The planet Mars is the fourth farthest planet from the sun. Mars is very similar to our planet, but it also contains some different attributes that make it unique. In the past years, Mars has increasingly been in the limelight for astronomers as they continue to study the fascinating qualities of Mars, more specifically looking … Read more
3.3.1 Introduction Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 27 known moons. Uranus’s moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and nine irregular moons. The inner moons are small dark bodies that share common properties and origins with the Uranus’s rings, the five major moons (Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, … Read more
As Team Leader of the Deep Freeze Folk, it was my responsibility to organize all of the research pooled together by my Technical Advisor and Systems Engineer and compile it into a presentation that was not only accurate and educational, but a little fun too. This is the last quarter of my undergraduate degree, and … Read more
Calculation: Use Kepler’s Third Law (M=(4Tt^2 r^3)/(GP^2 )) to calculate the mass of “Object X” from the orbit of its moon- whose orbital radius (r) is 64,780 kilometers and whose orbital period (P) is 38. 200 days-and knowing that the gravitational constant G= 6. 673? [10] ^(-11) m^3 [kg] ^(-1) s^(-2)(where m= meters, kg= kilograms, … Read more
The sky is illuminated by the sun, only the size of our moon this far out. The red dust swirls with a gust of wind and your movements are slowed by the weight of your spacesuit. Your progress across the barren desert toward the compound that houses the plants you and your companions need to … Read more