If you lived in a world where people regularly traveled at speeds near the speed of light, why would it be risky to make a dental appointment for 10:00 AM next Thursday?
ASTRONOMY AST 1001-0001 RILEY WEEK 4 WEEK FOUR LECTURE NOTES THE SOLAR SYSTEM • Terrestrial planets- 4 inner • Jovial planets- 4 outer • Our solar system is a very small part of the universe • Solar objects o Oort Cloud o Kulper Belt objects o Dwarf Planets (Pluto, Ceres, Eris) o 336 Moons (and counting) o 8 Planets o 1 Sun • Incline of Orbits o Except for Mercury, all orbits are on close to the same plane, the Eliptic o Mercury is 7° to the eliptic o Solar system-pretty much flat o Pluto is 37° at an incline • The ORBITAL PERIOD is how long it takes to go around the sun • You can measure the rotation period by direct observation • The solar syste
