{"id":2758,"date":"2023-07-20T09:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T09:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outreach.iac.es\/peter\/?page_id=2758"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:21:10","slug":"workshop-exploring-the-solar-system-with-peter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/outreach.iac.es\/peter\/aeaci-2023\/workshop-exploring-the-solar-system-with-peter\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop \u2013 Exploring the Solar System with PETeR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Could your students investigate what the Solar System is like and our place in it just from their own observations? Well, the answer is yes, and it&#8217;s not as difficult as you might think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this session we will learn how to investigate planets and other objects in the Solar System from observations with robotic telescopes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author: Nayra Rodr\u00edguez Eugenio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Astrophysicist, science communicator and educator at the Outreach and Communication Unit of the IAC. Coordinator of the Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETeR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Learning Scenario: VENUS AND MARS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine that you are an astronomer from the beginning of the XVII century as Galileo was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two types of models that explain, with more complications or less, the observations of the planets\u2019 movements.<br><br>How could you find out which one is right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s investigate it like Galileo did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Preparing for our research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Download and install in your computer one the following image analysis softwares:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>PeterSoft<\/li><li>SalsaJ<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Download the images of Venus and Mars obtained with the Liverpool Telescope:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Download Venus images from <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.iac.es\/index.php\/s\/Kece4JHXCSKHwgz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VENUS folder<\/a><\/li><li>Download Mars images from <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.iac.es\/index.php\/s\/B7kcdCmi6iMw24D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MARS folder<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Materials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Didactic Unit &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.iac.es\/peter\/planetas-interiores-y-exteriores\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"291\">Inner and outer planets<\/a>&#8220;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.iac.es\/peter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/UNIT-1-inner-and-outer-planets_teachers-1.pdf\">Teaching guide &#8220;Inner and outer planets&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Collaborative spreadsheets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>IMAGES<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>LINK<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VENUS<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1e8MlMxrEMgUiLMEevQTOk7NGiSg_iTRfPNdzovq0m-0\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1cEDBb4shetm27l2HYPX0K-3wbJ_cP4fv2FQxJesKJYU\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MARS<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1vYMxJbCg2dTGzNJ92DlnLHMP3RB0cNW3BFbh2Wa8Cpk\/edit?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1vYMxJbCg2dTGzNJ92DlnLHMP3RB0cNW3BFbh2Wa8Cpk\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Diagram of Venus phases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s create our own diagram of Venus phases collaborately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Access this padlet: <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/nre5\/ned8tdgjt347f5s6\">https:\/\/padlet.com\/nre5\/ned8tdgjt347f5s6<\/a><\/li><li>Include the image of Venus you have analysed (all images zoomed to 200%, so that they all have the same scale). The title should be the date the image was obtained in the format YYYYY\/MM.<\/li><li>Sort images from oldest to most recent<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Diagram of Mars apparent sizes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s also create our own diagram of Mars apparent sizes collaborately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Access this padlet: <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/nre5\/our-diagram-of-mars-apparent-sizes-ar0lcdtfxc65e22i\">https:\/\/padlet.com\/nre5\/ned8tdgjt347f5s6<\/a><\/li><li>Include the image of Mars you have analysed (all images zoomed to 200%, so that they all have the same scale). The title should be the date the image was obtained in the format YYYYY\/MM.<\/li><li>Sort images from oldest to most recent<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could your students investigate what the Solar System is like and our place in it just from their own observations? Well, the answer is yes, and it&#8217;s not as difficult as you might think. 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