Slide 1 How are the motions and positions of Earth and the Sun connected to what happens on Earth? Earth ’ s rotation on its axis determines the length of the day. Earth…

Slide 1 Astro Pages 22-23 Earth and Space Science THE CYCLES OF THE MOON Slide 2 The moon orbits eastward around the Earth once each month. You should be able to see the…

Slide 1 Slide 2 As Venus and Mercury orbit inside Earth’s orbit, they never get far from the sun and are visible in the west after sunset or in the east before sunrise.…

Slide 1 Lecture 11 Moon Phases and Eclipses Full Moon near Saturn The Moon will be full on Sunday, 4/17/11 so on Saturday and Sunday night it will be near Saturn, which reached…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Phases of the Moon 1.Earth’s moon orbits the earth in a little less than a month. 2.It orbits the earth in a counter clockwise direction when viewed from…

How are the motions and positions of Earth and the Sun connected to what happens on Earth? Earthâs rotation on its axis determines the length of the day. Earthâs orbit…

Slide 1 For Wednesday, Feb. 4 Reading: Section 2.6 Assignments: Mini-Project #1 (due today) Homework #1 (due today) Mini-Project #2 (due Wed. Feb. 11) QUIZ #1 FRIDAY FEB.…