Spaceship Earth
Spaceship Earth
Spaceship Earth
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Overview
An educational series explaining the operation of the solar system using 3D animation. Its 52 episodes provide a week-by-week description of the operation of the solar system.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 1997-05-18
Runtime: 0h 5m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
Top Cast
Stéphane Freiss
Stéphane Freiss
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Episodes - Season 1
Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)
Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)
Episode 1
Why it is cold when the Earth is closest to the sun. Why we see Venus in the morning. The planets are close, the stars unreachable.
Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)
Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)
Episode 2
Day and Night. A gigantic Sun with tiny planets. A look at the Zodiac. The solar system is the present; the stars are the past.
Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)
Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)
Episode 3
The Sun is on time but the Moon is late. Why we see the Moon as a crescent. The half-moon crosses the Earth's orbit. Where the Moon came from. The Moon: Delay in space and Time.
Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)
Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)
Episode 4
Discovering Mercury. Distant moons of other planets. Why we always see the same side of the Moon. Why we see the Sun so low but the Moon so high.
Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)
Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)
Episode 5
Earth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.
Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)
Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)
Episode 6
Hidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we have two tides every day.
Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)
Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)
Episode 7
Why the Earth is round. Newton's apple. Why the Earth does not fall into the Sun. Three minutes more Sun every day. Sundials and the Earth's axis. Comets.
Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)
Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)
Episode 8
Columbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.
Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)
Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)
Episode 9
Leap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.
Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)
Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)
Episode 10
The half-moon shows where we are going. Where the stars go during the day. The Moon and the planets: The Sun's invisible companions. The Moon's shadow on the Earth: Solar Eclipses.
Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)
Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)
Episode 11
Annular solar eclipses. Partial solar eclipses. The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow. Occultation of Aldebaran.
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