Orbits Review

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Last updated almost 4 years ago

9 questions

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Match the Laws of Motion

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Kepler's Second Law		An object at rest will stay at rest, an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The horizontal diameter of an elliptical orbit		Eccentricity
The attractive force determined by the mass of 2 objects and the distance between them		Major Axis
The amount of time it takes for an object to make a complete orbit		Minor Axis
The vertical diameter of an elliptical orbit		Perihelion
The point in an orbit farthest from the Sun		Aphelion
The horizontal radius of an elliptical orbit		Focal Point
The calculated measure of how circular or oval shaped an orbit is		Orbital period
The point in an orbit closest to Sun		Gravity
One of the center points of an ellipse (in our solar system, one is the Sun)		Semi Major Axis

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Kepler's Second Law		An object at rest will stay at rest, an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force
Newton's Third Law		When two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction
Newton's First Law		Objects in our solar system orbit in elliptical orbits with one focal point being the Sun
Kepler's First Law		The closer an object is the the object it's orbiting, the higher it's velocity
Kepler's Third Law		The larger the semimajor axis of an orbit, the longer the orbital period.

Match the term with its definition

The horizontal diameter of an elliptical orbit

Eccentricity

The attractive force determined by the mass of 2 objects and the distance between them

Major Axis

The amount of time it takes for an object to make a complete orbit

Minor Axis

The vertical diameter of an elliptical orbit

Perihelion

The point in an orbit farthest from the Sun

Aphelion

The horizontal radius of an elliptical orbit

Focal Point

The calculated measure of how circular or oval shaped an orbit is

Orbital period

The point in an orbit closest to Sun

Gravity

One of the center points of an ellipse (in our solar system, one is the Sun)

Semi Major Axis

Newton's Third Law

When two bodies interact, they apply forces to one another that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction

Newton's First Law

Objects in our solar system orbit in elliptical orbits with one focal point being the Sun

Kepler's First Law

The closer an object is the the object it's orbiting, the higher it's velocity

Kepler's Third Law

The larger the semimajor axis of an orbit, the longer the orbital period. 

the shape of the object's orbit

the speed of the objects

the object's masses

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Which 2 numbers would you need to calculate the eccentricity of an object's orbit?

Semi Major Axis

Orbital Period

Major Axis

Minor Axis

Distance between foci

Object's Mass