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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)
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˜ áerman Astronomer
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˜ „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