NATS 1740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lunar Phase, Exploratorium, Webcast

• School: York University
• Department: Natural Science
• Course: NATS 1740
• Professor: Tatiana Paulin

Document Summary

This entire lesson will be devoted to the largest, brightest, and most familiar object in our night sky the moon, We will first explore the real reasons for the lunar cycle, where the moon appears to go through phases as seen from earth over roughly a month"s time. Finally, we will compare the physical geometries of the 3-body system sun, earth and the moon- which cause solar and lunar eclipses. Main topics: lunar phases: how they appear, lunar phases: how they are caused, eclipses (lunar and solar) Important notes: make sure you view all of the. Interactive figures in the readings: you can omit all mathematical insight sections. You should also complete the following activities in the. The changing appearance of the moon is one of the most easily observed and beautiful - astronomical phenomenon for everyone on earth, yet is also one that is often incorrectly attributed to earth"s shadow falling on the moon.