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Earth Orbit Model
written by Todd Timberlake
The EJS Earth Orbit model illustrates the Copernican theory of Earth's orbit around the sun. The top window shows a view from outside the celestial sphere. The simulation shows the moving Earth along with its axis or rotation and the line of sight from Earth, through Sun, to the Celestial Sphere. The end of the arrow indicates where, on the Celestial Sphere, Sun appears to be located as seen from Earth. The tilt of Earth's rotational axis (relative to the ecliptic plane) is adjustable. The bottom window shows the view of a portion of the sky (near the ecliptic) as seen by an observer on Earth.  You can modify this simulation if you have EJS installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.

EJS Earth Orbit model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.   Double clicking the ejs_astronomy_EarthOrbit.jar file will run the program if  Java is installed.  EJS is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.  Additional EJS models for astronomy are available.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for  Open Source Physics, OSP, or EJS.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Astronomy Education
= Curricula
- Fundamentals
= Night Sky
- Historical Astronomy
= History of Astronomy
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- General Publics
- application/java
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Free access
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This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:
Todd Timberlake
Keywords:
EJS, Earth, Easy Java Simulations, OSP, Open Source Physics, Sun, celestial globe, celestial sphere, orbit
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created August 26, 2009 by Mario Belloni
Record Updated:
December 2, 2021 by Lyle Barbato
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August 18, 2009
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T. Timberlake, Computer Program EARTH ORBIT MODEL, Version 1.0 (2009), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9390&DocID=1297).
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T. Timberlake, Computer Program EARTH ORBIT MODEL, Version 1.0 (2009), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9390&DocID=1297>.
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Timberlake, T. (2009). Earth Orbit Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9390&DocID=1297
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Timberlake, Todd. "Earth Orbit Model." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9390&DocID=1297 (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Timberlake, Todd. Earth Orbit Model. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2009. Java (JRE) 1.5. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9390&DocID=1297>.
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@misc{ Author = "Todd Timberlake", Title = {Earth Orbit Model}, Month = {August}, Year = {2009} }
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