Planetary Motion

Author : P. Andrew Karam,Ben P. Stein
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781438120126

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Planetary Motion by P. Andrew Karam,Ben P. Stein Pdf

Thousands of years ago, people looked at the sky in wonder, fascinated by the motions of a few wandering stars. Nobody understood where these wandering objects--now named Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn--came from, why they moved, or what drove their motions through the sky. Today, people know these objects are planets, but the quest to reach this understanding took thousands of years, and the consequences were profound. Famous scientists Johannes Kepler, Edmund Halley, Isaac Newton, and others discovered the laws of gravity and planetary motion, using these laws to explain the workings of the solar system. Their findings allowed the human race to find its way from planet to planet with unmanned probes and eventually allowed people to reach the moon. In "Planetary Motion," learn how scientists have found new planets outside the solar system, and continue their search for planets like Earth.

Author : Lisa Hiton
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502622884

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Gravity, Orbiting Objects, and Planetary Motion by Lisa Hiton Pdf

Our modern understanding of the heliocentric universe developed five hundred years ago. Since the time of Copernicus and Galileo, scientists have made major strides in understanding how gravity, stars, and planets interact. Gravity, Orbiting Objects, and Planetary Motion explains how early ideas have given way to sophisticated, proven theories about the universe. The book aligns with Next Generation Science Standards and also presents a look at what is next in the cutting-edge field of astronomy.

Author : Fred Bortz
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477718131

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Johannes Kepler and the Three Laws of Planetary Motion by Fred Bortz Pdf

Examines how the discoveries of Johannes Kepler changed the way scientists viewed the field of astronomy and how the planets moved about the solar system.

Author : Dominic Ford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493906291

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The Observer's Guide to Planetary Motion by Dominic Ford Pdf

To the naked eye, the most evident defining feature of the planets is their motion across the night sky. It was this motion that allowed ancient civilizations to single them out as different from fixed stars. “The Observer’s Guide to Planetary Motion” takes each planet and its moons (if it has them) in turn and describes how the geometry of the Solar System gives rise to its observed motions. Although the motions of the planets may be described as simple elliptical orbits around the Sun, we have to observe them from a particular vantage point: the Earth, which spins daily on its axis and circles around the Sun each year. The motions of the planets as observed relative to this spinning observatory take on more complicated patterns. Periodically, objects become prominent in the night sky for a few weeks or months, while at other times they pass too close to the Sun to be observed. “The Observer’s Guide to Planetary Motion” provides accurate tables of the best time for observing each planet, together with other notable events in their orbits, helping amateur astronomers plan when and what to observe. Uniquely each of the chapters includes extensive explanatory text, relating the events listed to the physical geometry of the Solar System. Along the way, many questions are answered: Why does Mars take over two years between apparitions (the times when it is visible from Earth) in the night sky, while Uranus and Neptune take almost exactly a year? Why do planets appear higher in the night sky when they’re visible in the winter months? Why do Saturn’s rings appear to open and close every 15 years? This book places seemingly disparate astronomical events into an understandable three-dimensional structure, enabling an appreciation that, for example, very good apparitions of Mars come around roughly every 15 years and that those in 2018 and 2035 will be nearly as good as that seen in 2003. Events are listed for the time period 2010-2030 and in the case of rarer events (such as eclipses and apparitions of Mars) even longer time periods are covered. A short closing chapter describes the seasonal appearance of deep sky objects, which follow an annual cycle as a result of Earth’s orbital motion around the Sun.

Author : WANG JIANHUA
Publisher : American Academic Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781631815836

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NEW THEORY OF PLANETARY MOTION AND NEW FORMULA OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION by WANG JIANHUA Pdf

If the solar system is regarded as a moving mass point system, then both the planet m and the sun M move around the solar system mass center O. According to the motion law of the mass point system and the centripetal force formula of the curve, it can be determined through theoretical analysis and mathematical derivation: (1) Kepler's law of planetary motion contradicts the motion rules of mass point systems. (2) The universal gravitational force F between planet m and sun M. K is the new gravitational constant. The force F' on the object m in the inertial frame S'. In the formula, V' is the velocity of the object m in the inertial frame S', and u is the velocity of the inertial frame S' in the cosmic space reference frame. In addition, the author designed three new optical experiments based on the light interference theory to verify whether the principle of constant speed of light conforms to objective facts. Experiment 1. Using the new front and rear hole laser interferometer for verification; Experiment 2. Verification of using long and short optical path Michelson interferometers; Experiment 3. Verification of using a double-hole interferometer.

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541951044

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Sunrise and Sunset | Effects of Planetary Motion | Space Science Book for 3rd Grade | Children's Astronomy & Space Books by Baby Professor Pdf

This third grade science book discusses the planetary motions of rotating and revolving, and what their effects on Earth are. An understanding of the subject before classroom discussions will yield to more fruitful graded questions and answers. Other pieces of content included in this book will further your child’s knowledge on space science. Grab a copy today.

Author : Clark Roberts
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368858971

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A Theorem on Planetary Motion; or, Sunshine and Shadow by Clark Roberts Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Author : Crisfield Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018317508

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The One Great Force: the Cause of Gravitation; Planetary Motion, Heat, Light, Etc by Crisfield Johnson Pdf

Author : Fred Bortz
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477718056

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Johannes Kepler and the Three Laws of Planetary Motion by Fred Bortz Pdf

Johannes Kepler is a fascinating man who would revolutionize humanity's conception of the cosmos and their place within it. He would replace the Ptolemaic system with his three laws that described the orbital motion of the planets around the Sun. This scientist's work continues to inform and facilitate modern advances in technology, astronomy, and astrophysics. In addition to being an enthralling life and times account of a great thinker, this biography also supports Common Core standards for the reading of biographies, historical and scientific accounts, the analyzing of the relationship between primary and secondary sources, and citing evidence to support that analysis.

Author : Mary Gow
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766020983

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Johannes Kepler by Mary Gow Pdf

A biography of Johannes Kepler, the astronomer and mathematician who formulated the three laws of planetary motion.

Author : Norriss S. Hetherington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313027581

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Planetary Motions by Norriss S. Hetherington Pdf

Students in an introductory physics class learn a variety of different, and seemingly unconnected, concepts. Gravity, the laws of motion, forces and fields, the mathematical nature of the science - all of these are ideas that play a central role in understanding physics. And one thing that connects all of these physical concepts is the impetus the great scientists of the past had to develop them - the desire to understand the motion of the planets of the solar system. This desire led to the revolutionary work of Copernicus and Galileo, Kepler and Newton. And their work forever altered how science is practiced and understood.

Author : A.E. Roy
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420056883

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Orbital Motion by A.E. Roy Pdf

Long established as one of the premier references in the fields of astronomy, planetary science, and physics, the fourth edition of Orbital Motion continues to offer comprehensive coverage of the analytical methods of classical celestial mechanics while introducing the recent numerical experiments on the orbital evolution of gravitating masses and the astrodynamics of artificial satellites and interplanetary probes. Following detailed reviews of earlier editions by distinguished lecturers in the USA and Europe, the author has carefully revised and updated this edition. Each chapter provides a thorough introduction to prepare you for more complex concepts, reflecting a consistent perspective and cohesive organization that is used throughout the book. A noted expert in the field, the author not only discusses fundamental concepts, but also offers analyses of more complex topics, such as modern galactic studies and dynamical parallaxes. New to the Fourth Edition: * Numerous updates and reorganization of all chapters to encompass new methods * New results from recent work in areas such as satellite dynamics * New chapter on the Caledonian symmetrical n-body problem Extending its coverage to meet a growing need for this subject in satellite and aerospace engineering, Orbital Motion, Fourth Edition remains a top reference for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students, professionals such as engineers, and serious amateur astronomers.

Author : Martin Beech
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811273995

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Mind The Gap: The Labyrinthine Story Of Planetary Orbits, Mathematics, And The Titius-bode Rule by Martin Beech Pdf

This book is concerned with two tightly knit topics — those of mathematics and astronomy. Its focus is primarily concerned with planetary astronomy, and specifically the history of accounting for the spacing of planetary orbits. The story begins with the ancient Greek philosophers and continues to the modern era and the new data being gleaned from the study of exoplanetary systems. Throughout the text, the manner in which mathematical theory has been used to decipher, and impose order upon the solar system, will be examined. Attention and discussion will be directed towards the so-called Titius-Bode rule, a long-standing ordering principle, that in fact it has no physical underpinning or explanation.The story presented will look at how humanity has learned about the workings of the solar system, and it will look at the philosophical problems that arise when mathematical exposition leads observation. Furthermore, the fundamental role of mathematics in the development of physical theory is examined, and it is argued that there are some gaps in our knowledge of the solar system (and the universe) that mathematics and physical theory will never successfully bridge. The text will present material at the informed-amateur scientist, university undergraduate student level.

Author : Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Capillarity
ISBN : UCSD:31822006849715

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Mécanique Céleste: 6th book. Theory of the planetary motions. 7th book. Theory of the moon. Appendix, presented by the author to the Board of longitude of France, August 17, 1808. Appendix by the translator. Tables by Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace Pdf

One of five classic volumes of the works by the Marquis de Laplace on celestial mechanics.

Author : Fred W. Price
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521789818

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The Planet Observer's Handbook by Fred W. Price Pdf

This is an informative, up-to-date and well-illustrated guide to planetary observations for amateurs. After a brief description of the solar system and a chapter on the celestial sphere, readers are shown how to choose, test and use a telescope with various accessories and how to make observations and record results. For each planet and the asteroids, details are given of observational techniques, together with suggestions for how to make contributions of scientific value. From a general description and detailed observational history of each planet, observers can anticipate what they should see and assess their own observations. The chapter on planetary photography includes the revolutionary use of videography, charge coupled devices and video-assisted drawing. There are also chapters on making maps and planispheres and on photoelectric photometry.