Rockets, Satellites, and Spaceships - Page 3
Questions
- How many man-made satellites are orbiting Earth?
- How fast do satellites orbit the earth? Does their speed of orbit relate to their distance from earth's atmosphere?
- How is the Hubble Telescope able to see such long distances?
- How does the Hubble telescope take a picture of the Milky Way?
- Where is Voyager 2 now? Where is it going?
- How do scientists guide space probes?
- On a journey to the Alpha Centauri star system, a space probe travels a distance of 4.12×1016 meters in 1.73×1010 seconds. Find its average speed in meters per second and how long did the journey take in light years?
- When we look at a picture of a galaxy, how is it possible that we see a disk form or a near perfect circle? Considering how long light takes to travel between the galaxy and the earth, shouldn't the images be more distorted?
- What is a man made satellite?
- What types of tools are used to study the universe?
- As the moon visits are still controversial to some people, why does NASA not use the Hubble Space Telescope to show images of the landing sites?
- How often do satellites take pictures of earth?
- How has the Hubble Space Telescope helped humankind?
- How can the hubble telescope see millions of lightyears away but is unable to take a clear picture of Mars?
- Describe how a satellite is put into orbit around Earth?
- How does the Hubble Space Telescope work?
- Do astronomers have satellites orbiting other planets in our solar system?
- How does the Hubble Space Telescope produce an image?
- What is the life span of satellites? What happens to them once they complete their service?
- What is the average lifespan for a man-made satellite?