Assignment Task: By what criteria are planets considered either terrestrial or Jovian?"
Q1. "Compare the terrestrial planets and the Jovian planets, based on the following characteristics:
- Diameter:
- Density:
- Period of rotation:
- Number of moons:
- Mass:
Q2. "Using Kepler's third law, calculate the period of revolution of a hypothetical planet that is 10 AUs from the Sun."
Q3. "How does a planet's distance from the Sun affect the amount of solar radiation the planet receives?
Q4. "Explain how the nebular theory accounts for the differences in the composition of the inner planets compared to the outer planets.