Dance with the Planets I

The orbital period of a planet increases with increasing _____?

• Distance from the Sun

• Mass of the Sun

• Distance from Earth

• Social Distancing Measures

Looking down from North of the solar system plane, all the planets appear to be rotating counterclockwise.

• True

• False

At about 3AM in the early morning, what direction in space are we looking at if we are looking straight up at the sky overhead?

• In the direction opposite the Sun

• In the direction of the Earth's orbit around the sun

• Opposite the direction of the Earth's orbit around the sun

• In the direction of the celestial equator

The Diurnal Circle is:

• The path traced out by the planets as they orbit the Sun

• The path of exile

• The path traced out by the shadow of a sundial gnomon over a day

• The path traced out by celestial objects over a day

Planets appear to mainly move from east to west as they move ahead in their orbits around the Sun.

• True

• False

At Opposition, a superior planet is at its closest distance to Earth.

• True

• False

For a superior planet, the time between consecutive oppositions is equal to:

• Its sidereal period

• Its synodic period

• Its draconic period

• A tropical year

When viewed from the north in the sun-earth frame, in what direction do inferior and superior planets appear to rotate?

• Superior: Counterclockwise

  Inferior: Clockwise

• Superior: Clockwise

  Inferior: Counterclockwise

• Superior: Counterclockwise

  Inferior: Counterclockwise

• Superior: Pennywise

  Inferior: Likewise

As the distance of a planet from the Sun increases, its synodic period approaches:

• 1 Earth year

• 0.5 Earth years

• The sidereal period of the planet

• Infinity

I understood what's going on in today's talk.

• 100%

• Most of it

• ...kinda?

• braincells shrunk and died