A Space & astronomy forum. SpaceBanter.com

Go Back   Home » SpaceBanter.com forum » Astronomy and Astrophysics » Astronomy Misc
Site Map Home Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Pluto’s orbital Period



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1  
Old March 14th 11, 03:38 AM posted to sci.astro
Peter Riedt
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 83
Default Pluto’s orbital Period

Pluto’s orbital Period

Using the formula P=sqrt((4pi2r3)/(G(msun+mplanet)) which was derived
from Kepler’s planetary laws, and using a value of 0.000000000066662
for the gravitational constant G we get the following differences (in
days) between the observed (in the case of Pluto predicted) and
calculated orbital periods:

MERCURY -0.0059718
VENUS -0.0106276
EARTH 0.0176480
MARS 0.1362043
JUPITER -1.6316242
SATURN 0.4371626
URANUS 1.3049705
NEPTUNE 1.8850109
PLUTO -285.4581278

The value of G used produces a difference of between -2 and +2 days
for the first 8 planets, sufficient to prove Kepler and Cavendish
correct. In the case of Pluto the difference of -285 days suggests
that one or more of the predicted orbital period (247.7years) or mass
or mean distance from the sun are wrong.

Peter Riedt
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Orbital Period of the Moon G=EMC^2 Glazier[_1_] Misc 0 April 10th 07 08:20 PM
Orbital Period of the Moon Matt Astronomy Misc 16 April 9th 07 09:26 PM
Orbital Period of the Moon Starlord Misc 0 April 8th 07 03:21 PM
Pluto has more moons than Charon, Hubble spots 'em. For me, this makes Pluto a planet, not just a KBO D. Orbitt Policy 0 November 1st 05 06:07 AM
Three aerospace innovators Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Orbital Sciences Combine strengths to design and build NASA's Orbital Space Plane Jacques van Oene Space Shuttle 1 October 15th 03 12:21 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:33 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 SpaceBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.