1- The following question is found in Student Exercises under part B - Solar Sys
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1- The following question is found in Student Exercises under part B - Solar System. Click on 'B6: Size and Scale of the Solar System ' and step through the nine exercises on size and scale. The following question is from the third exercise: 'The gas giant outer planets'.
Question 6: What is the approximate distance in AU between the sun and the farthest gas giant planet?
60 AU
30 AU
20 AU
15 AU
2- The following question is found under part C - The Planets. Click on C1: 'The Inner Planets of the Solar System', and step through the six exercises on the inner planets. The following question is from the first exercise: 'Orbits of inner planets'
From the view in the main window, which of the inner planets have the most eccentric orbits?
Earth and Mars
Mercury and Mars
Venus and Earth
Mercury and Venus
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The following question is found under part C-The Planets, C1: 'The Inner Planets of the Solar System', 5: 'Mars'
Mars has two small moons orbiting around it. Both are tiny and irregular in shape and believed to be captured asteroids. What are the approximate orbital periods of Phobos and Deimos, respectively?
7 days and 1 hour
14 days and 2 days
15 hours and 2 days 12 hours
7 hours 30 minutes and 1 day 6 hours
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Explanation / Answer
6. Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
Neptune orbits the Sun at an average distance of 30.1 astronomical units
so answer is 30 AU
2.
Mercury and Mars have the most eccentric orbits.
3. 7 hours 30 minutes and 1 day 6 hours
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