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This lab asks students to create a mini solar system to scale, to be able to explain terms associated with orbits, and to demonstrate an understanding of Kepler's laws.
Hackworth, M. (1997). The Solar System. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from http://web.archive.org/web/20120113043745/http://www.physics.isu.edu/~hackmart/astlbsol.pdf
Hackworth, Martin. The Solar System. 1997. http://web.archive.org/web/20120113043745/http://www.physics.isu.edu/~hackmart/astlbsol.pdf (accessed 17 February 2025).
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