PLANETARY MOTIONS. KEPLERS LAWS (1) The path of every planet in its motion about the sun forms an ellipse, with the sun at one focus. (2) The speed of.
Astronomy Class Notes Jim Mims. Chapter 1 Fundamentals.
The Not So Noticed Solar System Asteroids Comets Astronomy is looking up ---Anonymous.
Eclipses. What is an eclipse? The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another. There are two types of eclipses that we observe from the.
Chapter 8 Vagabonds of the Solar System. What do you think? Were the asteroids a planet that was somehow destroyed? How far apart are the asteroids on.
What good is astronomy? Calendar Time Shade Driving Conditions Hunting Navigation Earth Orbit Seasons Sundial Shaded Parking Glare Shadow Moonlight North.
ORIGINS Oceans & Continents Crust Earth Solar System Universe.
Wednesday October 3, 2012 (Video – HTUW: Alien Galaxy Parts 6 & 7; Our Solar System)
Starry Monday at Otterbein Astronomy Lecture Series -every first Monday of the month- March 6, 2006 Dr. Uwe Trittmann Welcome to.
Amy Hoffmann. Star in the constellation Scorpio Greek for “Rival of Mars” or “Rival of Ares” Antares is sometimes mistaken for Mars when they’re.
© 2007, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Physical Geography by Alan Arbogast Chapter 3 Earth-Sun Geometry Lawrence McGlinn Department of Geography State University.
Astronomy 101 Section 020 Lecture 3 A Dynamic Example: Motions of the Earth and Moon John T. McGraw, Professor Laurel Ladwig, Planetarium Manager.