1. On A Clear Day Maria Garcia Jessica Jimenez Anallely Guerrero
Shweta Gyasi

2. Parts 1-2
Writing/Developing/Calculating a Formula

3. Part 1: Writing/Developing a Formula
How many feet are in a mile? 5280 ft.
How would you convert 15 ft to miles?
How Would you represent h feet in miles?
A. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to write an equation relating r, d, & h.
B. Solve for d.
C. In the equation found in part b, replace the h with the answer from #3.

4. Part 2: Calculating the Formula
Explain why the formula found in Part 1c in approximately equivalent to
It is approximately equivalent because if you would to plug in something for h to the original equation found in Part 1: 4c , the number would be too small to take into consideration.

5. PARTS 3
Researching Planet Radii

6. Planet Radii Planet Radius Mercury 1515.52 mi Venus 3760.54 mi Earth
Mars mi
Jupiter mi
Saturn mi
Uranus mi
Neptune mi
Pluto* mi

7. PARTS 4
Using the Formula

8. Using the formula and the radius of the Earth in Part 3, determine how far you can see on a clear day. (Hint: Plug in your height for h)
Solve the formula for h.
Using the formula from #2 and radii found in Part 3, determine how tall a person would have to be on Saturn to see 7 mi to the horizon.

9. 4. Using the formula from #2 and radii found in Part 3, determine how tall a person would have to be on Saturn to see 7 mi to the horizon. 5. Could a person possible see 7 mi to the horizon on Saturn? Why or why not? No, because there is no person that is that tall. 6. Could a person possibly see 7 mi to the horizon on Saturn? Why or why not? No, because people can not live there

10. Parts 5-6
Graphing Formulas & Visual Display

12. Interesting Facts about Mars….
Mars has the largest canyon in the solar system.
It has the largest volcano in the solar system (Olympus Mons), which covers an area about the size of Arizona.
About every two years the Earth and Mars come close together.
The planet has two moons, Deimos and Phobos.
Mars was named by the Romans for their god of war because of its red, bloodlike color.

13. Mars Using the formula :
I found the distance in miles by plugging in my height, and the planet’s (Mars) radius.
Which translates to : ft.

14. Mars: Formula & Graph
Graph
Formula

16. Distance from Sun     Approximately 466 million miles
Number of Moons     62 moons have been identified     Ganymede is the largest moon -- it is bigger than both Mercury and Pluto
Diameter     85,788 miles     the largest planet -- more than 12 Earths could line up across it!     scientists use the planet's gravity to accelerate spacecraft so they can reach Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Composition     a giant ball of mostly hydrogen and helium
Length of Day     9 hours, 55 minutes in Earth time (the length of one rotation)
Length of a Year     12 Earth years   (the length of one orbit around the sun)
Name     named for the king of the Roman gods.
Visited by     Pioneer 11, Viking, Galileo, Cassini and others
Jupiter #5
Part 5 & 6:

17. Jupiter’s FORMULA & GRAPH

18. Uranus =4.847 Facts: 4.847miles = 25592.16 feet :D =13.2446
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.
Uranus is a giant gas planets which is made up of mostly rock and various ices.
Uranus has been visited by only one spacecraft, Voyager 2 on Jan
Uranus spins differently from most planets. It seems to be tilted "sideways" instead of right-side up. At the time of Voyager 2’ passage, Uranus' south pole was pointed almost directly at the Sun.
Uranus has 15 known moons. Voyager 2 discovered 10 small moons in addition to the 5 large ones already known. It is likely that there are many more tiny moons within the rings.
= feet :D =

19. Uranus

20. Uranus
Formula
Graph

21. Neptune
I choose a Neptune, a planet. It is an eighth planet in the solar system.
With my height and the formula given I found that visible distance is ft in order to see my chosen Planet, Neptune.

22. Facts of Neptune Facts about Neptune
False-color image of Neptune. Red areas are semitransparent haze covering planet.
Facts about Neptune
Topic
Data
Diameter
49,572 km
Density
1.64 g/cm3
Mass
1.024 x 1026 kg
Volume
6.379 x 1013 km3
Temperature Range
-223° C to >-220° C
Atmosphere
Hydrogen, Helium, Methane
Winds
Up to 2400 m/s
Moons 13
Average Distance from Sun
4,504,300,000 km
Orbital Period
164 Years, 288 Days, 13.0 Hours
Rotation
0 Days, Hours
Tilt
28.31°
Rings
Yes
Composition
Hydrogen and Helium
Magnetic Field
Up to 20 times its radius
Cloud systems in Neptune's southern hemisphere.
Neptune's Great Dark Spot
Neptune's rings

23. Neptune
Formula
Graph

24. Yes, we learned about the teamwork as especially about communication.
Summary!!!
For the shortcut, we used the calculator and the length converter for solving the formulas and equations.
We learned lot of things such as how tall a person would have to be to see the horizon.
Yes, we learned about the teamwork as especially about communication.
The hardest part of the project was part 1. it was hard because we did not know about the height part and we spend like 2 days in finding onle that part.
The easiest part of the project was part 5. it was easy because we already had the formulas and know how to solve it, from part 4.