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Barycenter The barycenter is the point between two objects where they balance each other. It is the center of mass where two or more celestial bodies orbit each other. The barycenter is always near the more massive object.TRANSCRIPT
Barycenter
Eric AngatTeacher
Center of the Solar System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPBB5thPgQE Copernicushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsF_hdjWJjo Solar System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNDGgL73ihY Big Bang Theory
Barycenter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_mass
The barycenter is the point between two objects where they balance each other. It is the center of mass where two or more celestial bodies orbit each other. The barycenter is always near the more massive
object.
1. Where is the Earth-Moon BARYCENTER?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBANgbRkws
2. Where is the BARYCENTER of the solar system?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQRAsDmQlz0
3. The Sun and all the planets in the solar system orbit around their _____________.
a. northern starb. barycenterc. precessiond. gravity
barycenter
4. The barycenter of the Earth and moon is approximately found ___________ below surface of Earth.
a. 1,710 mi.b. 1,710 km.
1,710 km.
5. Does the Sun stay stationary in its place as Earth revolves? Explain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-Moon_barycenter
The Sun also orbits around the barycenter.
Earth orbits around the barycenter.
Barycenter
6. Describe the location of the Barycenter between two bodies of similar mass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-Moon_barycenter
Barycenter is the center.
7. The Barycenter of the Earth and moon is located____________.
a. northern starb. near earthc. near the moond. Inside the Earth
inside Earth
8. The barycenter is nearer the more ________ object.
a. fasterb. massivec. Smallerd. gravity
massive
Vocabulary Words:1.Rotation- earth spins on its axis
- completes in 24 hours ( day and night)2. Revolution –Earth spins around the Sun. - completes in 365 days (year).3. Precession – Earth’s axis spins/rotates.
- completes in 26,000 years. - changes our northern star.
4. Nutation- irregularity ( zig-zag) in Earth’s precession by ½ or 0.5 degree.
- influences seasons.5. Earth’s 23.5 degrees tilt on its axis is responsible for the seasons, not the distance from the Sun.
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0408/es0408page01.cfm
Earth’s Revolution Around the Sun.Explore a model of Earth's yearly revolution around the sun
Movies
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iSR3Yw6FXo
Solar System Barycenter• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBANgb
RkwsEarth-Moon Barycneter