AstronomyTeacher

Planet reports defined. Due next week, around Wednesday.

Do you need an internet sticker? We give you permission slips.


Planet reports should include the following items of information:

Planet name
Symbol
Discoverer and date of discovery (if any)
Space Probe list (dates, country, probe name, type (flyby, orbiter, lander)
Pictures (3+) with URL or source credit on each picture
Semimajor axis of orbit* AU, how long would it take to drive there at 60 mph
eccentricity* -flat or circular or in between
density* - compare to rock, water
unique characteristic
temperature * F or C, state the scale, if a range, state the range
orbital period* earth years (Your age if you lived there)
diameter* km, compare to earth
mass* - kg, compare to earth
composition - what is the atmosphere made of, what is the surface made of. Available info varies greatly.
surface gravity - Use Gm/r^2, compare to earth at 9.8 m/s/s
perihelion distance* AU
aphelion distance* AU
Value: 40 points

CITE ALL REFERENCES. Photos should be given URL in the caption. All other references--page specific with no clicking--on the last slide. DO NOT CITE "nineplanets.org" without giving specific URL of the page and the date. Treat other references as MLA format, give title, author, publisher, date, page.

Rubric
5 ; can answer questions about the values stated, all values included, sources cited, presentation organized.
4: Presentation is complete, but missing one major component; responds to most questions; partly organized
3: Presentation is mostly complete but what is done is done adequately, several errors or missing pieces of information; cannot answer all questions asked; little or no organization; file is not in correct location on server
2: Incomplete, unorganized, but shows some information that is correct
1: No information displayed correctly, cannot interpret but assignment attempted
0: Did not present