Astronomy -  The Solar System

The Universe

  • A Sense of Time and Scale in the Universe
  • The Constellations
  • Naming the Stars
  • Star Maps
  • The Sky, Stars, Magnitudes, Celestial Sphere
  • Review of Stellar Magnitudes and Role of Wavelength
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • The Doppler Effect
  • Sunspots
  • The Sunspot Cycle
  • Origin of the Solar System
  • Solar Systems in the Making?

    • Models of Solar System

  • Astronomy of the Ancients
  • The Apparent Motion of Planets on the Celestial Sphere
  • The Universe of Aristotle and Ptolemy and Role of Eratosthenes
  • The Copernican Model: A Sun-Centered Solar System
  • The Observations of Tycho Brahe
  • Johannes Kepler: The Laws of Planetary Motion
  • Galileo: The Telescope & the Laws of Dynamics
  • Sir Isaac Newton and the Unification of Physics & Astronomy
  • The Universal Law of Gravitation
  • Newtonian Gravitation & the Laws of Kepler
  • Gravitational Perturbations and the Prediction of New Planets
  • Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity

    • Earth

  • The Earth
  • The Seasons and Climate Effects
  • More on the Seasons
  • More on Climate Effects
  • Celestial Coordinate System
  • Precession of the Earth's Rotational Axis
  • Timekeeping
  • The Interior of the Earth
  • Geological Differentiation

    • The Planets

  • Classification of the Planets
  • Sizes and Scales
  • Revolution and Rotation of Planets
  • The Planet Mercury
  • The Planet Venus
  • The Planet Mars
  • The Planet Jupiter
  • The Jovian Moons
  • The Planet Saturn
  • The Planet Uranus
  • The Planet Neptune
  • The Planet Pluto

    • Minor Members of the Solar System

  • Comets
  • General Features of Comets
  • Comet Hale-Bopp
  • Halley's Comet
  • Asteroids
  • General Features of Asteroids
  • Earth-Crossing Asteroids
  • Meteors
  • Meteors and Meteor Showers
  • Classification of Meteorites
  • Meteorite Impacts

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    Earth's Moon

  • The Earth's Moon
  • Lunar Orbit and Phases
  • Tides
  • Calendars
  • Lunar Eclipses
  • Solar Eclipses and Eclipse Cycles

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