Making sciences with smartphones: The universe in your pocket
Abstract
We propose a set of modern and stimulating activities related to the teaching of Astronomy orientated to high school or university students using smartphones. The activities are: a) the experimental simulation of asteroid light curves including the determination of the period of rotation of asteroids, b) the experimental simulation of exoplanet detection by transit method, c) the experimental simulation of stellar distances using parallax and d) the use of virtual and augmented reality.
- Publication:
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Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921321000557
- Bibcode:
- 2021IAUS..367..425M
- Keywords:
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- smartphones;
- asteroid light curves;
- stellar distances;
- virtual and augmented reality