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Virtual-Reality model: Transit of a Gas Giant and a Terrestrial planet

For the Kepler space probe to record a transit of a planet across the face of a star, the orbits must be aligned within a very narrow range. Here are a gas giant planet the size of Jupiter orbiting 0.1 AU from a star the size of our Sun and a terrestrial planet orbiting at 0.04 AU, as is a possible planet around Alpha Centauri B. (Zoom in for a better look at the terrestial planet.)...

Keywords:: Buinis, VR object, animation, Virtual-Reality, 3D model, Kepler Space, astronomyinmotion, Virtual Reality

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 28, 2020
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 28, 2020
Author:: Lonny Buinis, Raritan Valley Community College
Submitter:: Lonny Buinis
Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website

Mobile Compatibility:: Blackberry, iOS (Apple), Windows Mobile, Android
Technical Requirements:: Any modern Web browser that supports HTML5, CSS and Javascript.
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International