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Oct 19 2014 05:17pm
The asteroid Preparation-A has an orbital eccentricity 0.19, and an orbital period 7.78. What is the greatest distance from the Sun that this asteroid experiences? [Enter answer in AU]


An undiscovered planet in our solar system sits at superior conjunction every 1.31 years. What is the semi-major axis of this planet (in AU)?


Consider a (fictional) space station which orbits the Earth. The size of the station's orbit is 76% of the Moon's. What is the orbital period of this space station?


You are traveling to the space station mentioned in the previous question. You have reached a distance of 151,000 from the Earth's centre and you look back towards the planet. How big does it appear? [answer in arcmin]


If a star rises at 4 am tonight, at approximately what hour will it set 3 months from now? [for 'units' put either am or pm]
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Oct 20 2014 06:27am
nvm, delete
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Oct 20 2014 02:03pm
GL. B)
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