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
NGSS
  • ess1
Requirements
  • low_tech
  • low_cost
CreditAmerican Association of Physics Teachers
Language
  • english

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.