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DaveC426913
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I was perusing an astronomy homework site and came across a question in which they are asked to plot the positions of the 3 inner planets on polar graph paper. They are then asked questions about visibility and time of day in Earth's sky.
The table:
What strikes me as odd about this table is that it has the planets going around the sun clockwise. Either
- this is to be viewed from below the solar system's South pole looking up
- the sequence of 7 is last to first.
- the graph coords should be labelled in counterclockwise direction
Whichever way, it's going to be pretty confusing to figure out when the planets can be seen when.
Am I missing something?
The table:
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[FONT="Courier New"]
Location Venus Earth Mars
1 280 270 310
2 325 300 324
3 18 330 338
4 68 0 352
5 115 30 6
6 165 60 20
7 213 90 34[/FONT]
What strikes me as odd about this table is that it has the planets going around the sun clockwise. Either
- this is to be viewed from below the solar system's South pole looking up
- the sequence of 7 is last to first.
- the graph coords should be labelled in counterclockwise direction
Whichever way, it's going to be pretty confusing to figure out when the planets can be seen when.
Am I missing something?