ECTIVES Meteor Project Look at your friend's location as well as your own location. Create your drawing on a blank piece of paper. Your friend's location 1. Draw a circle that represents the Earth. 2. Draw a vertical radius line R, straight up. Use 6378 km for the radius of the Earth. 3. At the end of this radius, label your friend's position and latitude in City - Deadhorse, Alaska Country - USA Latitude - 70°N Alaska. 4. Above this radius line, add line Hthat represents the height of the Your location meteor. 5. Draw your meteor at the top of line H. 6. Label your position and latitude in California. 7 Draw City - Los Angeles, California Countru LUSA
ECTIVES Meteor Project Look at your friend's location as well as your own location. Create your drawing on a blank piece of paper. Your friend's location 1. Draw a circle that represents the Earth. 2. Draw a vertical radius line R, straight up. Use 6378 km for the radius of the Earth. 3. At the end of this radius, label your friend's position and latitude in City - Deadhorse, Alaska Country - USA Latitude - 70°N Alaska. 4. Above this radius line, add line Hthat represents the height of the Your location meteor. 5. Draw your meteor at the top of line H. 6. Label your position and latitude in California. 7 Draw City - Los Angeles, California Countru LUSA
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Meteor Project
Look at your friend's location as well as your own location. Create your
drawing on a blank piece of paper.
Your friend's location
1. Draw a circle that represents the Earth.
2. Draw a vertical radius line R, straight up. Use 6378 km for the radius of
the Earth.
City - Deadhorse, Alaska
Country - USA
Latitude - 70° N
3. At the end of this radius, label your friend's position and latitude in
Alaska.
4. Above this radius line, add line Hthat represents the height of the
Your location
meteor.
City - Los Angeles, California
Country - USA
Latitude - 34° N
5. Draw your meteor at the top of line H.
6. Label your position and latitude in California.
7. Draw a tangent line through this dot that intersects line H.
8. Draw another radius line that connects the center of the Earth to your
position in Los Angeles, CA.
9. Label the right triangle, label the angles A, B, and C, (Angle Cis 90
degrees) and label the sides (lower-case) a, b, and c.
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BJECTIVES
Mete
Locate the Meteor
Estimated time for completion: 10 – 15 minutes
Find the distance of the meteor from Earth.
1. Find the measure of angle A and angle B.
2. Find the altitude of the meteor to the nearest whole meter. Because the
meteor is directly above your friend in Deadhorse AK, this will also be
equal to the distance between your friend and the meteor.
3. Extension Question: Find the distance from the meteor to Los Angeles to
the nearest whole meter.
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