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Solar System Database

The document provides instructions for using a Solar System Database, including tasks for students to complete by sorting and analyzing data. It contains questions about the smallest and largest objects, moons, planets, and definitions related to astronomy. Teachers are encouraged to demonstrate certain tasks, while students are tasked with exploring the database and answering specific questions.

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Solar System Database

The document provides instructions for using a Solar System Database, including tasks for students to complete by sorting and analyzing data. It contains questions about the smallest and largest objects, moons, planets, and definitions related to astronomy. Teachers are encouraged to demonstrate certain tasks, while students are tasked with exploring the database and answering specific questions.

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USING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM DATABASE

Here is the link to our Solar System Database.


Add to the database using the Solar System explorer
Use it, and the video, to complete the questions below.

> The ‘Data’ -> ‘Sort’ function in Google Spreadsheet can be used to help you answer the questions
below.
> The ‘Command + F’ function can also be used to help

FOR THE TEACHER TO DEMONSTRATE


P1. What is the smallest individual object on our database? Hoba (it is 0.02km)
P2. List the name of one asteroid from our database. Unknown
P3. List an object in the solar system that has Hydrogen on it. Sun or Titan (Jupiter’s moon)
P4. a. List the moons in order from smallest diameter to largest diameter

Deimos (moon of Mars)


Sao (Neptune's moon)
Phobos (moon of mars)
cordelia (moon of uranus)
Desdemona (moon of uranus)
Desdemona (moon of Uranus)
Naiad (Moon Of Neptune)
Metis (Jupiter's moon)
Nereid (Moon of Neptune)
Miranda (moon of Uranus)
Saturns Moon (Enceladus)
Uranus' Moons (Ariel)
Titania (moon of uranus)
Europa (Moon of Jupiter)
Lo (Moon of Jupiter)
Earth's moon
Earth's Moon
Saturn's moons (titan)
Triton (Neptune's moon)
Despina (Moon Of Neptune)
Saturns moon(Aegaegon)
Neso (Moon of Neptune)
earths moon

b. What trend do you notice about the size of a moon and the size of the gravity on it?
There is not enough information to answer this question.

Make a copy of the database for you to use and place in your student folder. Make a copy of
this document and place it into your student folder.
FOR STUDENTS TO COMPLETE
1. Sort the range by Column E, then Column I
a. List the planets in order from closest to the sun to furthest from the sun
b. What trend do you notice about the four planets closest to the sun compared to the four
planets farthest from the sun? (CHALLENGE: Can you explain this trend?)

2. a. Describe how you could use the sort function to order the planets from smallest to biggest
b. List the planets from smallest to biggest.

3. a. What is the object in the solar system that most objects orbit?
b. How many objects in our database are known to orbit this object?
c. What is the largest individual object in our Solar System?

4. Look at all the moons in our database. What do you think is the definition of a ‘moon’ (don’t look the
definition up on Google!)?

5. What is the definition of an astronomical unit?

6. a. What is the value of the acceleration due to gravity on the moon?


b. Is there gravity on the moon?

7. List the name of 3 dwarf planets

8. List the name of:


a.​ a moon of Jupiter
b.​ a moon of Saturn
c.​ A moon of mars

9. List the name of two comets.

10. List the name of the two asteroid belts that exist in the solar system and identify the location of each.

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