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Grade 12 Planetary Motion
Which of the following relationships is being described in Kepler's third law of planetary motion?
  1. Shape of orbit and location of the Sun
  2. Orbital velocity and position in orbit
  3. Distance from the Sun and length of year
  4. Path of epicycle and position of the planets
Grade 12 Planetary Motion
For Kepler, what is the shape of the paths of planets surrounding the Sun?
  1. circles
  2. ellipses
  3. parabolas
  4. straight lines
Grade 12 Planetary Motion
Term used to describe the shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun.
  1. obliquity
  2. eccentricity
  3. equinox variant
  4. linear degradation
  5. linear orbit
Grade 12 Planetary Motion
What is unusual about the orbits of Neptune and Pluto?
  1. Pluto is sometimes nearer the Sun than is Neptune.
  2. They occasionally have near collisions.
  3. Their years have the same length.
  4. They are always on opposite sides of the Sun from each other.
Grade 12 Planetary Motion
What object orbits Earth in both the geocentric and the heliocentric models of our solar system?
  1. the Sun
  2. the Moon
  3. the asteroid belt
  4. Haley's comet
Grade 12 Planetary Motion
Consider a moon that orbits one of the most distant planets in an elliptical path. The distance that the moon covers each day is what?
  1. greatest when closest to the planet
  2. the same in any planet
  3. greatest when farthest from the planet
  4. one cannot verify at this point
Grade 12 Planetary Motion
What is located at one foci of the elliptical orbit of Mars?
  1. The Sun
  2. Jupiter
  3. Its moons Phobos and Deimos
  4. Haley's comet
Grade 12 Planetary Motion
What of the following is true about the area between P1, P2 and the Sun, and the area between P3, P4, and the Sun?
  1. The area between P1, P2, and the Sun is the largest.
  2. Both areas are equal in terms of size.
  3. The area between P3, P4, and the Sun is the largest.
  4. No enough information to determine such.