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A user with 52 edits. Account created on 6 March 2012.
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6 May 2015

  • 22:3122:31, 6 May 2015 diff hist +434 N File:Ang mom 2d.png{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Angular velocity of a particle moving about the origin in two dimensions, decomposed into vectors parallel and perpendicular to the position vector, with construction for angular momentum}} |Source ={{own}}...

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29 June 2012

  • 21:0021:00, 29 June 2012 diff hist +441 N File:Cetus.png{{Information |Description=Proximity of the corner of the constellation Cetus to the ecliptic, at epoch 1875 and epoch 2100, depicting how the two are separated by about 0°.15 throughout those 225 years. |Date=29 Jun 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~}}

25 June 2012

  • 16:3216:32, 25 June 2012 diff hist +413 N File:Ecliptic equator galactic anim.gif{{Information |Description=Animated depiction of equatorial, ecliptic, and galactic coordinates on the celestial sphere. Each set of coordinates is displayed for a few seconds. |Date=25 Jun 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~}}

20 June 2012

19 June 2012

  • 21:0721:07, 19 June 2012 diff hist +403 N File:Ecliptic grid globe.png{{Information |Description=Diagram of ecliptic coordinates, depicting the ecliptic, equator, ecliptic poles, longitude and latitude, and the vernal equinox direction. |Date=19 Jun 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~}}

18 June 2012

  • 16:5616:56, 18 June 2012 diff hist +448 N File:Meridian on celestial sphere.png{{Information |Description=Diagram of the local meridian on the celestial sphere, depicting the north and south celestial poles, the zenith, the nadir, and the north, south, east, and west points on the horizon. |Date=18 Jun 2012 |Source={{own}} |Autho...

15 June 2012

  • 20:4120:41, 15 June 2012 diff hist +351 N File:Geodetic latitude.png{{Information |Description=Diagram of the difference between geodetic latitude (φ) and geocentric latitude (φ'). |Date=15 Jun 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~}}
  • 15:3415:34, 15 June 2012 diff hist +495 N File:Ra and dec on celestial sphere.png{{Information |Description=Diagram of a star's right ascension and declination as seen from outside the celestial sphere. Depicted are the star, the Earth, lines of RA and dec, the vernal equinox, the ecliptic, the celestial equator, and the celestial ...

13 June 2012

  • 16:5816:58, 13 June 2012 diff hist +377 N File:Stars and dec.png{{Information |Description=The night sky, divided into two halves, depicting the ecliptic, equator, lines of right ascension and declination |Date=13 Jun 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~}}

12 June 2012

  • 19:3619:36, 12 June 2012 diff hist +468 N File:Old RA diagram.png{{Information |Description=Diagram from Bleau, Guilielmi (1668), ''Institutio Astronomica'', depicting the orientation of the horizon, polar axis, and the celestial equator; for purposes of showing how the "ascension" was defined. |Date=12 Jun 2012 |So...

7 June 2012

  • 14:3214:32, 7 June 2012 diff hist +427 N File:Transit circle microscope.png{{Information |Description=Drawing of part of a transit circle instrument - the reading microscopes. Derived from Norton, William A. (1867) ''A Treatise on Astronomy, Spherical and Physical'' |Date=7 Jun 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}

16 May 2012

  • 15:4715:47, 16 May 2012 diff hist +379 N File:Stars and ra.png{{Information |Description=Diagram of the night sky, depicting stars, the ecliptic, the equator, and lines of right ascension and declination. |Date=16 May 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}

14 May 2012

10 May 2012

  • 19:3219:32, 10 May 2012 diff hist 0 File:Ecliptic vs equator small.gifTfr000 uploaded a new version of File:Ecliptic vs equator small.gif: {{Information |Description=Animation of Sun moving along the ecliptic on the inside of the celestial sphere. Shown are ecliptic coordinates and equatorial coordinates. Animation pauses
  • 19:0619:06, 10 May 2012 diff hist +430 N File:Hour angle still1.png{{Information |Description=Diagram showing the Earth with angles identified: local hour angle, Greenwich hour angle, local mean sidereal time, Greenwich mean sidereal time, and right ascension. |Date=10 May 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}

1 May 2012

  • 15:1515:15, 1 May 2012 diff hist +382 N File:Cowells method.png{{Information |Description=Vector diagram of Cowell's method of perturbation analysis, depicting forces on a perturbed object by two other objects. |Date=1 May 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}

30 April 2012

  • 15:3915:39, 30 April 2012 diff hist +398 N File:Enckes method.PNG{{Information |Description=Vector diagram of Encke's Method of perturbation analysis, showing the osculating orbit, the perturbed orbit, and a perturbing body. |Date=30 Apr 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}

27 April 2012

  • 14:4214:42, 27 April 2012 diff hist +448 N File:Hour angle animation blended.gif{{Information |Description=Animated diagram showing a rotating Earth with angles identified: local hour angle, Greenwich hour angle, local mean sidereal time, Greenwich mean sidereal time, and right ascension. |Date=27 Apr 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author=...

23 April 2012

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13 April 2012

  • 15:0615:06, 13 April 2012 diff hist +474 N File:Ecliptic vs equator small.gif{{Information |Description=Animation of Sun moving along the ecliptic on the inside of the celestial sphere. Shown are ecliptic coordinates and equatorial coordinates. Animation pauses at each equinox and solstice and presents a label. |Date=13 Apr 201...

6 April 2012

  • 15:2715:27, 6 April 2012 diff hist +482 N File:Obliquity berger -5000000 to 0.png{{Information |Description=Graph of the obliquity of the ecliptic of date on the equator of date for the past 5 million years. From Berger, A.L. (1976), Obliquity and Precession for the last 5000000 years, Astronomy and Astrophysics 51, 127-135. |Date=...
  • 15:2315:23, 6 April 2012 diff hist +483 N File:Obliquity berger 0 to 1000000.png{{Information |Description=Graph of the obliquity of the ecliptic of date on the equator of date for the next 1 million years. From Berger, A.L. (1976), Obliquity and Precession for the last 5000000 years, Astronomy and Astrophysics 51, 127-135. |Date...

3 April 2012

  • 19:1219:12, 3 April 2012 diff hist +442 N File:Ecliptic vs equator full globe.png{{Information |Description=Ecliptic coordinates as seen from inside the celestial sphere. Ecliptic coordinates in red, equatorial coordinates in blue. Equinoxes, solstices, and celestial poles are labeled. |Date=3 Apr 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}

2 April 2012

  • 17:4517:45, 2 April 2012 diff hist 0 File:Earth tilt animation.gifTfr000 uploaded a new version of File:Earth tilt animation.gif: {{Information |Description=Animation of the Earth orbiting the Sun, depicting the constant tilt of Earth's axis to the plane of the orbit. The Earth orbits in the correct direction this time!
  • 16:5416:54, 2 April 2012 diff hist +375 N File:Earth tilt animation.gif{{Information |Description=Animation of the Earth orbiting the Sun, depicting the constant tilt of Earth's axis to the plane of the orbit. |Date=2 Apr 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}
  • 13:4913:49, 2 April 2012 diff hist +512 N File:Planet axis comparison.png{{Information |Description=Comparison of the tilt of the rotation axis to the plane of the orbit for three planets: Earth, Uranus, Venus. Includes a right-hand-rule demonstration. Right hand graphic derived from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R...

29 March 2012

  • 23:0123:01, 29 March 2012 diff hist 0 File:Earth within celestial sphere.gifTfr000 uploaded a new version of File:Earth within celestial sphere.gif: {{Information |Description=Earth spinning within a celestial sphere, depicting stars, the ecliptic, and lines of right ascension and declination. Smaller version. Spinning Earth deri
  • 20:0620:06, 29 March 2012 diff hist +484 N File:Earth within celestial sphere.gif{{Information |Description=Earth spinning within a celestial sphere, depicting stars, the ecliptic, and lines of right ascension and declination. Spinning Earth derived from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rotating_earth_(Very_small).gif |Date=...

22 March 2012

  • 14:4114:41, 22 March 2012 diff hist +479 N File:Ecliptic inclination dziobek.PNG{{Information |Description=Graph of the changing inclination of Earth's orbit (the ecliptic) over 200,000 years, from Dziobek, Otto (1892) ''Mathematical Theories of Planetary Motions'', Register Publishing Co., Ann Arbor, Michigan, p. 294 |Date=22 Ma...

21 March 2012

  • 17:5817:58, 21 March 2012 diff hist +442 N File:Obliquity of the ecliptic laskar.PNG{{Information |Description=Graph of obliquity of the ecliptic vs time for +/- 10,000 years; from Laskar, J. (1986), "Secular Terms of Classical Planetary Theories Using the Results of General Relativity" |Date=21 Mar 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}

20 March 2012

  • 17:0117:01, 20 March 2012 diff hist 0 File:Ecliptic vs equator.PNGTfr000 uploaded a new version of File:Ecliptic vs equator.PNG: {{Information |Description=Diagram of ecliptic coordinates vs equtorial coordinates on the celestial sphere, plate carrée projection |Date=20 Mar 2012 |Source={{own}} |Author= ~~~~ }}
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