Friday, February 4, 2011

Wed., Feb. 9, 2011

Objectives: Relative sizes of planets & Stars
Analyze solar system data
Announcements: I will collect notebooks next
Wednesday - Table of Contents
Opening Data: Trans-Neptunian Objects







Check out this solar system model...
Where are the planets right now?
Solar system data & questions:
1 In an sufficiently large "ocean" which planets
would float and which would sink? Explain.
2. Which planet is the best sphere and which is
the most "oblong"?
3. Which planet has the longest day? Year?
4. Which planet has the shortest year yet the longest day?
Put them into the same terms so that you can compare them.
5. Look on the internet how many moons does
Jupiter have? Which has the most after Jupiter?
6. Which planet has the most tilted orbit and which
has a tilt closest to ours?