Terminology: Small-Angle Formula, Kepler's Third Law, Eccentricity, Semi-Major Axis, Orbital Period

Tutorials: Importing Images into MaxIm, FITS Header, Coordinates in MaxIm

a view of the Juno spacecraft in front of Jupiter

Exercises

  • Create a tri-color image of Jupiter from JunoCam data.

     

  • Calculate Jupiter's diameter in AU, using the Small-Angle Formula.

     

  • Estimate the angular diameter of Jupiter.

     

  • Calculate the distance between the Juno spacecraft and Jupiter in AU, using the tangent relationship.
     

  • Solve the orbital period of Juno, P, using Kepler's Third Law.

     

  • Convert the orbital period from years to hours.