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Eclipses and Motion of the Moon

Chapter 2. Eclipses and Motion of the Moon. a stro1010-lee.com. Survey of Astronomy. twlee2016@gmail.com. Chapter 2. Sidereal Day and Synodic Day. a stro1010-lee.com. Survey of Astronomy. twlee2016@gmail.com. Chapter 2. Lunar Phases. a stro1010-lee.com. Survey of Astronomy.

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Eclipses and Motion of the Moon

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  1. Chapter 2 Eclipses and Motion of the Moon astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  2. Chapter 2 Sidereal Day and Synodic Day astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  3. Chapter 2 Lunar Phases astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  4. Chapter 2 Solar Eclipse astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  5. Chapter 2 Lunar Eclipse astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  6. Chapter 2 Lunar Eclipse The reddish light in the Earth’s umbra that allows the moon to be seen even during a Total Eclipse is due to the long visible waves being bent by the Earth’s atmosphere, astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  7. Chapter 2 Lunar Eclipse During passage through the Earth’s shadow the Moon can encounter partial shadow, complete shadow or both during its transit astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  8. Chapter 2 Because the plane of the Earth’s a orbit and the plane of the Moon’s orbit are not the same, eclipses can occur only when the Sun, Moon and Earth are all on the same line or where the planes cross. astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  9. Chapter 2 Aristarcus of Samos (250 bc) • Interested in eclipses • Studied everything he could find • Recognized the geometry • Sun large and a long way away • Moon much smaller and nearer • Concluded • Earth revolves around the Sun • Earth rotates on its axis • Moon revolves around the Earth astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  10. Chapter 2 The Old Greeks • Aristotle • Phases of the Moon • Hipparchus • Star Charts • System of Stellar Magnitude • Precession • Aristarcus • Sizes • Erotosthenes • Circumference of the Earth astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

  11. Chapter 2 Go to Chapter 3 astro1010-lee.com Survey of Astronomy twlee2016@gmail.com

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