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Mars otherwise known as the “red planet” because of the iron oxide surface on the planet that gives it a red color coat, is one point five hundred and twenty four astronomical units away from the sun. That’s one hundred and forty one point six million miles from the sun making it the fourth planet from the sun. It can easily be seen from Earth because of its red color. According to Nasa, “Mars is named for the ancient Roman god of war”. The Romans chose the name God Of War because it “resembles…

Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch Mathematician and Scientist in the late 17th century. It becomes difficult at this stage to be any more specific than that, as his achievements are in fields so varied and so far-reaching that the only description of him that fits is ‘polymath’. Indeed, we are only learning of some achievements today, as his reticence to publish many of his works kept many of them from seeing the light of day for quite some time (Igorevich). He was born in the cold April of 1626 in…

into the heartland of the United States, and its southernmost point, Middle Island in Lake Erie is on the same latitude line of northern California. (Bercuson, Hall, Krueger, Morton & Nicholson, 2017). Canada has a wide variety of land featuring astronomical maritime terrains, more lakes and inland waters than any other country, thousands of islands, and the most immensely colossal coastline in the world. There are many paramount landforms, including the Appalachian Mountains, the Great…

development of the sine and a short review of the development of the remaining trigonometric functions. The paper ends with an instructional suggestion to teach the fundamental and Pythagorean trigonometric identities using a diagram composed of the unit circle and similar triangles that will allow high school students to discover the…

the potential for policy development. Policy development is an integral part Two years ago the hospital limited the use of LPNs to the clinics. Over the last year, the institutions have been slowly adding LPN back to the units. The hospital’s RN turnover rate has been astronomical after one year. We hired 100 new graduates. Less than 10 % of them remained in the hospital. There is a high turnover rate in the hospitals. These places the hospital in a quandary as the plan is to seek magnet status.…

Astronomy, the study of the universe, is said to be the oldest of the sciences. Ancient civilizations observed heavenly events such as the passage of days and nights and the phases of the moon. From ancient times until the Renaissance, astronomy was orientated on the most accurate description of motions of celestial bodies observed with the naked eye: stars, and mainly planets including the Sun and the Moon. One aspect of the sky which does not appear to change is the pattern of the stars.…

Modeling Periodic Phenomena: The Orbit of Mars Introduction Billions of years old, Mars is the 4th planet from the sun in our solar system and the last of the terrestrial planets before the asteroid belt. The planet neighbors Earth and has seen a plethora of exploration craft from our planet. Mars orbits around the Sun on an ellipse, as dictated by Kepler’s laws (which state that all orbits are ellipses). Mars’ elliptical shape is a lot less circular than Earth, due to its high orbital…

1. What are Kepler’s 3 Laws. Explain each law in detail and why it is important in astronomy. (3 pts) Kepler’s Three Laws that everything orbits the sun. The first law is that everything orbits the sun, all the planets orbit in the ecliptic of the sun which clear up a lot of the problems with the tycho model in retrograde motion. Ellipses. The second law is equal areas in equal times. Equal Areas. And the third law is the mathematical relationship equating distance from the sun, average…

times wider than Earth. And its mass is 318 times bigger than the earth. In practical comparison, if the Earth was the size of a penny, Jupiter would be as big as a soccer ball. The massive planet lies about 484 miles from the sun. Making it 5.2 astronomical units away. At this distance, it takes the sun about 45 minutes to travel to…

Samsung is atop the smartphone industry while also having a small hand in other electronic items such as home theater systems, televisions, computers, wearable tech accessories, digital cameras and camcorders and home appliances. There are two major competitions that I believe Samsung has and these are Sony and Apple. Apple is a direct completion in the smartphone industry while Sony also has a footing in the smart phone industry with their Sony Xperia; Samsung still dominates the Android…