Sedna Project - prompts
- Due Feb 23, 2021 by 11:59pm
- Points 8
- Submitting a text entry box
You are going to look over this document and answer four (4) questions about Sedna. You will pick your own questions from the following list.
CHOOSE TWO (2) OF THESE QUESTIONS: |
What is the shape of the path of an object’s orbit? An ellipse has two axes. What is the larger axis called? If viewed from Sedna, how large is the Sun? For whom is Sedna named? How does Sedna’s size compare to that of the Earth? the Moon? Pluto? What is the closest that Sedna gets to the Sun? What can heat radiated off an object help tell us about the object? |
CHOOSE ONE (1) OF THESE: |
What did the discovery of the distance of Sedna cause scientists to change in regards to their understanding of the Oort Cloud. According to the article, the “gravitational tug of a moon would” cause a planet to spin differently. In what way? |
CHOOSE ONE (1) OF THESE: |
What is the shape of the path Sedna makes in our (night) sky? What is a question someone might have about Sedna which was not addressed in the article? |
Please format it so that your grader(s) can understand (1) what question you are answering, and (2) what your answer is.
These "Sedna facts" are not fair game for your Unit Assessment.
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