EarthKAM
Jacob Pruitt
5th Period
Satellite Ground Tracks
O 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 east
O 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
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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 Bahamas
O 29 islands
O 661 cays
O 5,382 sq. miles
O 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 feet
O 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, Russia
Favorite Picture
O North of Japan
O 589 miles in length
O Rich in natural
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resources
Timber, fishing and oil
reserves
Mountainous terrain
Settled by Japanese
fishermen
50.15° N, 143.00° E
Nikon D2X Digital SLR
Super Slide
O Controlled by Lenovo
(IBM) T61p Laptop
O Mounting stability of
Window Observational
Research Facility (WORF)
and small camera
bracket
O Upside down pictures
O 50 mm lens
O 124 miles across by 83
miles vertically
Works Cited
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22 Nov. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes>.
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<http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html>.
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"Redirect Notice." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2011.
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"Stonehenge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d.
Web. 27 Nov. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge>.
"Tongue of the Ocean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_of_the_Ocean>.
capita, the terms of GDP per. "The Bahamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia,
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas>.
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