(60 POINTS) Go back and read the goals for this lesson on page 1. Form a summary statement for each goal, showing you understand and have met the goals of this lab. Be sure to explain all major concepts and relationships presented in this lab. (3-5 sentences)
1: Compare the masses, radii, and densities of terrestrial planets and gas giants.
2: Describe the shape of planetary orbits.
3: Discover Kepler’s laws:
4: Planets revolve around the Sun in elliptical orbits.
5: Planets speed up as they move closer to the Sun and slow down as they move farther away from the Sun.
6: The cube of a planet’s orbital radius is proportional to the square of its period.
7: Use Kepler’s third law to predict a body’s period given its orbital radius.
