🧩 Adventure 15 – Activity 2
Look for patterns across the Solar System
Use the full planetary charts and data tables to answer the questions below. You will make observations about orbital speed, orbit size, and orbital period as distance from the Sun increases.
📊 Planetary Data Charts and Tables
Study the table and graphs carefully. As the planets get farther from the Sun, compare how distance, orbit size, speed, and period change.
Use both the charts and the data table to spot patterns before answering the questions below.
🔥 Questions
1. As distance from the Sun increases, what happens to orbital speed? Explain.
2. As distance from the Sun increases, what happens to all the other variables? Explain.
3. What is the relationship between period T and the variable r^(3/2)?
4. Using the formulas for v and T, can you explain the relation in question 3?
5. What other interesting relations or facts do you find in these data and charts?
