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Models of the Solar System

Models of the Solar System. 2 Theories. Geocentric Model. System of objects revolving around the Earth…including the sun and stars. Heliocentric Model. Earth rotates on an imaginary axis and revolves around the sun in an orbit. Kepler's Laws.

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Models of the Solar System

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  1. Models of the Solar System 2 Theories

  2. Geocentric Model • System of objects revolving around the Earth…including the sun and stars

  3. Heliocentric Model Earth rotates on an imaginary axis and revolves around the sun in an orbit.

  4. Kepler's Laws

  5. First Law-The Earth travels in an ellipse around the sun • The Sun is at one of the foci.

  6. Perihelion • The position when Earth is closest to the sun. • Occurs around January 3

  7. Aphelion • The position when Earth is furthest from the sun. • Occurs around July 3.

  8. Eccentricity • measure of how much the ellipse deviates from a circle. (how elliptical) • E = distance between foci/length of the major axis (d/l)

  9. Eccentricity of a circle is 0 • Eccentricity of a line 1 • The Earth’s orbit is SLIGHTLY elliptical 0.017 (not very elliptical)

  10. Second Law- • Orbital Velocity- The speed of the planets as they travel around the sun. • Earth – about 1°/day • Velocity will change due to changes is gravitational pull

  11. At Perihelion – velocity slightly increases • At Aphelion- Velocity slightly decreases

  12. Gravitational attraction

  13. Third Law • The further the planet is from the sun, the longer the period of revolution

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