SOLAR SYSTEM SCIENCE - Lawrence Hall of Science

Extra challenges:
A. Umbriel and Ariel. Find the distances between
Uranus and Umbriel or Ariel. Apply the same procedure
for Uranus’ other two moons.
B. Movement of the Uranian system.
Use images uranus20000918-0425.fts and
uranus20000918-547.fts in the “More Uranus” folder
to determine how far Uranus moves in an hour and
twenty two minutes. Assume that Uranus was 19
Astronomical Units (AU) away when the images were
taken on Sept.18, 2000. Also, for this telescope and
camera, at a distance of 1 (AU), each pixel spans
440 km.
Question 59. Find the
distances to:
Umbriel _________________
Ariel_________________
Question 60. How far (in km) did
Uranus move in 1 hr 22 min?
km
C. Find Pluto. In the “Worlds Galore”
folder, you’ll find four images of Pluto:
pluto20010624.fts pluto20010625.fts
pluto20010626.fts pluto20010627.fts
Find Pluto in each image and write down
the coordinates you find.
Question 61. Where is Pluto in each of
the four images from June 2001?
June 24: X = _______ Y = _______
June 25: X = _______ Y = _______
June 26: X = _______ Y = _______
June 27: X = _______ Y = _______
42 Global Systems Science — Solar System Science — Chapter IV. Planets