How eccentric is the orbit of the earth, and where is the sun?

Abstract

At a conference on educational physics, someone described a series of multiple-choice problems to test students’ ideas about various mechanical phenomena. One of the problems questioned students’ conceptions about the shape of the Earth’s orbit in the solar system. The question was as follows: Which of the following schematic illustrations corresponds most accurately to the real situation regarding the position of the Sun and the shape of the Earth’s trajectory around the Sun, when viewed from top?

Keywords

sonce;zemlja;orbita;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	1.03 - Short Scientific Article
Organization:	UL PEF - Faculty of Education
Publisher:	Stony Brook: American Association of Physics Teachers
UDC:	52
COBISS:	88249603
ISSN:	1943-4928
Views:	833
Downloads:	316
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	Planeti;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Article
Embargo end date (OpenAIRE):	2022-09-01
Pages:	str. 438-439
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ59
Issue:	ǂissue ǂ6
Chronology:	2021
DOI:	10.1119/10.0006123
ID:	13889773