Observing Venus

This applet models motion of Venus in circular orbit around the Sun. Apart from knowledge about Astronomy, the model provides a lot of interesting geometrical and trigonometrical exercises. For examples, (a) The distance of Venus to the Sun (b) The period of between conjunctions (c) The period of both the Earth and Venus return to their starting points (ever?) (d) The condition when retrograde motion happens

 

Victor Hui

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
astronomy  conjunction  ecliptic  elongation  exploation  geometry  motion  orbit  planets  retrograde  trigonometry venus Show More…
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
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4.0
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