Berry College Senior Scholars: Naked Eye Astronomy

Finding Our Place in the Solar System

Simulations and Other Resources

• Day 1: The Stars
• Outline
• Stellarium
• Celestial Coordinates
• Earth and Stars
• Day 2: The Sun
• Outline
• Stellarium
• Gnomon
• Day 3: Models of the Sun's Motion
• Outline
• Celestial Globe and Star Chart
• Earth Orbit
• Day 4: The Spherical Earth
• Outline
• Stellarium
• Gnomon
• Earth and Stars
• Celestial Globe and Star Chart
• Day 5: Moon Phases and Eclipses
• Outline
• Stellarium
• Phases of the Moon
• Solar and Lunar Eclipse
• Day 6: Observing the Planets
• Outline
• Stellarium
• Day 7: Planetary Theories
• Outline
• Spheres of Eudoxus
• Ptolemaic Model (Inferior Planets)
• Ptolemaic Model (Superior Planets)
• Copernican Model
• Day 8: Completing the Copernican Revolution
• Outline
• Kepler Planets
• Planet Phases
• Centripetal Force
• Inverse Square Force