Standard 4: Orbits

An object that orbits a planet

• orbit

• diameter

• moon

• the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Circular path of object in space

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

speeding up of an object

• acceleration

• orbit

• foci

• eccentricity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

fixed point at centers of ellipse

• major axis

• foci

• eccentricity

How circular an orbit is

• Eccentricity
• Color
• Temperature
• Diameter

If eccentricity = 0, the orbit is...

• a circle

• an ellipse

• a line

• a square

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

The time required for a body to complete one orbit

• diameter

• moon

• major axis

• orbital period

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Distance across center of sphere or circle

Half of distance across the center of an ellipse at its longest part:

• Semi-Major Axis

• Major Axis

• Minor Axis

• Orbit

The orbit of each planet around the Sun is an ellipse with the Sun at one focus.

• Kepler's 2nd Law

• Orbit

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Kepler's 3rd Law

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4