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Modeling the Sun-Earth-Moon System

Wire sketch of Earth's orbit around the Sun, with twelve marks to represent one month per year.
Levels
  • Advanced (9-12+)
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • big_ideas_1.1
NGSS
  • ess1
Heliophysics Topics
  • newtons_law_of_gravity

In this activity students explore in detail the motion of the three-body system that consists of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Help students to understand the motion of the three-body system that consists of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. This activity is appropriate for high school and university introductory physics courses.