Charon's orbit:
A) lies exactly in Pluto's orbital plane.
B) is highly inclined to Pluto's orbital plane.
C) is perpendicular to Pluto's equator.
D) is retrograde.
E) has not been determined yet.
Question 2
What contribution to astronomy was made by Tycho Brahe?
A) The planets' orbits around the Sun are ellipses, not circles.
B) The Earth is not the center of the Universe.
C) His observations of planetary motion with great accuracy proved circular orbits could not work.
D) His telescope revealed the moons of Jupiter before Galileo noted them.
E) Retrograde motion must be explained by epicycles larger than those of Ptolemy.
Orbit of Pluto
Close-up of Pluto
Although crassly put by the cartoonist, behind the glass ceiling lies this background assumption.
Plane of the Ecliptic