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Astronomical Parallax 3D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This Astronomical Parallax 3D Model illustrates the phenomenon of annual stellar parallax in astronomy. Parallax is the apparent displacement of an object relative to the background…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11202&DocID...
Stellar Aberration 3D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Stellar Aberration 3D Model illustrates the phenomenon known as the aberration of starlight, first reported by James Bradley in 1729. Aberration occurs because light has a…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11206&DocID...
Astronomy Education Review
Astronomy Apps for Mobile Devices: A First Catalog 
  
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A. Fraknoi, Astron. Educ. Rev., 10 (1), 010302 (2011).
An annotated overview of 98 astronomy applications for smart phones and tablets has been published in the on-line journal "Astronomy Education Review." Compiled by Andrew Fraknoi…
https://doi.org/10.3847/AER2011036
The Magnetosphere 
  
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This web page provides an examination of Earth's magnetosphere and physical phenomena related to it. Subject matter includes the motion of charges in the Earth's magnetic field and…
http://www.phy6.org/earthmag/magspher.htm
The Round Earth and Christopher Columbus 
  
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The round shape of the Earth may be inferred from the existence of a horizon at sea. Ancient Greeks deduced it from the shape of the Earth's shadow when the Moon is eclipsed and from…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Scolumb.htm
Folding Paper Model of the Magnetosphere 
  
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This website provides instructions and an image which can be downloaded, printed on a regular page, copied by a xerox machine (preferably, onto stiff paper), cut and folded to…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/wfold.html
Magnetic Trapping - Trapped Radiation 
  
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This set of five web pages provides a non-mathematical introduction to the motion of charged particles in magnetic fields. These pages describe the "guiding center motion" which…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/wtrap1.html
Phases of Venus Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Venus Phases model illustrates the phases of Venus as predicted by either the Copernican system of the Ptolemaic system (the Copernican system is the default). One window…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9377&DocID=...
Inferior Ptolemaic Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Ejs Inferior Ptolemaic model illustrates Ptolemy's orbit for a inferior planet. The model consists of a deferent circle, centered on a point some distance from Earth (at the…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9380&DocID=...
Superior Ptolemaic Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Ejs Superior Ptolemaic model illustrates Ptolemy's orbit for a superior planet. The model consists of a deferent circle, centered on a point some distance from Earth (at the…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9381&DocID=...
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