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Partner content NASA Measuring the Universe Modeling the solar system

Modeling the solar system

    • The geocentric universe
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    • Planets & epicycles
    • The heliocentric model
    • INTERACT: Models of the solar system
    • Conjunctions
    • Lunar eclipse
    • ANIMATE: Phases of the moon
    • Types of lunar eclipses
    • INTERACT: Lunar eclipse
    • Practice: Modelling the solar system
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Partner content·NASA·Measuring the Universe·Modeling the solar system

The geocentric universe

Modeling the solar system

    • The geocentric universe
      This is the currently selected item.
    • Planets & epicycles
    • The heliocentric model
    • INTERACT: Models of the solar system
    • Conjunctions
    • Lunar eclipse
    • ANIMATE: Phases of the moon
    • Types of lunar eclipses
    • INTERACT: Lunar eclipse
    • Practice: Modelling the solar system
    Next lesson
    Measuring the solar system
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