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Why would it be wrong to use the same scale to show both the relative size of planets and their distance from the sun?
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∙ 15y ago
The distances of the planets to the Sun are far greater than the sizes of the planets. For example: the Earth is about 12,000 km in diameter, but its distance to the Sun is 149,600,000 km.
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What keeps planets from crashing into the sun?
Gravity draws the planets toward the sun so that they are essentially in freefall, but their sideways motion relative to the pull of gravity causes them to miss the sun by the time they would have fallen into it.
How are planets farther from the sun different?
The "outer planets" (gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are more massive and spin faster than the inner planets. Although their distance from the Sun means they retained cold outer atmospheres, they would be larger even without these dense gaseous envelopes. The outer planets do not have to move as rapidly in their orbits to counteract the Sun's gravity, as this decreases with the orbital distance. During planetary formation, the protostellar disc would have clumped at the appropriate distance for its velocity. Given this lower speed, and the greater distance traveled, the outer planets take much longer to orbit the Sun than Earth.
Would a spring scale work on other planets?
It would work the same, but measure the same mass as different weights depending on the planet. On the gas giants it would be hard to find a place to set it.
Find the change in the force of gravity between two planets when the distance between them is increased by a factor of five?
When the distance between the centers of two planets decreases to 1/10th of the original distance,the gravitational force between them increases to 100 times the original force.
Why do planets that are the same size have different surface area?
If you are referring to two planets of the same MASS, then the difference in surface area would probably be due to their relative densities. If one planet is composed of denser matter than the other, then the same mass would take up a smaller volume, and thus the surface area would be smaller.
How would scientists learn about Saturn being over a million miles away from earth?
They can scale the planets' relative distances from Kepler's laws. The absolute distance to Venus can be measured by its parallax seen from different places on the Earth's surface simultaneously. From those measurements the distance to Saturn and all the other planets can be calculated.
How do you scale down the distance between planets?
Scaling down the distance between planets is not feasible. The distances between planets in our solar system are vast, and scaling them down would require compressing the entire solar system. Additionally, altering the distances between planets would disrupt the delicate gravitational balance and have catastrophic consequences for the solar system as a whole.
How would you measure a distance on the map that is longer the scale bar?
Multiply distance by the scale bar
How would you measure a distance on the map that is longer than the scale?
Multiply distance by the scale bar
What is the relative harmonic minor scale of C Major?
"That would be A minor. Go a minor third below the tonic of the major scale to find the relative minor." Technically, there is no relative harmonic major to the key of C Major. The relative minor scale of C Major would the natural minor scale of A. A harmonic minor scale raises the 7th note of the scale a half step, giving us G#, which is not in the key of C Major.
How would you measure a distance on a map that is longer than a scale bar?
Multiply distance by the scale bar
How would you measure distance on the map that is longer than the scale bar?
Multiply distance by the scale bar
How would you measure a distance on the map that's longer than the scale?
Multiply distance by the scale bar
How would you measure a distance on the map that is longer than the scale bar?
Multiply distance by the scale bar
What is used to convert distance on the map to actual ground distance?
You multiply by the scale factor. For example, if the scale is 1:100,000, you would multiply by 100,000.
How would measure a distance on the map that is longer than the scale bar?
Measuring the distance on a map on a scale bar is easy. t is a tool called divider.
Does a planets distance from the sun relate of surface found on the planets?
because the sun is far away from Pluto the planets suface would be ice i hope that helped you.
