Orbital Dynamics Part 05 The Celestial Sphere
Channel: Jon Toellner
Date: 2019-03-03

A basic course on Orbital Dynamics. Part 05 teaches how the celestial sphere is used to locate objects in the night sky.

0:00 Introduction
0:28 Aristotle's Cosmological Model
0:41 A Rotating Earth
1:32 The Equatorial Plane
2:55 The Plane of the Ecliptic
3:48 The Equatorial Plane
4:20 The Plane of the Ecliptic and the Equatorial Plane
5:03 Earth Longitude
5:42 Earth Latitude
6:10 Latitude and Longitude Simulation
6:53 0°N, 0°E Reference Point
7:40 The Celestial Sphere
8:36 The Vernal Equinox Point
9:20 The First Point of Ares
9:44 This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius
10:09 Vernal Equinox Point Animation in STK
11:04 Intersection of the Plane of the Ecliptic and the Equatorial Plane
12:06 Sidereal Time and Hour Angle Demonstrator
13:02 Rotating Sky Explorer
14:05 Right Ascension
15:54 The Big Dipper from Various Angles
16:22 The Big Dipper Clock
17:07 The Mercator Projection
18:24 Vendee Globe Sailing Race
19:21 GeoClock
19:40 Proper Perspective with Ecliptic Simulator
20:03 Satellite Orbit on a Mercator Projection
20:24 Satellite Orbit on a 3D Earth
20:59 Conclusion