Read the instructions for this lab located in the attached document. Complete the activities and enter your results in the Lab document. Responses should be clear, with written explanations in complete sentences that fully communicate your conclusions and reasoning.
You are encouraged to complete the graphs using Excel or a similar plotting program. Graphs done by hand or other method should be readable and accurate.
The following resources can be useful for this lab. You are also encouraged to seek out additional resources.
The Titus-Bode Rule:
“Testing the Titius-Bode law on exoplanets” by Anson Lam
Summary article for astrobites, a site dedicated to accessible articles recapping recently published astronomy research papers.
https://astrobites.org/2014/05/19/testing-the-titius-bode-law-on-exoplanets/
Astronomical Unit (AU)
International Astronomical Union article on units
https://www.iau.org/public/themes/measuring/
Kepler’s Laws
Introductory review stepping through each law with figures and equations.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kepler.html
