1 The Solar System Astronomy Unit. 2 Motion of the Earth Rotation is the spinning of the earth on its axis. This movement determines the length of a day,
FADTP 3-1 1. We are learning to: describe how objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motions that explain days, years, and seasons.
Circular Motion. Rotating Turning about an internal axis Revolving Turning about an external axis.
Circular Motion
Introduction to the Solar System
© Sierra College Astronomy Department1 Lecture 3b: A Sun-Centered System Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543) Copernicus, a contemporary of Columbus, worked.
Circular Motion. Reviewing…. Rotating Turning about an internal axis Revolving Turning about an external axis.
FADTP 3-1
Tycho Brahe
