International Year of Astronomy - South Africa

Earth and Moon


  1.     Why Don't I Fall Off the Earth ? (SAAO, Case) [ELA]
  2.     Determining the Size of the Earth – How Big is the Earth ? (SAAO, Case) [EL&A]
  3.     Determining the distance to the Moon (UFS, Marty) [ELA]
  4.     Alexandrian Astronomy (finding size of Earth & Moon, & Earth-Moon distance using a lunar eclipse (SAAO, Case) [EL&A]