episode 9: Astronomy
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orig. air dates: April 24 (friday) - 9:30am
April 26 (Sunday) - 1:00pm
Excerpt reading from: MAVEN Spots Dust Cloud, Aurora on Mars By: Camille M. Carlisle picture from: skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/maven-spots-dust-cloud-aurora-on-mars-0324201523/ |
Let's build our own set of mini satellites and use them to collect some pretend space debris that might have come from a comet or meteor impact. Will all satellites equally record the same information? To find out, we will need:
- a 1/2 gallon milk carton (or other thin piece of cardboard)
- scissors
- string
- Vaseline (or other petroleum jelly product)
- volunteer
- face mask (like the kind used when painting a room)
- penny
- permanent marker
- clothes hanger
- meter stick
- large pan (or flat box)
- a fine grainy material (like ashes from a fireplace or grill)
- and a baseball (or other similar sized object)
Does the average number of particles collected increase or decrease with orbit distance? What conclusion can you make about this?