Eccentricity- Lab Practical Review

You will need: a calculator and a pen or pencil (to jot two numbers down on a scrap piece of paper later).

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• I'm not ready

Two push pins and a string will help you draw an ellipse. An ellipse represents an orbit. The shape is

• oval

• circular

What is the distance between the foci of this ellipse rounded to the nearest tenth. Zoom in if needed- if it's between two lines pick one. WRITE YOUR NUMBER DOWN!!

The line draw through F1 and F2 across an ellipse is called the_________

(two words)

What is the length of the major axis of this ellipse to the nearest tenth? Zoom in! WRITE YOUR NUMBER DOWN !!!

What is eccentricity of the ellipse (rounded to the nearest thousandth) ?

Is the eccentricity you calculated greater than or less than Earth's eccentricity?

• greater than

• less than

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4