A Celestial Sphere Model in GeoGebra
Main Article Content
Abstract
The article presents a celestial sphere model made in GeoGebra. The authors describe the math- ematical tools necessary to model celestial objects using spherical coordinates and the construction of stars, circles, and meridians. They incorporate a brief description of the construction of constellations using GeoGebra through JavaScript. In addition, the article describes the modeling of the ecliptic and the positions of the Sun and the Earth to understand their apparent movements and the concept of the Zodiac.
Publication Facts
Metric
This article
Other articles
Peer reviewers
3
2.4
Reviewer profiles N/A
Author statements
Author statements
This article
Other articles
Data availability
N/A
16%
External funding
No
32%
Competing interests
N/A
11%
Metric
This journal
Other journals
Articles accepted
74%
33%
Days to publication
141
145
Indexed in
-
—
- Academic society
- N/A
- Publisher
- Miami University
Article Details
Section
Articles

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.