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- Cycles of the Sky
- Review Seasons/Demo
- Planets in the Sky
- The Moon: phases and eclipses
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- Seasons almost entirely due to TILT of Earth
- Seasons opposite (not the same) in N & S Hemispheres
- Earth’s orbit slightly elliptical
- Slightly closer to the sun in N. Hemisphere Winter
- But this changes as tilt precesses in 26,000 yr cycle
- Expect N. Hemisphere winter to be slightly milder
- Positions of continents and oceans actually more important
- Effect is important for Mars -- more elliptical orbit
- Cyclic variations in climate as tilt precesses (and tilt and ellipticity
also gets slightly larger and smaller
- VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC (Re: Global Warming)
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- Longest possible total eclipse is only 7.5 minutes. Average is only 2-3 minutes.
- Shadow sweeps across Earth @ 1000 mph!
- (Compare with scene in The Mummy Returns!)
- Birds will go to roost in a total eclipse. The temperature noticeably drops.
- Totally predictable (even in ancient times, e.g., the Saros Cycle,
eclipse pattern repeats every 6585.3 days or 18 years, 11 1/3 days).
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- How big is the moon? Have you
ever seen the moon near the horizon?
Has it looked huge, much larger than when it is high in the sky?
- Last full moon was Wed. night, Sep. 10.
Next one is Oct. 10.
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