1. Orbital Dynamics of Venus (and some of those other things out there) Billy Teets, PhD Candidate Dept. of Physics & Astronomy Vanderbilt University

2. Orbital Period – 225 Days Sidereal Day – 243 Days Eccentricity – 0.0068 Tilt – 177° Oblateness ~ 0.00 Surface Pressure – 90 bars Average Temperature – 850 °F – 470 °C Atmospheric Composition – 97% CO 2 Orbital Dynamics Planet Characteristics Venus

3. Phases of Venus

4. Determining the Distance to Venus Using Phase

5. Transits of Venus

6. Transit Timings 122 years 8 years 105 years 8 years Orbital Resonances (Venus:Earth) 395:243 13:8 Transits of Venus

7. Other Orbital Resonances: Jupiter’s Moons

8. Other Orbital Resonances: Saturn’s Moons and Rings

9. Mimas& Saturn

10. Other Orbital Resonances: Organization of the Early Solar System

11. Retrograde Motion: Jupiter & Saturn

12. Retrograde Motion: Mars

13. Retrograde Motion: Epicycle &Deferent

14. Retrograde Motion: Heliocentric View

16. Lagrange Points and Trojan Asteroids

17. Lagrange Points: STEREO A&B Probes