MINI - ASTRONOMY LESSONS

The short lessons below show simple animated diagrams that may help you vizualize some astronomical phenomena.

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Seasons	Earth's fixed tilt
Coriolis Force Demo	Appearance of Aurora
Kepler's Second Law	Atom emitting Light
Tides	Sun's Life
The Sun's Yearly Path through the Stars	How compression heats a gas
Parallax