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The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project site provides high quality applets simulating important astrophysical phenomena such as eclipsing binaries, stellar evolution on the H-R diagram, lunar phases, planetary orbits, planetary motion, and planetary obliquity.  Instructions, simulations, and explorations  are provided for both the student and instructor including assessment.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Astronomy Education
- Fundamentals
= Celestial Mechanics
= Kepler's Laws
= Lunar Phases
- Stars
= Binary Stars
= Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
Classical Mechanics
- Gravity
= Kepler's Laws
General Physics
- Collections
= Introductory Laboratories
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
= Tutorial
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- Educators
- Learners
- application/java
- text/html
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Very good!

Author: Keith Duda
Posted: March 8, 2013 at 11:09AM
Source: The Physics Front collection

I accidentally clicked on 2 stars for the rating, but I really meant 5!

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Re: Very good!

Author: Bruce, ComPADRE Dir
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Thanks, Keith. It looks like you updated your rating for this excellent resource.

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K. Lee, , WWW Document, (http://astro.unl.edu/naap/).
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K. Lee, The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Online Labs for Introductory Level Astronomy, <http://astro.unl.edu/naap/>.
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Lee, K. (n.d.). The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Online Labs for Introductory Level Astronomy. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from http://astro.unl.edu/naap/
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Lee, Kevin. The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Online Labs for Introductory Level Astronomy. http://astro.unl.edu/naap/ (accessed 8 December 2024).
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Lee, Kevin. The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Online Labs for Introductory Level Astronomy. 8 Dec. 2024 <http://astro.unl.edu/naap/>.
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