Physics Astronomy

Coordinate Systems
	The origin and use of Latitude and Longitude | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	The origin and use of the Horizon System | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	The origin and use of the Equatorial System | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
The Celestial Sphere
	The Celestial Sphere | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Earth's Orbital Motion and the Sun's Motion Across the Celestial Sphere | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	The Diurnal Motion of the Stars Created by the Rotation of the Earth | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	A Simple Demonstration of Parallax | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Stellar Parallax and the Celestial Sphere: Changing Appearance of Constellations From Earth's Motion | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Exaggerated Stellar Parallax: the Apparent Motion of Stars due to Earth's Orbital Motion | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Meridian and Motion of the Sun
	Using a Gnomon's Shadow to track the motion of the Sun | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Seasonal Variation of a Gnomon's Shadow | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Eclipses
	Why Solar Eclipses Happen | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Why Solar Eclipses Don't Happen Every Month | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Why Solar Eclipses Happen (redone) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Why Solar Eclipses Don't Happen Every Month (redone) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	The geometry of solar and lunar eclipses | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Orbital Motion
	The Earth and Moon Orbit Each Other as they Orbit the Sun (not to scale!) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	The Moon's Path around the Sun (object size exaggerated) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Seasons | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Orbital Elements: Describing an Orbit About the Sun in 3D | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Tidal Forces
	Tidal Effects on a Planet and Satellite | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Spring and Neap Tides on the Earth | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Retrograde Motion of the Planets
	Ptolemy's Model for a Superior Planet | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Ptolemy's Model for an Inferior Planet | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Copernicus's Model for a Superior Planet | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Copernicus's Model for an Inferior Planet | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
The Phases of Venus
	Copernicus's Model and the Phases of Venus | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Ptolemy's Model and the Phases of Venus | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Kepler's Laws
	Kepler's First Law | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Kepler's Second Law | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Rotation Curves
	Rotation Curve for Our Solar System | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Rotation Curve for a Galaxy and the Wind Up Dilemma | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Density Waves and the Stability of Galactic Spiral Arms (Artist Conception) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Hypothetical Rotation Curve for a ""Uniform Ball"" of Stars | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Planets and Satellites
	A Perspective of Earth's Moon | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Relative Size of the Planets | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	A Cloudless Perspective of Venus Based Upon Radar Data | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	A Perspective of Mars | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	3-D map of Asteroids (astorb.dat from Bowell@Lowell) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Ringworld Fly-By: Hypothetical Construct of an Arbitrarily Advanced Civilization (large) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Exotic Stars and Black Holes
	Pulsar: A Spinning Neutron Star with Beamed Radio Emission | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Pulsar: A Spinning Neutron Star with Beamed Radio Emission (revised) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Pulsar: A Spinning Neutron Star with Beamed Radio Emission (revised and extended) | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Eclipsing Binary | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Eclipsing Binary II | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Spectroscopic Binary | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Anatomy of an Active Galactic Nucleus | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Twisted Magnetic Fields Driving Galactic Jets | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Mass Transfer in a close Binary Star System | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Compact Stars and Gravitational Wells | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Equivalence Principle
	Equivalence Principle: Accelerating in Space vs. Remaining Stationary in Gravity | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Equivalence Principle: Stationary in Space vs. Freefall in Gravity | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Expansion of the Universe
	Expansion of the Universe and Red Shift of Cosmic Background Radiation | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Expansion of the Universe and Wavelength Red Shift | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Hubble's Law: Red Shift/Distance and Cosmological Expansion | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Sending Signals Across Vast Distances and the Expansion of the Universe | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Curvature of Space
	Geodesics and Positive Curvature | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Geodesics and Negative Curvature | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Geodesics and Zero Curvature | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Gravitational Lensing of Light | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Frame Dragging and the Lense-Thirring effect | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Gravitational Waves
	Linear Polarized Gravitational Wave | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
	Elliptically Polarized Gravitational Wave | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |
Disk Formation
	Disk Formation in Collapsing Cloud | QT Embedded | Media | Old Embedded |

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