âHello, after lots of time looking over these questions, I am still not quite grasping letters A - C. If I could get some assistance it would be much appreciated, thank you.
Martian Math Applying Conic Sections Even though we haven't discovered life on Mars, we know a lot of other things about the planet. Mars has a day about 25 hours l polar icecaps. M freezing and almost no oxygen in its atmosphere. Mars is often called Red Planet because red deserts cover its surface. ong, a pattern of seasons similar to Earth's, and ars also has surface temperatures that rarely rise above the Activity 1 a. Mars travels in an elliptical orbit with the sun at one Mars is 207,000,000 km from the sun at its closest point (its perihelion) Earth's orbit is almost circular, with an eccentricity of only 0.0167 of its foci. Use the data from the diagram to calculate a, b, and c of this elliptical orbit. b. Point P is the midpoint between Mars' closest and farthest distances to the sun. Use your values of a and b to write an equation of the elliptical orbit of Mars relative to a coordinate system drawn through point P (y-axis in gray). Use distances in millions of kilometers. c. It is also useful to define Mars' motion relative to the sun. Imagine a new coordinate system (y-axis in black) with its origin at the center of the sun. Rewrite your equation for the ellipse in this new coordinate system. d. Critical Thinking Explain how the eccentricity of a planet's orbit can affect its annual weather cycle. Not drawn to scale Mars is 249,000,000 km from the Sun at its The eccentricity farthest point (ts of Mars' orbit is aphelion). 0.0934