Astronomy Assignment 1 PDF

Title	Astronomy Assignment 1
Author	Al Padoun
Course	Introduction to Statistics
Institution	Queen's University
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Name: Alina Padoun Date: 10-09-2018 Student Id: 20120938

Assignment 1: Kepler Table 1: Orbital Periods of Jupiter’s Moons Moon

Starting time

Finishing time

Days passed

Io

Feb 24 2:00am

Feb 25 9:00pm

1.79

Europa

Feb 25 7:00am

Feb 28 9:00pm

3.58

Ganymede

Feb 22 12:00pm

Feb 29 12:00pm

7.00

Callisto

Feb 25 12:00am

March 14 12:00pm

16.50

Table 2: Orbital Distance of Jupiter’s Moons Moon

Time of extreme position

Distance of moon from centre of Jupiter

Io

Feb 24 2:00am

2.25cm

Europa

Feb 25 7:00am

3.60cm

Ganymede

Feb 22 12:00pm

5.75cm

Callisto

Feb 25 12:00am

9.50cm

Table 3: Distance vs. Period of Jupiter’s Moons Moon

Distance from Jupiter in Ionian Units (I.U.)

Orbital period of Moon in days

Io

1.00

1.79

Europa

1.60

3.58

Ganymede

2.56

7.00

Callisto

4.22

16.50

Table 4: Distance Cubed vs. Period Squared of Jupiter’s Moons Moon

Distance from Jupiter in Ionian Units (I.U.)

Orbital period in days

Distance cubed

Period squared

Io

1.00

1.79

1.00

3.24

Europa

1.60

3.58

4.10

12.96

Ganymede

2.56

7.00

16.78

49.00

Callisto

4.22

16.50

75.15

272.25

Conclusion: As anticipated, the results show that the greater the distance of the moon from Jupiter, the longer the orbital period due to the longer orbital paths....