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Astronomy Ranking Task: The Solar System Exercise #2 Description: The table below shows some physical data for the eight planets in our solar system. The planets are assigned letters A through H Rotational Period Axial Tilt Letter Plane(hs) (sidereal Earth days) A M 58.9 244.0 0.01 177.40 23.45 25.19 3.13 26.73 97.77 28.32 Mercury1407.5 Venus5832.5 Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus 23.9 24.6 9.9 10.7 17.2 16.1 1.00 1.03 0.41 0.45 0.72 0.67 H Netune A. Ranking instructions: Rank the lengths of a day on each planet. Ranking Order: Longest 12_3_4_5 4 8Shortest or, the length of a day s the same for each planet.(indicate with a check mark) Or, the length of a day is the same for each planet.(indicate with a check mark) Carefully explain your reasoning for ranking this way: B. Ranking instructions: Rank the axial tilts of the planets. Ranking Order: Largest 1-_2__3__4_ -s Or, the planets are all tilted by the same amount.(indicate with a check mark) __8Smallest

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1) B A D C G H F E.

length of a day is determined on the basis of how long a planet completes a one full rotation on its axis.

earth and mars hasalmost same length of day.

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