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Astronomical Parallax 2D JS Model
written by Todd Timberlake and Mario Belloni
The Astronomical Parallax 2D Javascript Model illustrates the phenomenon of parallax in astronomy. Parallax is the apparent displacement of an object relative to the background that is caused by the motion of the observer (rather than the motion of the object itself, or of the background). This simulation illustrates the parallax of an object in space that results from the Earth's rotational or orbital motions.

The simulation has two different modes. The default is an Earth Rotation Mode. In this mode the simulation illustrates the parallax caused by Earth's rotation on its axis. The other mode for the simulation is Earth Orbit Mode. In this mode the simulation illustrates the parallax caused by Earth's orbit around the Sun. Now the observer moves along Earth's orbital path (shown as a blue circle with the orange Sun in the center). The bottom window shows the apparent motion of the object being observed.

The Astronomical Parallax 2D JS Model was developed using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) version 5.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run html page and requires only a browser with JavaScript support.
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Astronomy Education
= Curricula
- Fundamentals
= Night Sky
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
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- Educators
- Learners
- application/javascript
- application/zip
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Free access
License:
This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No derivatives 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:
Todd Timberlake and Mario Belloni
Keywords:
EJSS, OpenSurce Physics, Sun, javascript, parallax, star
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created September 2, 2013 by Mario Belloni
Record Updated:
January 25, 2023 by Lyle Barbato
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September 2, 2013
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T. Timberlake and M. Belloni, Computer Program ASTRONOMICAL PARALLAX 2D JS MODEL, Version 1.0 (2013), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12995&DocID=3571).
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T. Timberlake and M. Belloni, Computer Program ASTRONOMICAL PARALLAX 2D JS MODEL, Version 1.0 (2013), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12995&DocID=3571>.
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Timberlake, T., & Belloni, M. (2013). Astronomical Parallax 2D JS Model (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12995&DocID=3571
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Timberlake, Todd, and Mario Belloni. "Astronomical Parallax 2D JS Model." Version 1.0. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12995&DocID=3571 (accessed 1 November 2024).
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Timberlake, Todd, and Mario Belloni. Astronomical Parallax 2D JS Model. Vers. 1.0. Computer software. 2013. 1 Nov. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12995&DocID=3571>.
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@misc{ Author = "Todd Timberlake and Mario Belloni", Title = {Astronomical Parallax 2D JS Model}, Month = {September}, Year = {2013} }
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