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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. November 19, 1999 . Mercury And The Sun . ... TRACE Project . Explanation: Just days before the peak of the Leonid meteor shower , skywatchers were offered another astronomical treat as planet Mercury crossed the face of the Sun on November 15. Viewed from planet Earth, a transit of Mercury is not all that rare. ... About APOD > . ...

... Kepler's 3rd Law . 21a.Applying 3rd Law . 21b. Fly to Mars! (1) . 21c. Fly to Mars! (2) . ... For circular orbits around Earth, we found . ... The distance of a satellite from the center of Earth in meters is an inconveniently big number, even before we raise it to the 3rd power. ... The ratio r' = (r / R E ) is the orbital distance measured in units of the Earth's radius. ... 25 638 838) = 5063.5 From this . ... This is the practical form of Kepler's 3rd law for Earth satellites. ...

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