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Spaceship Earth

1997 · 4 seasons · 52 episodes · Ended · France 5

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TMDB 9.1 · 8 votes

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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.

Episodes

  • S01E01Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)1997-05-185m

    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.

  • S01E02Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)1997-05-185m

    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.

  • S01E03Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)1997-05-185m

    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.

  • S01E04Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)1997-05-185m

    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.

  • S01E05Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)1997-05-185m

    Earth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.

  • S01E06Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)1997-05-185m

    Hidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we have two tides every day.

  • S01E07Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)1997-05-185m

    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.

  • S01E08Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)1997-05-185m

    Columbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.

  • S01E09Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)1997-05-185m

    Leap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.

  • S01E10Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)1997-05-185m

    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.

  • S01E11Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)1997-05-185m

    Annular solar eclipses. Partial solar eclipses. The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow. Occultation of Aldebaran.

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