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Astronomers Ellipses Earth’s Orbit Planets Planets
Eleanor M. Savko FJ Ellipses Earth’s Orbit 4/8/2019 Planets Planets 1 pt 1 pt 1 pt 1 pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt
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First to use a telescope
To view the night sky
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Galileo
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Explained the forces Involved for an Orbiting body
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Newton
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Collected 20 years of data for a Danish King,
Had his nose cut off
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Tycho Brahe
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1st to put forth the Heliocentric model
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Copernicus
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Revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits
Suggested the planets Revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits
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Kepler
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Measurement of how non-circular an ellipse is
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eccentricity
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All planet’s orbits look like this shape
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circles
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The more elliptical the closer
The eccentricity is to the number _______
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one
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The ____ is located at one of the foci of the planet’s orbits
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sun
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eccentricity of an ellipse
The formula for the eccentricity of an ellipse
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Focal distance divided by
the major axis
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Direction of earth’s orbit
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counterclockwise
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First day of summer and winter
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solstice
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Number of hours of sun the North Pole gets on an equinox
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12
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Which 2 seasons does the number of hours of sunlight in Virginia constantly increase
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Winter and spring
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The earth revolve each day
Daily Double How many degrees does The earth revolve each day
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Approximately one
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retrograde rotation does
not effect sunrise
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Uranus
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Jovian means
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Jupiter-like
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Has the greatest temperature range
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Mercury
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Means earth-like
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terrestrial
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Planet with the fastest
orbital speed
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Mercury
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Hottest planet
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Venus
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Total number of moons the
inner planets have
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3
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Planet with the Big Red Spot
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Jupiter
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Why does Mercury have such a large temperature range
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One side faces the sun for approximately 30 days
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Which of these orbit the Sun:
Planets Moons Meteoroids Comets Asteroids Daily Double
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Planets Comets Asteroids
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What did Aristotle think stars were ? Greeks
Final Jeopardy Holes in the outer sphere around Earth that a light shone through What did Aristotle think stars were ? Greeks
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