Slide 1Physics 117 Chapter 4 A brief history of astronomy and Gravity Slide 2 Summary of the previous lecture Motions in space: decompose them along the three spatial dimension…

Slide 1 1. Ground-Based Observations of Mars and Venus Jeremy Bailey, Sarah Chamberlain, Andrew Simpson (Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University, Sydney)…

Slide 1 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 0 Charting the Heavens Slide 2 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Charting The Heavens Slide 3 Copyright…

Slide 1 Shape of the cosmos A talk at the University of Nottingham by Peter Rowlett History of Maths and where Gravity Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Watching the sky You…

Slide 1 a) the Earth orbits the Sun. b) the Moon orbits the Earth. c) stars are in constant motion. d) the Sun orbits the Earth. e) the Earth spins on its axis. Question…

Slide 1 1) the Earth orbits the Sun. 2) the Moon orbits the Earth. 3) stars are in constant motion. 4) the Sun orbits the Earth. 5) the Earth spins on its axis. Question…

Slide 1 KEPLER 22b Kepler 22b Slide 2 Johannes Kepler was born as child of protestant parents. He had six siblings, three of which died already at an early age. His father…

Slide 1 History of Mars Exploration  Analyze historical and modern Mars data to develop an evolving understanding of Mars.  Models how scientists have historically…

Todayâs topics Orbits Parallax Angular size and physical size Precession Reading sections 1.5, 2.6, 4.1-4.7 Motion of Mars on the Sky Earth-Centered Model Ptolemy (150 A.D.)…

Physics 55 Friday, September 2, 2005 Administrative Items Observation sessions this Saturday and Sunday, please come (especially on Sat.) Read the Physics 55 announcements…