Kepler's Law
How many laws did Kepler propose?
Three.
Define Earth's rotation
Spinning on an axis
24 Hours
Day and Night
What motion causes a year?
Revolution
Earth’s axis is _____ 23.5 degrees
Tilt, Tilted.
What is the purpose of the magnetic field?
What is Kepler's second law
two areas are equal to each other, than the time it takes to travel that distance is equal.
Define Earth's revolution
Earth’s motion around the Sun
Responsible for seasons
What motion causes day and night?
Rotation
This term occurs over a Period of 26,000 years
Precession
Which type of electromagnetic waves are the most dangerous?
Gamma
What is Kepler's third law
The further a planet from the sun, the longer its orbital period.
Define Earth's Tilt
results in the different hemispheres being tilted away or towards the sun
23.5
What is barycenter?
center of mass between two or more bodies that orbit one another–it is the point they actually revolve around.
What is Slight changes in Earth’s precession?
Nutation
Planet with the longest orbital period?
Neptune
Who was the German astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher
Johannes Kepler.
What causes Earth's seasons?
Hint *2 reasons*
Change in the amount of sunlight and angle the Sun hits the Earth
How many low tides and high tides are in a day?
2 each
An Oblate Spheroid refers to Earth's
Earth’s shape
What is Earth's Orbital shape and why?
What is Kepler's first law
Planetary orbits around the sun are elliptical in nature due to differences in mass between the planets in the solar system, and the sun.
What is nutation?
Slight changes in Earth’s precession
What is fusion? Where does this process occur?
the process of joining two or more things together to form a single entity (happens in the sun)
PRN means...?
Precession, rotation, and nutation.
What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere during March?
Fall (Northern Hemisphere it is Spring in March they are opposites)