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The table below shows the coordinates of the planets on September 22nd, 2006. Uranus and Neptune are listed, even though you
can't see them without binoculars or a telescope:
| Planet |
RA |
Dec |
| Mercury |
194 |
-6.0 |
| Venus |
171 |
5.5 |
| Mars |
188 |
-2.9 |
| Jupiter |
225 |
-16.1 |
| Saturn |
143 |
15.6 |
| Uranus |
344 |
-7.8 |
| Neptune |
320 |
-15.9 |
Explore 1. Your teacher will have set up a large, blank graph in your classroom. Get into groups of 2 or 3.
Each group will choose one planet from the list. Select a member of your group to put a dot on the graph at the position where your
planet was on September 22nd, 2006. Each group will place one planet on the graph. |
Question 1. Now that everyone is done placing their point on the graph, your class has made a map of the Solar
System as it appeared from Earth on September 22nd, 2006. Look carefully at the map. What does it tell you about the Solar System? |
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