Satellite Altimetry and Earth Sciences Satellite Altimetry and Earth Sciences This is Volume 69 in the INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICS SERIES A series of monographs and textbooks…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Reflection and Refraction Slide 4 1.REFLECTION Most objects we see reflect light. Slide 5 2.PRINCIPLE OF LEAST TIME Fermat's principle: Light…

Slide 1Merop Ciel & Espace meeting 11 & 12 november 2006 www.astrimage.org/merop Slide 2 Merop : What is it ??? Enable to move telescopes (focus, moving) like a hand-controller…

1.Reflection andRefraction Chapter 292. Reflection• Reflection – some or all of a wavebounces back into the first medium whenhitting a boundary of a second medium•…

( ---38-7 range -has set, and that the day is therefore be if the earth had no atmosphere. mean by saying the sun can be seen ond, comment on the validity of his PROBLEMS…

1. IBN AL-HAITHAM (965-1040 C.E.) Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham was one of the most eminent physicists, whose contributions to optics and the scientific methods are outstanding.…

Slide 1Chapter 28 Reflection and Refraction Slide 2 Light takes the path from one point to another that is a.quickest. b.shortest. c.closest to a straight line. d.None of…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Index of Refraction Index of refraction of a material equals the speed of light in a vacuum divided by the speed of light in the material. Slide 3 Earth Sun…

Slide 1 Announcements Turn in Homework 5, pick up Homework 6. Another test this week! Same days (W,Th), same format as before. First project due October 13. Slide 2 Telescopes…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Reflection and Refraction Slide 3 Light interacts with matter Interaction begins at surface and depends on –Smoothness of surface –Nature of the material…