Exploration 1: Representing Orbits (Per 8) by BRIAN LOPEZ https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8 Add any main ideas, terms, pictures, questions, and anything else you think is important under your group's assigned section. en-us 2021-01-27 18:01:22 UTC 2025-08-03 18:21:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Javier C https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133966424 the planets and sun align on a orbital plane.]]> 2021-01-27 21:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133966424 Mercury and Mars have elongated orbits. https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133973063 2021-01-27 21:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133973063 https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133974973 as an object in orbit moves to the sun, its speed increases

]]> 2021-01-27 21:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133974973 Ramos aramos0378 https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133978397 2021-01-27 21:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133978397 The foci are on the longest axis and or major axis of an ellipse https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133978761 2021-01-27 21:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133978761 Rosalin https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133979167 motion of planets in space observable,even from a great distance.]]> 2021-01-27 21:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133979167 a planet's period of orbit is used to estimate the semimajor axis sxbv17 https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133980498 2021-01-27 21:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133980498 Monse https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133980554 The planets have elliptical orbits that are nearly circular.]]> 2021-01-27 21:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133980554 Monse https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133982151 An orbit can be modeled as an ellipse, a closed curve
defined by two points called foci]]> 2021-01-27 21:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133982151 Melanie https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133984167 the length of the semimajor axis is the average of the greatest and least distance from the sun]]> 2021-01-27 21:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133984167 Celso https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133984852 Foci can be a major axis and large.]]> 2021-01-27 21:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133984852 Monse https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133986194 In an orbit, the sun is
at one focus.]]> 2021-01-27 21:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133986194 Christian A. https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133986489 Distance is given in Astronomical Units (AU). There is also 3 laws named Kepler's Laws. ]]> 2021-01-27 21:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133986489 Monse https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133987397 In a planetary orbit,
the length of the semimajor axis is the average of the
planet’s greatest and least distance from the sun.]]> 2021-01-27 21:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133987397 Rosa https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133987491 As an object in orbit moves closer to the sun, its speed increases.]]> 2021-01-27 21:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133987491 The orbiting object’s potential energy (PE)changes in the opposite way-jocelyn https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133989368 2021-01-27 21:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133989368 Monse https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133989661 a round orbit is not very eccentric]]> 2021-01-27 21:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133989661 ANA https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133991494 Venus, Earth, and Neptune 
have the most circular orbits
]]> 2021-01-27 21:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133991494 How do orbits work and how is energy made to create the spinning of the planet?-Angel Perez https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133991739 2021-01-27 21:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133991739 https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133993713 First law: Each planet orbits the sun in an ellipse with the sun at
one focus.
Second law: An imaginary line from the sun to a planet sweeps out
equal areas in equal times. (This law relates the speed of a planet to
its distance from the sun.)]]> 2021-01-27 21:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133993713 Oscar https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133994253 the eccentricity of an eclipse can be measured by elongation which is how much it deviates from a circle.]]> 2021-01-27 21:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133994253 emily https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133995335 kinetic and potential energy both are gained and loss]]> 2021-01-27 21:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133995335 the energy changes depending on the dirrection either up or down https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133996661 2021-01-27 22:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1133996661 Melanie https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134001289 for a circle the semimajor axis is the radius]]> 2021-01-27 22:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134001289 Cristian Ramirez https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134001511 The potential energy changes to the opposite way]]> 2021-01-27 22:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134001511 emily https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134002262 this can often be compared to how a roller coaster gains kinetic energy and loses potential energy ]]> 2021-01-27 22:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134002262 Daniel Canales https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134005875 The orbiting objects potential energy changes in the opposite way]]> 2021-01-27 22:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134005875 https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134019378 as an object in orbit moves further from the sun, its speed decreases]]> 2021-01-27 22:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/b_lopez_/L1Ex1_8/wish/1134019378