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Instructor notes: Planetary Conjunctions: Alignments in the Sky

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Exhibit: /cosmic-playground/exhibits/planetary-conjunctions/

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This instructor bundle was imported from the legacy ASTR101 SP26 demos and has not yet been fully reviewed against the current instrument UI, units, and exports.

Overview

  • Student demo: Play planetary-conjunctions
  • Exhibit page: Read/assign the exhibit
  • Teaching hook: have students predict which planet pairs can conjoin, then use the demo to connect conjunctions to relative orbital motion (synodic period) and inclination (why most conjunctions aren’t eclipses).