Discovering New Worlds Final Quiz

Question 1

Kepler’s 1st Law

Answer 1

Most orbits are ellipses

Question 2

Kepler’s 2nd Law

Answer 2

The planet is moving the fastest near its perihelion and moving the slowest when its near the aphelion.

Question 3

Kepler’s 3rd Law

Answer 3

The farther away a planet is from the sun, the more time it takes to revolve around it.

Question 4

How is a stars size determined by?

Answer 4

Luminosity

Question 5

Perihelion

Answer 5

The point that is the most closest to the sun

Question 6

Aphelion

Answer 6

The point that is the farthest away from the sun

Question 7

Eccentricity

Answer 7

numbers that determine the eccentricity of a shape:
close to 0= the more circular the shape is
close to 1= the more elliptical the shape is.

Question 8

Habitable zone

Answer 8

the distance from a star at which liquid water could exist on orbiting planets’ surfaces

Question 9

Formula of eccentricity

Answer 9

Distance Between Foci/length of major axis

Question 10

Kepler’s 3rd Law Formula

Answer 10

Mass of host star x Period of Revolution = Average distance from the sun