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Keplers Laws Worksheet

Complete the following table.


Object

Mass (kg)

Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

1.991x1030
3.181x1023
4.883x1024
5.979x1024
6.418x1023
1.901x1027
5.684x1026
8.682x1025
1.027x1026
1.27x1022

Semi-Major
Axis (km)

Eccentricity

5.795x10
1.0811x108
1.4957x108
2.2784x108
7.7814x108
1.4270x109
2.8703x109
4.4999x109
5.909x109

SemiMinor Axis
(km)

Aphelion Perihelion
(km)
(km)

Period of
Revolution

Radius of
Object (km)

695,950
2,433
6,053
6,371
3,380
69,758
58,219
23,470
22,716
1137

0.2056
0.0068
0.0167
0.0934
0.0484
0.0543
0.0460
0.0082
0.2481
C

Some helpful information:


a=AQ
A

b=CQ
S

Q
b

e = SQ/AQ
Aphelion = a(1+e)

Perihelion=a(1-e)
Semi-minor axis =a1-e2
F=GM1M2/r2

T2=a3 1 orbit =2r G=6.67x10-11 Nm2/kg2

F=mv2/r

g=GMp/r2 velocity of orbit = GMp/r

escape velocity = 2GMp/rp

Acceleration
of gravity

Escape
Velocity

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