{"id":4221,"date":"2018-12-19T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/salehm\/?p=4221"},"modified":"2018-12-19T09:48:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T14:48:42","slug":"space-gravity-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/salehm\/2018\/12\/19\/space-gravity-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Space & Gravity Vocabulary*"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Orbit<\/span><\/td>\nA regular, repeating path one object in space takes around another one<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Satellite<\/span><\/td>\nAn object in orbit<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ecliptic Plane<\/span><\/td>\nThe sun\u2019s path as observed from Earth<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ellipse<\/span><\/td>\nOval-like shape<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perigee<\/span><\/td>\nThe closest point a satellite comes to the Earth<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apogee<\/span><\/td>\nThe farthest point a satellite comes to the Earth<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perihelion<\/span><\/td>\nThe closest point a satellite comes to the sun<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aphelion<\/span><\/td>\nThe farthest point a satellite comes to the sun<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Period<\/span><\/td>\nThe time it takes a satellite to make one full orbit<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orbital Plane<\/span><\/td>\nAn imaginary flat surface where objects orbit the sun<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newton\u2019s 1st law<\/span><\/td>\nAn object in motion will stay in motion unless something pushes or pulls on it<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Momentum<\/span><\/td>\nMass x velocity<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orbital Velocity<\/span><\/td>\nThe speed needed to stay in orbit<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LEO<\/span><\/td>\nLow Earth orbit – 100 to 200 miles above the surface<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GEO<\/span><\/td>\nGeosynchronous Earth orbit – 23,000 miles above the surface<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geostationary<\/span><\/td>\nSatellites orbit above a location on Earth<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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*Courtesy of Ms. Heather Whitehead, Woodworth Middle School, Dearborn, Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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