Other
All (Known) Bodies in Our Solar System Larger Than 200 Miles in Diameter
How big is the Earth compared to the Sun? Is Mars bigger than the Moon? Seeing all bodies in the solar system larger than 200 miles in diameter side by side provides an excellent comparison and an interesting perspective.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Astronomy: Eclipses
This site from the Astronomy Department of Cornell University provides brief introduction to both solar and lunar eclipses. Links are provided for pictures and charts of the eclipses, and this is a good site to check out on the subject.
Curated OER
Cornell University: Aristarchus
This site from Cornell University provides a discussion of how Aristarchus arrived at his conclusions of the distance from the earth to the sun and moon. Also has his methods for determining the size of the moon and the sun.
Curated OER
Cornell University: Aristarchus
This site from Cornell University provides a discussion of how Aristarchus arrived at his conclusions of the distance from the earth to the sun and moon. Also has his methods for determining the size of the moon and the sun.
Other popular searches
- Earth Moon Sun System
- Sun Earth and Moon
- Sun Moon Earth
- Earth and Moon and Sun
- Earth, Moon and Sun
- Rubric Sun Moon Earth
- Sun, Earth and Moon
- Sun Earth Moon System