The distance between two astronomical objects can be ex lifferent units. Determine the distance between the Sun hese conversion factors: -un-Saturn = 7.79 x 108 km 1 AU = 1.50 × 108 km LY 9.64 × 10¹3 km

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Q: Which unit of measurement is larger?

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Q: As we discussed, the radius of the Earth is approximately 6370 km. The Sun, on the other hand, is…

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Q: The radius of the Earth's orbit is 1.50  1011 m and that of Mars is 2.28  1011 m. The star that this…

A: The radius of mars is, R=2.28×1011 m The mass of the sun is, M=1.989×1030 Kg The gravitational…

Q: If a planet is 100 astronomical units from the sun, how long would it take to orbit the earth?

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Q: Suppose you discovered a new celestial body going around the sun. If it requires 512 years to…

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Q: Jupiter's third-largest natural satellite, Io, follows an orbit with a semimajor axis of 422,000 km…

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Q: How much more massive is Jupiter than the Earth? (The mass of Earth is about 5.98 x 1024 kg)

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Q: The fictional asteroid Lilliput orbits around the Sun one time every 3.605 Earth years. What is the…

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Q: Earth is about 150 million kilometers from the Sun (1 Astronomical Unit, or AU), and the apparent…

A: The expression for the luminosity of the sun is given as, L=4πd2b

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Q: MODIS is an Earth Observation sensor onboard TERRA spacecraft flying in a near-polar circular orbit…

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A: T2=kr3 T is the orbital time period in years r is the distance between planet and Sun in AU

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Q: What would be the distance to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri (4.4 light-years away). (Hint: Find…

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