ClipXploration - From Stargazers to Starships 1


	ClipXploration - From Stargazers to Starships 1

skwirlinator

9-9-2007 4:10 AM

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"Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion," a one-hour overview lecture to teachers presented 23 March 2005.
Guide to the sections on Kepler's Laws which follow below.

10. Kepler and his Laws
10a. The Scale of the Solar System
11. Graphs and Ellipses
11a. Ellipses and Kepler's First Law
12. Kepler's Second Law
12a. More on Kepler's Second Law
12b. How Orbital Motion is Calculated

Optional: The 2004 Transit of Venus
12c. Halley's Method of Deriving the AU
12d. The displacement D of the track of Venus
12e. Deriving the Astronomical Unit

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<A name="q2">      </A><A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sastron.htm"><B>Introduction to this part</B></A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm">
1. <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Ssky.htm">Stargazers and Skywatchers</A>
1a.     <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Scelsph.htm">The Celestial Sphere</A>
1b.     <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Spolaris.htm">Finding the Pole Star</A>
2. <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Secliptc.htm">The Path of the Sun, the Ecliptic</A>
2a.    <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sundial.htm">Building a Sundial</A>
3. <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sseason.htm">Seasons of the Year</A>
3a. <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sunangle.htm">The Angle of the Sun's Rays</A>
4.   <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Smoon.htm">The Moon: the Distant View</A>
4a.    <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Smoon2.htm">The Moon: A Closer Look</A>
4b.   Optional:  <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Smoon4.htm">Libration of the Moon</A>
5. <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm">Latitude and Longitude</A>
5a.   <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Snavigat.htm">Navigation</A>
5b.   <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Scrostaf.htm">The Cross-Staff</A>
5c.    <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Scelcoor.htm">Coordinates</A>
6. <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Scalend.htm">The Calendar</A>
6a.    <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sjewcale.htm">The Jewish Calendar</A>   (optional) 
7. <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sprecess.htm">Precession</A>
8. <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Scolumb.htm">The Round Earth and Christopher Columbus</A>
8a.      <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Shorizon.htm">Distance to the Horizon</A>
8b.      <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sparalax.htm">Parallax</A>
8c.      <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Shipprc2.htm">How Distant is the Moon?--1</A>
8d.      <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Shipparc.htm">How Distant is the Moon?--2</A>
The central role of the Sun
9a.    <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sarist.htm">Aristarchus: Is Earth Revolving around the Sun?</A>
9b.    <A href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sshadow.htm">The Earth's Shadow</A>
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