The asteroid Psyche orbits the Sun like the other planets. Its period is about 1820 days. What is its mean distance from the Sun? (Note: this problem does not involve much calculator use, IF you set up a ratio, and use time-units of days and distance units of AU. 1 AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Will accept units of AU for distance.)
2006-10-13 18:47:29 · 2 answers · asked by JustWondering 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
An object whose period is 365 days has a mean distance from the sun of 1 AU (that would be Earth). So the ratio you need is 1 AU per 365 days or
1 AU/365 days. Then an object with a period of 1820 days has a mean distance of:
1820 days times (1 AU/365 days) = 4.98 AU or ~ 5 AU.
Peace,
Toby
2006-10-13 19:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by toby t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that makes no scence
2006-10-14 01:55:04 · answer #2 · answered by T.O. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋