Tuesday, February 28, 2012

HW due Thursday

1. Check out these articles from Earth & Sky, especially the first one:

http://earthsky.org/tonight/see-all-five-visible-planets-in-the-february-evening-sky

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/pictorial-guide-to-venus-jupiter-conjunction-in-february-march-2012

2. Here's what to look for tonight:

waxing crescent Moon
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Pleiades


3. Finally, take a few minutes to research these questions:

1. Why do we have seasons?
2. What are Kepler's (3) laws?

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