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By: Matthew SidesClass B

Early Space Exploration

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)

Copernicus tried to move the Sun in the middle of solar system.

He came to the conclusion that earth spins on its axis once a day

Thought planets orbit in uniform circles (wrong!)

Orbital Mechanics Early Space Exploration

• Discovered that Mars’s orbit was not circular.

• His conclusion was that planets circle around the Sun in elliptical orbits with Sun not centered but at a focus

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)

Orbital Mechanics Early Space Exploration

Thunder Basin National Grassland

This is the Thunder Basin N. Grassland on a altocumulus clouds

Orbit.2285Lat.43.65.NLong.104.69.WGMT.2011/308/18:51:02

Thunder Basin National GrasslandGoogle Image

Wasatch National ForestIt has clouds coming from the mountain area on this picture

Stratocumulus clouds

Washington Lake

Trail Lake

Lost Lake

Orbit. 2285Lat.40.46.NLong.110.81OWGMT. 2011/308/18:49:33

Wasatch National ForestGoogle Image

Ozark National Forest

Rogers City

Beaver Lake

Rogers Municipal Carter Airport

• Arkansas, USA

• Orbit: 2284• Longitude: 93.93 W• Latitude: 36.18 N• GMT:

2011/308/17:15:30

Ozark National Forest

Rogers

Rogers Municipal Carter Airport

Class Picture

Super Slide

Super SlideGoogle Image

Works Cited"EarthKam." EarhKam. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov.

2011. <https://earthkam.ucsd.edu/>."Google Images." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov.

2011. <http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi>.

"NASA - Home." NASA - Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2011. <http://www.nasa.gov/>.

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