Presentation at the Fall 2009 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union
Windows to the Universe staff member Randy Russell presented a talk at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in December 2009 in San Francisco. The talk was presented as part of session ED54A - Simulations, Animations, and Interactive Multimedia for Planetary Sciences Teaching and Learning. The title of the talk was "Interactives: Comets, Orbital Motions, and Virtual Ballooning to Explore Planetary Atmospheres".
Follow the links below to view interactives and animations highlighted in the talk:
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