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Solar System. MILKY WAY 200 billion stars Diameter 100 000 LY Height at center 10 000 LY Solar System is 25 000 LY from center.
How are the motions and positions of Earth and the Sun connected to what happens on Earth?
Earth’s Moon
Let us take one step back ...
Let us take one step back... Oh, look, an Eclipse! (yes, my stick figures are as bad as my circles)
25.1 Exploring the Solar System The Mayan ruin of El Caracol, also known as “The Observatory,” is located on the Yucatan peninsula. It is thought that.
Seasons, Phases of the Moon and Eclipses
A Short Look at Earth History
COMETS, KUIPER BELT AND SOLAR SYSTEM DYNAMICS Silvia Protopapa & Elias Roussos Lectures on “Origins of Solar Systems” February 13-15, 2006 Part I: Solar.
The Night Sky. Diurnal (daily) motion of the stars Like the Sun, the stars generally rise in the east and set in the west. This daily motion of the.
1) the Earth orbits the Sun. 2) the Moon orbits the Earth. 3) stars are in constant motion. 4) the Sun orbits the Earth. 5) the Earth spins on its axis.
