Slide 1 Primary-centric World-View proposes a Fractal Architecture of the Universe- A Post Copernican Conjecture. Bijay Kumar Sharma Retired Professor from NITP Currently…

Slide 1 Earth has formed in our solar system  We need to understand planetary formation Constraints: Astronomical observations Study of meteorites Study of planets Theoretical…

Slide 1 Astronomy 1 – Winter 2011 Lecture 18; February 16 2011 Slide 2 Previously on Astro-1 Beyond the giant planets –Uranus –Neptune –Pluto and the other TNOs Slide…

Slide 1 Basic Observations of the Night Sky Slide 2 Things that shine in the Night Looking up at a clear night sky, there are some obvious sights: Individual stars Patterns,…

Slide 1 The Phases of the Moon Slide 2 Is the Earth’s shadow is the cause of the Moon’s phases? Slide 3 NO Slide 4 True Scale of Earth-Moon System: Slide 5 Moon Takes…

Slide 1 Astronomy 1 – Winter 2011 Lecture 4; January 10 2011 Slide 2 Previously on Astro-1 Lunar Phases: –How do they arise? Length of the Month: –How long does it…