Moons of Jupiter Lab

Students adjust the sliders to locate the orbits of the moons as seen from night to night around Jupiter. Kepler's propotionality constant is shown, and when all orbits and periods and radii are found correctly, Kepler's proportion should be approximately the same for all four moons.

 

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Resource Type
Activity
Tags
cosines  jupiter  kepler  moons  physics 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English (United States)
 
 
GeoGebra version
4.2
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