Questions:
- Complete the homework (30 points)
- Complete the table provided (20 points)
No Planet Mass (kg) Radius (km) Density
(kg/m3) Acceleration due to gravity (g) (m/sec2) Surface temperature (K) Distance from the Sun (km) Major constituents of the atmosphere
1 Mercury
2 Venus
3 Earth
4 Mars
5 Jupiter
6 Saturn
7 Uranus
8 Neptune
- Compare how the different values of the physical parameters you found in the table above create a different environment on Earth and Mars (20 points)
- Calculate the velocity a spacecraft should have to leave from Earth’s gravitational field. How is this velocity called? Given G = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2kg-2. (15 points)
- UAE is working on the MARS Mission by 2020. Collect information on the importance of Emirates MARS Mission and present to the class (As a Power Point presentation) (15 points)