Solar System (FoS)

In this month’s look at the solar system, you learn about the geometry of the solar system and how it affects our view of the planets as they, and we, continue our constant Newtonian fall around the Sun. After this section, the wanderings of the planets across the heavens will never again be a mystery for you. You also get a look at the retrograde ...

You begin your exploration of the solar system this first month with a look at the planet Jupiter. In January through April of 2024, the planet lies low in the southwestern sky after sunset in the constellation Aries. Jupiter appears to move westward each day until it's lost in the Sun's glare and reaches conjunction on May 18. The planet reappears...