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Friday, January 21, 2011

Fri., Jan. 21, 2011

Objectives: Finish poster project
Constellations using the planisphere
Some planet data/Questions
Announcements: All assignments in today
Some recent APOD postings
Get out your planispheres and constellation notes
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?

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