Spaceship Earth
An educational series explaining the operation of the solar system using 3D animation. Its 52 episodes provide a week-by-week description of the operation of the solar system.
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Spaceship Earth Season 1 (Winter)
1.Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)
18-05-19975mWhy it is cold when the Earth is closest to the sun. Why we see Venus in the morning. The planets are close, the stars unreachable.
2.Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)
18-05-19975mDay and Night. A gigantic Sun with tiny planets. A look at the Zodiac. The solar system is the present; the stars are the past.
3.Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)
18-05-19975mThe Sun is on time but the Moon is late. Why we see the Moon as a crescent. The half-moon crosses the Earth's orbit. Where the Moon came from. The Moon: Delay in space and Time.
4.Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)
18-05-19975mDiscovering Mercury. Distant moons of other planets. Why we always see the same side of the Moon. Why we see the Sun so low but the Moon so high.
5.Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)
18-05-19975mEarth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.
6.Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)
18-05-19975mHidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we have two tides every day.
7.Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)
18-05-19975mWhy the Earth is round. Newton's apple. Why the Earth does not fall into the Sun. Three minutes more Sun every day. Sundials and the Earth's axis. Comets.
8.Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)
18-05-19975mColumbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.
9.Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)
18-05-19975mLeap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.
10.Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)
18-05-19975mThe half-moon shows where we are going. Where the stars go during the day. The Moon and the planets: The Sun's invisible companions. The Moon's shadow on the Earth: Solar Eclipses.
11.Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)
18-05-19975mAnnular solar eclipses. Partial solar eclipses. The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow. Occultation of Aldebaran.
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