EarthKAMJacob Pruitt5th Period

Satellite Ground TracksO Location

determined by latitude and longitude

O Orbit’s ground track determined by earth’s rotation

How does the Earth’s Orbit Affect Ground Tracks?

O Space craft fixed in space

O Rotates eastO Shifts to the west

during successive orbits

Location of Different Orbits

O 10° inclination of orbit A

O 30° inclination of orbit B

O 50° inclination of orbit C

O 85°inclination of orbit D

Volcanic Comoro Islands

• Ngazidja, Mwali, Nzwani, and Mayotte• 200 miles off the east coast of Africa• 7,746 feet active volcano on Ngazidja • 785 total square miles of islands• 12.08°S, 44.15°E

Andes Mountain Range in Chile

• World's longest continental mountain range

• 4,300 miles long• 430 miles wide• Split into several

ranges• Highest mountain

range outside Asia at 22,841 feet

• 27.60° S, 69.29° W

The BahamasO 29 islandsO 661 caysO 5,382 sq. milesO Bahamas' capital -

Nassau O One of the richest

countries in the Americas

O 24.39º N, 78.02º W

Tongue of the Ocean

O Deep oceanic trench

O Separates Andros and New Providence

O Drops 115 feetO 24.30° N, 77.30°

W

Stonehenge• Cumulus clouds• Flat base• May only be 330 feet above the ground

• Prehistoric monument• Constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC• Located in Wiltshire, United Kingdom• 51.10° N, 1.49° W

Sakhalin Island, RussiaFavorite Picture

O North of JapanO 589 miles in lengthO Rich in natural

resources O Timber, fishing and

oil reservesO Mountainous terrainO Settled by Japanese

fishermenO 50.15° N, 143.00° E

Nikon D2X Digital SLRSuper Slide

O Controlled by Lenovo (IBM) T61p Laptop

O Mounting stability of Window Observational Research Facility (WORF) and small camera bracket

O Upside down picturesO 50 mm lensO 124 miles across by 83

miles vertically

Works Cited

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capita, the terms of GDP per. "The Bahamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas>.

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