Space Exploration Fun Project

1. Pick and animal and find its average mass.[kg] 29.5 kg

BABY PENGUIN!

a. include a picture to make my grading more fun

b.

2. Pick a planet (Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) MARS

a. Find mass, [kg] 6.39 10^23 kg

b. Find the average radius (might need to average the equator and pole

radii) [m] 2,106 mi

c. Length of a day time in seconds to rotate once

[s] 88,775.222
d. Find Mass of one of its moons [kg]1.06591016 kg

e. Find distance from your planet to the moon you chose [m] 5826
miles
f. Find mass of Sun [kg] 1.989 10^30 kg
 g. Find distance from your planet to the sun

[m] 141.6 million mi

Calculations (PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH UNITS)

1. What is the acceleration due to gravity on your planet? .38 G

2. What is the weight of your animal on your planet?

11.21 kg

3. How high could your animal jump if it has an initial velocity of 20m/s?

52.63 m

4. Calculate the escape velocity for your chosen animal on your chosen
planet

5.04

5. What would the orbital velocity be of your animal that is 40,000m above
the surface?

8.55e-12

6. Find the gravitational force to one of the moons (planet/moon)

0.0057
 7. Find the gravitational force of the sun (planet/sun)

1.611 x 10^27

8. How high would the animal need to be to be planet-stationary makes

one orbit as the planet makes 1 rotation?