Home: Earth from an Astronomical Perspective
Earth in Space. Just another planet?
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What you will learn
The Earth is our home. How many of us can live here? How unique is the Earth in all the solar system? Investigate what the universe looks like from the surface of the Earth and why we divided our planet up into hemispheres, time zones, longitude and latitude. Find out how we took our first steps into orbit around this big blue marble we call the Earth and what it taught us about our own planet – Home.
Humanity's unique place on Earth
The Earth and it's Water
Human's and their Earth
How many people can the Earth sustain?
The future of humans on Earth
Types of satellites and their functions in orbit around the Earth
Types of orbits: Low-Earth Orbit, Medium-Earth Orbit, High Earth Orbit
How one goes about actually orbiting the Earth
The Earth's first astronauts
A human life in orbit around the Earth
Pictures of the Earth from other planets in the solar system
The International Space Station
Habitable and inhabitable places on the Earth
Space's hostility to Earth's humans
Earth's signals to the cosmos
The Earth and its Moon
What's a barycenter and why is it important?
How the Earth does seasons
The Earth's Hemispheres
The Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn and why you might care
The Prime Meridian and time on the planet
Where are you? Longitude and Latitude
The Planet's Axis and Precession
What the heck is an Analemma?
Comparing the Earth to other planets in the solar system
Earth: What's it made of?
The Earth's magnetic field and function and why we are happy we have it
Solar wind, ionized gasses and the aurora
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2/16/2021
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