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Swim Incentive

Spring 2013 - Swim the Solar System

Swim Across the Solar System!

 

With all the great discoveries being made in space recently, we thought it would be fun to "Swim the Solar System" for the spring swim incentive. To register, email Plexaqua@bc.edu with your name and stop by the Plex Pool to pick out your swimmer icon and place it on the swim incentive board. Track yourself as you swim from one end of the solar system to the other (distances have been scaled of course) and go where no man has gone before!

 

Rules

  • Start at the sun and make your way across the solar system, moving your icon as you swim the distances between each planet.
  • Keep track of your own distance and email Plexaqua@bc.edu every time you reach another planet!
  • Once you reach Neptune, try to swim back!
  • The top 3 finishers (Male and Female) will receive a prize!

 

Stops

Stop # Planet Distance Actual Distance in millions of miles Planet Type Length of a Year Length of a Day Avg. Temp. Moons
Stop 1 Mercury 1 Mile 36 Made of Iron and Rock 88 Earth Days 1407.6 Hours 332.6◦F 0
Stop 2 Venus 3 miles 67.2 Made of Rock with Sulfuric Acid clouds 224.7 Earth Days 5832.5 Hours 867.2◦F 0
Stop 3 Earth 6 miles 92.9 Mostly Rock 365.2 Earth Days 23.9 Hours 59◦F 1
Stop 4 Mars 10 miles 141.5 Mostly oxidized rock and metal (rust) 687 Earth Days 24.6 Hours (-85)◦F 2
Stop 5 Jupiter 14 miles 483.3 Gaseous Planet 4,331.6 Earth Days 9.9 Hours (-166)◦F 67
Stop 6 Saturn 19 miles 886 Gaseous Planet 10,747 Earth Days 10.7 Hours (-220)◦F 62
Stop 7 Uranus 24 Miles 1781.9 Gaseous Planet 30,589 Earth Days 17.2 Hours (-319)◦F 27
Stop 8 Neptune 30 Miles 2791.6 Gaseous Planet 59,800  Earth Days 16.1 Hours (-328)◦F 13

 

 

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