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Slide 1The Moon and Moon Phases Slide 2 Moon Orbits the Earth – but appears to rise in the east and set in the west due to earth’s faster rotation Slide 3 Slide 4 Moon’s…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Moon Orbits the Earth – but appears to rise in the east and set in the west due to earth’s faster rotation Slide 4 Slide 5 Moon’s Rotation =…

Slide 1 Chapter 12: Saturn Spectacular Rings and Mysterious Moons Slide 2 Saturn Slide 3 Saturn: View from Earth Saturn reaches opposition every 378 days. Saturn orbits the…

Sec 17.1 Structure, Origin, and Features of the Earth’s Moon July 20, 1969 – humans first landed on moon Retroreflector – placed on moon and designed to reflect a laser…

Constellations A constellation is a region of the sky. 88 constellations fill the entire sky. The Sky and How it Works Fig 1-1, p.20 Picture yourself standing at the center…

Chapter 3 Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon The phases of the Moon were introduced in Section 1, but without discussion of eclipses of the Sun and Moon. 1. Because of the…

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Observed Phases of the Moon R. Rogers, Nov 29, 2011 8th Grade Science Butler Middle School Full moon on Dec 10 Tonight Nov 29 Phases of the Moon as it revolves around the…