Motion of the Planets. EXAM ON MONDAY I’ll have a Mock exam to work on Friday.

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Motion of the Planets

EXAM ON MONDAY I’ll have a Mock exam to work on Friday

Solar Eclipse Freds_excellent_eclipse.mpg

Solar Eclipses Umbra – region of total shadow Penumbra – region of partial shadow Totality lasts only a few minutes! Why isn’t there a solar eclipse every month?

Solar Corona

Inside the Umbra

Annular Eclipse 1 3 2

Lunar Eclipses Moon moves into earth’s shadow… …and out of it (takes hours!)

Don’t miss the eclipse in 2 weeks Rare Celestial Event Won't Happen Again Until 2033

Partial Eclipse

Not an Eclipse !

Towards Totality

Almost total…

Totality

Moon’s orbit is tilted wrt the ecliptic

Activity: Moon Phases Pick up a worksheet Form a group of 3-4 people Work on the questions on the sheet Fill out the sheet and put your name on top Hold on to the sheet until we’ve talked about the correct answers I’ll come around to help out !

“Strange” motion of the Planets Planets usually move from W to E relative to the stars, but sometimes strangely turn around in a loop, the so- called retrograde motion

MARS AND URANUS SEE SKYGAZER: PATH OF THE PLANETS Tunc Tezel brighter, loopy dimmer, straight dimmer, straight

MARS 2005 Simulation of Mars 2003 is also on this Webpage by C. Seligmanthis Webpage

Apparent Motion of Planets in the Sky Here: Mars relative to (the stars of) Aquarius Note that Mars and Taurus would rise and set many times while this motion of Mars with respect to Aquarius happens! (by Eugene Alvin Villar)

Confusion Don’t confuse “orbit” with “path in the sky” Potentially confusing, double meaning of “South”, etc. –“North” and “South” are used in two different coordinate systems Equatorial (fixed stars): North means “closer to the CNP” Observer (horizon, stars not fixed, move from E to W): North means on the line that goes from the horizon via Polaris to the Zenith Oddly enough, northern stars (stars “above” the celestial equator) as well as southern stars, culminate in the south! –Helpful SimulationHelpful Simulation

To Zenith if Midnight EastWest larger smallerRA RA CNP, larger declination

Naked-Eye Observation of the Planets The planets change their position with respect to the stars The planets, unlike the Sun and the Moon, show retrograde motion The planets get brighter and dimmer –They are brightest when they are in retrograde motion This must mean that they are closest to us at this point (Why?)

What can we conclude from observing patterns in the sky? Earth OR Celestial Sphere rotates Earth rotates around the Sun OR Sun moves about Earth Moon rotates around the Earth or v.v.? –Must be former, due to moon phases observed! Size of the earth from two observers at different locations Size of moon & moon’s orbit from eclipses

Jupiter Motion: Slow, about 1 constellation a year: 12 years for the Zodiac! Invisible because Sun is also here in Feb/March

Activity: Retrograde Motion Pick up a worksheet Form a group of 3-4 people Work on the questions on the sheet Fill out the sheet and put your name on top Hold on to the sheet until we’ve talked about the correct answers I’ll come around to help out !