Spaceship Earth (1997)
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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Episodes
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1. Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)1997-05-18 · 5mWhy 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.
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2. Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)1997-05-18 · 5mDay and Night. A gigantic Sun with tiny planets. A look at the Zodiac. The solar system is the present; the stars are the past.
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3. Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)1997-05-18 · 5mThe 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.
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4. Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)1997-05-18 · 5mDiscovering 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.
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5. Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)1997-05-18 · 5mEarth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.
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6. Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)1997-05-18 · 5mHidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we have two tides every day.
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7. Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)1997-05-18 · 5mWhy 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.
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8. Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)1997-05-18 · 5mColumbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.
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9. Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)1997-05-18 · 5mLeap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.
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10. Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)1997-05-18 · 5mThe 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.
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11. Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)1997-05-18 · 5mAnnular solar eclipses.
Partial solar eclipses.
The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow.
Occultation of Aldebaran.
Cast
Stéphane FreissVoix offImages
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