BLOSSOMS - The Parallax Activity Measuring Distances to Nearby Stars

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Channel: mittechtv · 2013 · Education

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This lesson teaches how the distances to nearby stars are measured using the parallax effect: as the Earth orbits our sun, the positions of the nearest stars seem to wiggle back and forth compared to more distant stars.

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