10. Why does Mercury have only a thin atmosphere? 11. How do astronomers explain that Venus rotates in the opposite direction from most pla ...
... SQUEEZE YOUR ANSWERS into the little space given!! Staple your paper to the back of the study guide. 9. Where is Pluto located and why is he no longer a planet? 10. Why does Mercury have only a thin atmosphere? 11. How do astronomers explain that Venus rotates in the opposite direction from most pla ...
Chapter13_New
... The perihelion distances of scattered disk objects are close enough to Neptune's orbit that they will eventually experience an encounter with Neptune and move into the planetary system. stellar Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) – A small, icy solar system body in an orbit beyond Neptune. ...
... The perihelion distances of scattered disk objects are close enough to Neptune's orbit that they will eventually experience an encounter with Neptune and move into the planetary system. stellar Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) – A small, icy solar system body in an orbit beyond Neptune. ...
Rings, Moons, etc
... Note: Meteor is only the name of the visible streak as the rock burns in atmosphere. ...
... Note: Meteor is only the name of the visible streak as the rock burns in atmosphere. ...
Planetary Cycles Witness To The Creator
... prophecies, including the return of Yahoshua the Messiah, are all linked to the Creator's three dimensional timepiece called “The Solar System”. In this the planetary cycles provide undeniable evidence of the existence of the Creator. ...
... prophecies, including the return of Yahoshua the Messiah, are all linked to the Creator's three dimensional timepiece called “The Solar System”. In this the planetary cycles provide undeniable evidence of the existence of the Creator. ...
as a
... 1. What is the order of the planets in our solar system? Ask students to arrange in order. Correct order is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. 2. Name key characteristics of each planet and how the sizes the planets compare to each other. Earth- only planet to s ...
... 1. What is the order of the planets in our solar system? Ask students to arrange in order. Correct order is: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. 2. Name key characteristics of each planet and how the sizes the planets compare to each other. Earth- only planet to s ...
Early Bird Astronomy
... Students will identify characteristics of the planets, sun, and moon. • Discuss the special features of the planets in the solar system. ...
... Students will identify characteristics of the planets, sun, and moon. • Discuss the special features of the planets in the solar system. ...
Lec – History4
... Example: An object that orbits 4 A.U. from Sun a3 = 43 = 64 P = √a3 = √64 = 8 yrs Object will take 8 years to orbit Sun ...
... Example: An object that orbits 4 A.U. from Sun a3 = 43 = 64 P = √a3 = √64 = 8 yrs Object will take 8 years to orbit Sun ...
Dineen- Pla-nots
... International Astronomical Union draft resolution had recognized 2003 UB313, the farthest-known object in the solar system; Pluto's largest moon, Charon; and the asteroid Ceres, which was a planet in the 1800s before it got demoted. 2003 UB313 has been nicknamed Xena, but has no official name. If th ...
... International Astronomical Union draft resolution had recognized 2003 UB313, the farthest-known object in the solar system; Pluto's largest moon, Charon; and the asteroid Ceres, which was a planet in the 1800s before it got demoted. 2003 UB313 has been nicknamed Xena, but has no official name. If th ...
(“Wanderers”)
... Example: An object that orbits 4 A.U. from Sun a3 = 43 = 64 P = √a3 = √64 = 8 yrs Object will take 8 years to orbit Sun ...
... Example: An object that orbits 4 A.U. from Sun a3 = 43 = 64 P = √a3 = √64 = 8 yrs Object will take 8 years to orbit Sun ...
DO IT YOURSELF SIMPLE TEMPLATE FORMAT
... Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630) discovered that the planets travel in ellipses, with the Sun at one focus. He also discovered that they move faster when closer to the Sun. Isaac Newton was able to demonstrate that a gravitational force coming from the Sun would have these two results. This was very st ...
... Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630) discovered that the planets travel in ellipses, with the Sun at one focus. He also discovered that they move faster when closer to the Sun. Isaac Newton was able to demonstrate that a gravitational force coming from the Sun would have these two results. This was very st ...
Moon Match
... The Solar System contains 1 star (the Sun), 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), 10’s of satellites that orbit the planets, dwarf planets (Pluto, Ceres, and Eris), 1000’s of asteroids that orbit the Sun, and billions of comets. For our Solar System the planets o ...
... The Solar System contains 1 star (the Sun), 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune), 10’s of satellites that orbit the planets, dwarf planets (Pluto, Ceres, and Eris), 1000’s of asteroids that orbit the Sun, and billions of comets. For our Solar System the planets o ...
Uranus - Uplift Peak
... Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third-largest and fourth most massive planet in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the Heavens, the earliest supreme god. Uranus the father of Kronos (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter). Though it is visible to the ...
... Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third-largest and fourth most massive planet in the Solar System. It is named after the ancient Greek deity of the Heavens, the earliest supreme god. Uranus the father of Kronos (Saturn) and grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter). Though it is visible to the ...
Dynamics of Centaurs
... announced in November that he had spotted a small object circling the sun beyond the orbit of Saturn, some scientists thought that he might have discovered the ...
... announced in November that he had spotted a small object circling the sun beyond the orbit of Saturn, some scientists thought that he might have discovered the ...
Lesson Plan on Kepler`s Laws of Planetary Motion
... 8. Halley’s comet has a semimajor axis of about 18.5 AU, a period of 76 years, and an eccentricity of about 0.97. The orbit of Halley’s Comet, the Earth’s Orbit, and the Sun are shown in the diagram below (not exactly to scale). Based upon what you know about Kepler’s 2 nd Law, explain why we can on ...
... 8. Halley’s comet has a semimajor axis of about 18.5 AU, a period of 76 years, and an eccentricity of about 0.97. The orbit of Halley’s Comet, the Earth’s Orbit, and the Sun are shown in the diagram below (not exactly to scale). Based upon what you know about Kepler’s 2 nd Law, explain why we can on ...
File the solar system
... • At this point in the solar system’s history, the Earth is like no other planet. What does this mean? • Life on Earth is possible because of it’s distance from the Sun, meaning the temperature is warm enough for water to exist as liquid while Venus and Mercury are too hot to retain liquid ...
... • At this point in the solar system’s history, the Earth is like no other planet. What does this mean? • Life on Earth is possible because of it’s distance from the Sun, meaning the temperature is warm enough for water to exist as liquid while Venus and Mercury are too hot to retain liquid ...