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Astronomy Unit 6 Earth Systems

This document discusses the progression of models of the structure of the solar system from geocentric to heliocentric. It describes how ancient Greek astronomers believed the Earth was at the center, but observations by Galileo and Kepler showed planets orbit the Sun. Kepler determined planets follow elliptical orbits and their motion is due to inertia and gravity. It also explains the Earth's rotation causes day and night and its revolution around the Sun causes seasons due to its axial tilt.

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Astronomy Unit 6 Earth Systems

This document discusses the progression of models of the structure of the solar system from geocentric to heliocentric. It describes how ancient Greek astronomers believed the Earth was at the center, but observations by Galileo and Kepler showed planets orbit the Sun. Kepler determined planets follow elliptical orbits and their motion is due to inertia and gravity. It also explains the Earth's rotation causes day and night and its revolution around the Sun causes seasons due to its axial tilt.

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Astronomy Unit 6
Earth Systems
áeocentric View
(Earth Centered)
˜ áreek astronomer
 
said all objects orbit in a
perfect circle around the
Earth!
áeocentric View
(Earth Centered)
˜ ÷his was believed because
they did not have any
technology to see other
planets.
celiocentric View
(Sun Centered)
˜ S  ± S 

˜ Astronomers !  Æ  noticed moons


orbiting Jupiter!

˜ ÷hey said the Earth Æ all other planets    


   in the same direction at different
speeds.
celiocentric View
(Sun Centered)
˜ ÷his was not accepted
because it contradicted
religious and cultural
practices!
celiocentric View
(Sun Centered)
˜ S6

˜ áerman Astronomer
Ý   
˜ „lanets orbit counter
clockwise in an ellipse, or
oval orbit.
celiocentric View
(Sun Centered)
˜ S ˜ ¬nertia = an objects motion
will not change unless acted
˜ English scientist @   on by an outside force!
 
˜ ¬nertia causes the planet to
˜ „lanets orbit around the sun move in a straight line
due to and
  ˜ áravity pulls the planet
towards the sun!
„eriods of Revolution

˜ ÷he time that it takes


for a planet to revolve
S time around the
sun.
˜ On Earth, this is S
year
„eriods of Rotation

˜ ÷he time that it takes a planet


to rotate one time on its axis

˜ On Earth, this is S day (24


hours)
]hy Does the Earth experience
Day and Night?
˜ S Earth rotation = S Earth day (24 hours)

˜ As the Earth rotates on its axis


˜ „art of it faces the sun (daytime)
˜ ÷he opposite part faces away from the sun (night time).
]hat would the Earth be like if it did
not spin on its axis?
˜ calf of the Earth would always be light and the
opposite half would always be dark!
Earth¶s Seasons

˜ S revolution of the Earth


around the Sun = S Earth
year (6 days).

˜ ÷he Earth is tilted


2.  (degrees) on
its axis.
Earth¶s
˜ ]hen the Northern
Seasons
cemisphere is tilted
  the Sun««.
˜ ¬t is summer in the
northern hemisphere
because there is more
direct sunlight
˜ ¬t is winter in the southern
hemisphere because
there is less direct
sunlight.
Earth¶s Seasons
˜ ]hen the Northern
cemisphere is tilted  
from the Sun««.
˜ ¬t is winter in the northern
hemisphere because there
is less direct sunlight.
˜ ¬t is summer in the
southern hemisphere
because there is more
direct sunlight

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