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Solar eclipses and hunting for planets

Solar eclipses and hunting for planets. Sydney Institute for Astronomy ( SIfA )/ CAASTRO – The University of Sydney. Dr. Paul Hancock. Overview. Types of eclipses What an eclipse looks like How to view an eclipse What eclipses can do for us More eclipses Planets outside our solar system.

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Solar eclipses and hunting for planets

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  1. Solar eclipses and hunting for planets Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA)/ CAASTRO – The University of Sydney Dr. Paul Hancock

  2. Overview • Types of eclipses • What an eclipse looks like • How to view an eclipse • What eclipses can do for us • More eclipses • Planets outside our solar system

  3. Types of Eclipses

  4. Types of Eclipses Moon Earth Sun Solar Eclipse Sun Earth Lunar Eclipse Moon www.MrEclipse.com

  5. A solar eclipse seen from space Penumbra Umbra epod.usra.edu (2011-08-02)

  6. A solar eclipse seen from the Earth

  7. A solar eclipse seen from the Earth

  8. The next solar eclipse Nov 14th 05:44 – 07:39 EST Port Douglas NorthernTerritory Queensland eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/

  9. Future solar eclipses

  10. Testing relativity wikipedia.org www.uh.edu/engines/epi1765.htm

  11. Studying the Sun's corona www.nasa.gov

  12. Scaring the un-learned Note: The Incas and Aztecs were actually skilled astronomers! from - Tin Tin and the Prisoners of the Sun - Hergé

  13. What about other kinds of eclipses? Phobos eclipsing the Sun as seen by the Opportunity rover on Mars nasa.gov and wikipedia.org

  14. Planetary transits lowlightmixes.blogspot.com.au

  15. Extra solar planets www.mpia.de/transits/minerva/transit_method.html

  16. Using transits to find extra-solar planets 2,326 Candidate Planets105 Confirmed Planets kepler.nasa.gov

  17. Summary • Solar eclipses involve the Moon passing in front of the Sun • There are solar eclipses on Mars! • Transiting planets are like eclipses • Transits allow us to detect planets around other stars

  18. 620ly distant~5°-10° warmer than Earth www.nasa.gov

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