'Perfect sphere' presentation slideshows

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Models and Dimensions of Earth

Models and Dimensions of Earth. I. Model =. Anything that represents the properties of an object. A. Types and Examples of Models:. _______. 1. Physical. -provides us with information through our sense of sight. globe.

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Sun-Earth-Moon System

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WORLD GEOGRAPHY Chapter 2 Section 1 The Earth Our Solar System

WORLD GEOGRAPHY Chapter 2 Section 1 The Earth Our Solar System. Our Solar System. The Sun, a star, is the center of our solar system. It is about 109 times bigger than our Earth. 93 million miles from Earth. OUR OWN STAR!!. The Planets: Neighbors in Space.

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Laying the Groundwork

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The Earth as a Rotating Planet

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Earth Dimensions

Earth Dimensions. The Earth is an oblate spheroid. That is a sphere with slightly flatten poles and a slight bulging at the equatorial region. This means the polar circumference (40,008 km) is 68 km smaller than the equatorial circumference (40,076 km).

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Ch. 17

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GEOG 268: Cartography

GEOG 268: Cartography. Ohio Northern University Winter 2001-2002 Hill 200. Geodesy. Mapping involves determining locations on earth, transforming positions onto flat map, graphically symbolizing those positions

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The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Mirror Alignment Recovery System

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope Mirror Alignment Recovery System. Marsha Wolf Graduate Student UT Astronomy Department. CCAS Tower. The Primary Mirror -- 91 Telescopes. Segmented Primary Entire mirror 11 meters (36 ft) 9 meters (30 ft) used during observations 91 hexagonal segments

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Galileo and Scaling

Galileo and Scaling. Physics 109. Imagine the earth a perfect sphere, with a rope just fitting around the equator. Another rope, 60 feet longer, is placed above the first rope, the same distance above it all the way around. How far above, approximately?. About one inch About one foot

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Splitting Latitude and Longitude

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