Question
"Opportunity and "Phoenbe are two of the robotic explorers on Mars. Opportunity landed at 2° south
Latitude, where Mars' radius is about 2,110 miles. Phoenix landed at 68° north latitude, where Mars' radius
Is about 790 miles. Mars rotates on its axis once every 24.6 Earth-hours.
How far does each explorer travel as Mars rotates by 1 radian? Drag and drop each number into the
correct box to complete the explanations.
Opportunity travels
miles and Phoenix travels
miles.
How many hours does it take Mars to rotate 1 radian? Round to the nearest hundredth.
It takes about
hours to rotate one radian.
Using this answer, how fast is each explorer traveling around Mars' axis in miles per hour? Round to the
nearest ten.
Opportunity is traveling around Mar's axis at about
miles per hour and Phoenix at about
miles per hour.