Earth-Moon-Sun System Answers

The table shows information about two of the major moons of Uranus.MoonOrbital Period (days)Average Distance from Uranus (km)Miranda0.319129,390Titania 8.71435,910What is the average distance between Miranda and Uranus?

Johannes Kepler is known for which discovery in astronomy?

If it takes a planet 2.8 × 108 s to orbit a star with a mass of 6.2 × 1030 kg, what is the average distance between the planet and the star?

Which statements describe the relationship of Earth and its moon? Check all that apply.The moon orbits Earth following a nearly circular path.The gravitational pull of Earth on the moon is parallel to the velocity of the moon.The moon orbits Earth in 1 Earth day.The same face of the moon always points toward Earth.The moon’s orbit is the result of the interaction between the moon’s inertia and the gravitational force from Earth.

Based on Kepler’s work, which best describes the orbit of a planet around the Sun?

The table shows information about the moons of Mars.MoonOrbital Period (days)Average Distance from Mars (km)Phobos0.3199378Deimos 23,459What is the orbital period of Deimos?

Which quantities decrease as the distance between a planet and the Sun increases? Check all that apply.tangential speedmassgravitational forcearea swept out in a daydistance traveled in a day

What is an astronomical unit (AU)?

The mass of the Sun is 2 × 1030 kg, and the mass of Saturn is 5.68 × 1026 kg. The distance between Saturn and the Sun is 9.58 AU. Veronica is solving the following equation to calculate the orbital period of Saturn, but there is an error in the equation.T = What should Veronica change to correct the equation?