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Physics
Measuring the orbital speeds of planets
introduction
a boeing 747 can fly 624 miles per hour. that’s pretty fast! right now, earth and other objects in the
solar system are orbiting the sun, but how fast are these objects moving? in this assignment, you will
calculate the orbital speeds of objects in our solar system.
part a: planetary periods
in the 1600s, johannes kepler discovered three laws that govern the motion of objects around the sun.
kepler’s first law explains that objects travel in an elliptical, or oval-shaped, path around the sun.
kepler’s second law explains that an object travels faster in its orbit when it is closer to the sun and
slower in its orbit when it is farther away. in this activity, you will investigate kepler’s third law: the
relationship between an object’s distance from the sun and the time it takes the object to complete an
orbit around the sun.
access the gizmo from within today's lesson. the exploration guide found within this simulation will
you work through the gizmo. click on the lesson materials link, which appears on the top left
corner of the screen once you enter the simulation, to access the student exploration sheet. use it as
you work through activity c and answer all parts.
part b: calculating orbital speed
every object moves at a different average speed in its orbit around the sun. in this activity, you will use
data collected from part a to calculate the average orbital speeds of each planet and of pluto.
1. recall that the path an object takes around the sun is an ellipse, and not a circle. however, to
approximate the circumference, or length, of each orbit, you will treat the orbits as circles. go
back to your notes in your student exploration sheet from part a. using the mean orbital radius
(r) that you recorded, calculate the circumference of each planet’s orbit and record it in the
table below. use the following formula to calculate the circumference:
circumference 2 = π r
2. using the periods you recorded in your student exploration sheet and the circumference of orbit
that you just calculated, calculate the average orbital speed of each planet and record it in the
table below. use the following formula to calculate speed:
distance circumference average orbital speed time period = =
the units of your answer will be in au/year.
3. to give you a better perspective of how fast these orbital speeds really are, convert the orbital
speeds you just calculated from au/year to miles/hour. 1 au/year = 10,604 miles/hour. record
your answers in the table below.
table
object
mean
orbital
radius (au)
(copy from
#6 in part a)
circumference of
orbit (au)
period
(earth
years)
(copy
from #6
in part
a)
orbital speed
(au/year)
orbital speed
(miles/hour)
mercury
venus
earth
mars
jupiter
saturn
uranus
neptune
pluto
drawing conclusions
4. which planet takes the longest amount of time to travel once around its orbit? which planet
takes the shortest amount of time?
5. how does an increase in orbital radius affect average orbital speed?
extension
perihelion
in astronomy, the term refers to the point in the orbit of an asteroid, comet, or planet at
which it is closest to the sun. aphelion refers to the point at which the object is furthest away from the
sun. research facts about the dwarf planet ceres. calculate the average orbital speed of ceres in
miles/hour when it is closest to the sun and when it is farthest away.
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Ответ:
5. The increase in orbital radius actually decreases the average orbital speed. This is a scientifically proven fact. The increase in orbital radius by 50 percent will decrease the average orbital speed by approximately 18 percent. On the other hand, the decrease in orbital radius will increase the average orbital speed.
Ответ:
So, actually, 4 is Neptune and Mercury and 5 is "the increase of orbital radius decreases the average orbital speed."
Explanation:
Neptune takes the longest to orbit, about 165 years. Mercury takes 88 days. Very short right? For the table, I'm not 100% sure. I need help with that lol
Ответ:
mainly today space shuttles are located in museums all over the united states of america to educate and show the wonders of them to daily visitors.
space shuttles were mainly used for scientific purposes. it was designed to go into orbit around earth, and to transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft.
the first space shuttle launched the 12th of april, 1981!
hope this ,
davinia.