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ASTR 1101-001 Spring 2008. Joel E. Tohline, Alumni Professor 247 Nicholson Hall [Slides from Lecture02]. Simple Scale Model. Simple Scale Model. Simple Scale Model. Simple Scale Model. Simple Scale Model. Simple Scale Model. Assignment: “ Construct” Scale Model of the Solar System.
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ASTR 1101-001Spring 2008 Joel E. Tohline, Alumni Professor 247 Nicholson Hall [Slides from Lecture02]
Assignment: “Construct” Scale Model of the Solar System • Sun is a basketball. • Place basketball in front of Mike the Tiger’s habitat. • Walk to Earth’s distance, turn around and take a picture of the basketball (sun). • Walk to Jupiter’s distance, take picture of sun. • Walk to Neptune’s distance, take picture of sun. • Assemble all images, along with explanations, into a PDF document. • How far away is our nearest neighbor basketball? Due via e-mail (tohline@lsu.edu): By 11:30 am, 25 January (Friday) You may work in a group containing no more than 5 individuals, all of whom must be students in this class.
Assignment: “Construct” Scale Model of the Solar System • Sun is a basketball. • Place basketball in front of Mike the Tiger’s habitat. • Walk to Earth’s distance, turn around and take a picture of the basketball (sun). • Walk to Jupiter’s distance, take picture of sun. • Walk to Neptune’s distance, take picture of sun. • Assemble all images, along with explanations, into a PDF document. • How far away is our nearest neighbor basketball? Due via e-mail (tohline@lsu.edu): By 11:30 am, 25 January (Friday) You may work in a group containing no more than 5 individuals, all of whom must be students in this class.
Assignment: “Construct” Scale Model of the Solar System • Sun is a basketball. • Place basketball in front of Mike the Tiger’s habitat. • Walk to Earth’s distance, turn around and take a picture of the basketball (sun). • Walk to Jupiter’s distance, take picture of sun. • Walk to Neptune’s distance, take picture of sun. • Assemble all images, along with explanations, into a PDF document. • How far away is our nearest neighbor basketball? Due via e-mail (tohline@lsu.edu): By 11:30 am, 25 January (Friday) You may work in a group containing no more than 5 individuals, all of whom must be students in this class.
Assignment: “Construct” Scale Model of the Solar System • Sun is a basketball. • Place basketball in front of Mike the Tiger’s habitat. • Walk to Earth’s distance, turn around and take a picture of the basketball (sun). • Walk to Jupiter’s distance, take picture of sun. • Walk to Neptune’s distance, take picture of sun. • Assemble all images, along with explanations, into a PDF document. • How far away is our nearest neighbor basketball? Due via e-mail (tohline@lsu.edu): By 11:30 am, 25 January (Friday) You may work in a group containing no more than 5 individuals, all of whom must be students in this class.
Assignment: “Construct” Scale Model of the Solar System • Sun is a basketball. • Place basketball in front of Mike the Tiger’s habitat. • Walk to Earth’s distance, turn around and take a picture of the basketball (sun). • Walk to Jupiter’s distance, take picture of sun. • Walk to Neptune’s distance, take picture of sun. • Assemble all images, along with explanations, into a PDF document. • How far away is our nearest neighbor basketball? Due via e-mail (tohline@lsu.edu): By 11:30 am, 25 January (Friday) You may work in a group containing no more than 5 individuals from this class.
Assignment: • www.phys.lsu.edu/~tohline/courses/astr1101 • Click on “Calendar” link. • Access assignment (in PDF format) from a link under today’s class date.
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Calendar • Suppose you lived on the planet Mars and were responsible for constructing a Martian calendar.
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Calendar • Suppose you lived on the planet Jupiter and were responsible for constructing a Jovian calendar.
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]
Information on Planets[Drawn principally from Appendices 1, 2 & 3]