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Far above the earth's north pole the orbital motion of the planets is?
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It is anticlockwise (or counterclockwise), moving in the direction opposite to the hands of an ordinary clock. Most planets and moons (earth and its moon included) rotate in this direction as well.
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What planets air pressure is the same as it is 30 km above earths surface?
mars
Does Venus have a retrograde revolution?
Prograde. In our solar system, prograde is counterclockwise rotation or revolution. Retrograde is clockwise rotation or revolution.Clockwise and counterclockwise are "as viewed from above the Earth's north pole".All solar system planets have a prograde rotation except Venus and Uranus which have retrograde rotation.All the planets have prograde orbital motion (revolution) around the Sun.So, Mercury has prograde motion in both cases.
How would you classify the motion of the moon around earths as you view it from above earth north pole?
Viewed from high above the earth's north pole, the earth's daily rotation, the earth's orbital revolution around the sun, the moon's monthly rotation, and the moon's orbital rotation around the earth, are all counterclockwise.
What do we call a measure of height above earths surface?
Height above earths surface is called elevation
Why is it possible for two satellites to circle the earth in orbits with identical period but different heights above the earths surface?
It is not, because the altitude of the orbit is related to the period. If two satellites have the same orbital period, then they have the same altitude.
What is the point on earths surface directly above an earths focus?
The epicenter
What is the definition of epicenter and focus?
epicenter is the point on earths surface directly above an earthquakes starting point,or focus focus is the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
How many planets rotate in the opposite direction of the others?
Relative to the orbital plane, only two major planets appear to rotate (spin) in a clockwise direction,Venus and Uranus.Of these two, only Venus has lost its what is assumed to be its original counter-clockwise rotation. Uranus only appears to rotate clockwise, as observed from above the orbital plane, because its North Pole was somehow knocked over by 98° to technically become its South Pole.
What feature separates the rocky planets from the gas planets?
Depth of the atmosphere. Gas planets have the thickest and largest of atmospheres. Below gas planets atmospheres are pools of hydrogen or in some cases volatile ices that form in a giant ocean above the surface. It's estimated that Jupiter's rocky surface is only about the size of three Earths but the bloated atmosphere makes for most of the planet.
What is the difference between motion of electrons in an atom and the motion of planets in the solar system?
1. Electrons travel really fast at room temperature (at any temperature above absolute zero, which is unattainable in practice) 2. They take unpredictable orbits. 3. They don't orbit on the same plane like planets do. 4. Electrons bind to the nucleus with the electromagnetic force, which is different than planets, which are held to the sun by gravity.
What is the distance above earths surface?
Infinity
Is the retrograde motion of mars a real or apparent motion?
Retrograde motion is in the direction opposite to the movement of something else, and is the contrary of direct or prograde motion. The term is often used when discussing the APARENT motion of the outer planets against the background of the fixed stars. The planets outside the orbit of the Earth appear to move backwards along their orbital paths as our planet (Earth) overtakes them each year. They do not actually start orbiting backwards, it is a line of sight effect caused by OUR shifiting viewpoint. Apparent motion is motion as it is viewed compared to something else. For instance, the Earth rotates counterclockwise when viewed from above the North Pole. If you view Earth from above the South Pole the apparent motion is clockwise.
