AST 1002: "Study Guide" Table 6b

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Table 6b. Planet Group Summary

To help you understand and summarize planet group properties, make a simplified version of Table 6 ("General Planetary Properties") in your printed Study Guide.

Information for your table can come from class material, the Study Guide and your textbook.

An example layout follows but feel free to modify and embellish it for your own use. For example, I added a column to summarize extremes or interesting cases. (For simplicity and brevity, I abbreviated planet names.)

Planet Group Summary (Example Table)
Property Terrestrial Jovian Plutino Extremes or
Interesting Case
Size (Radius) Small Large Small T: Pl–Ea; J:Ne–Ju
Twins: Ea/Ve; Ur/Ne
Mass Small Large Small Similar
Mean Density Large (3–6 gm/cc) Small (3/4–2 gm/cc) Small Sa less than water
Rotation Slow (day or more) Fast (less than day) Slow Ea similar to Ma
Oblateness Small Large (over 1/100) Small Sa most oblate
No. Satellites None or Few Many None or Few Dbl. Pl. Ea/Mo;
Pl/Charon
Etc.
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