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Exoplanets Detective – Characterising exoplanetary systems

Brief description: In this set of activities students will learn how scientists study exoplanets with telescopes, using the transit method. Students will characterise exoplanets using

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Marble-ous Ellipses – Speed and time of orbiting bodies

Brief description: In this activity, students will use an elliptical board to obtain speed and distance measurements for an object in an elliptical orbit. The

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Barycentric balls – orbits and the centre of mass

Brief description: In this activity, the principle of moments is applied to rotating systems to demonstrate the concept of a barycentre, or centre of mass,

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Exoplanets Detective – Characterising exoplanetary systems

Marble-ous Ellipses – Speed and time of orbiting bodies

Barycentric balls – orbits and the centre of mass

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