- Practical Exercise 1 RADIANS OR DEGREES?
- Practical Exercise 2 MARS IN OPPOSITION AND QUADRATURE
- Practical Exercise 3 MEASURING MERCURY AND VENUS
- Practical Exercise 4 “MERCUAN”
- Practical Exercise 5 THE EARTH FROM MARS
- Practical Exercise 6 HOW BIG IS THE MOON?
- Practical Exercise 7 THE MOON AGAIN
- Practical Exercise 8 PARAMETERS OF PLANET TRAJECTORIES
- Practical Exercise 9 LIKE FROM ANOTHER PLANET...
- Practical Exercise 10 FEET FIRMLY ON THE EARTH...
- Practical Exercise 11 GREEK, HOW BIG IS THE EARTH?
- Practical Exercise 12 THE MOON IN ACTION FOR THE THIRD TIME
Practical Exercise 9: LIKE FROM ANOTHER PLANET...
What would be the synodic orbital period of Saturn for an observer on Jupiter? Find the necessary information in aable 1, Practical Exercise 8.
Answer:
ahe mutual angular velocity is given as the difference in the angular velocities of Saturn and Jupiter 
, therefore , therefore 
.