Chapter 27 Computer Lab Exercise part 1

A. Go to the following web site, then answer the questions which follow the link.

Planet Ages

1. Fill in the data for your birthdate to find the data for your age on other planets. Copy the data for your birthday listed for each planet listed, then read the explanation about why the data changes.

2. What did Johannes Kepler learn by using Tycho's observations?

3. State Kepler's 3rd law of planetary motion.

4. Why do more distant planets revolve more slowly than planets closer to the Sun?

5. Write an explanation as to WHY there are differences between a persons age on different planets.

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