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Estimating the size of Earth's umbral shadow using sky brightness light curves during a lunar eclipse

Jennifer J. Birriel, J. Kevin Adkins
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 994–996 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000134
Published: December 2019
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Variation of the apparent size of the Sun visualized with basic photographic equipment

Peter Trillenberg
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 87, 839–845 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5119510
Published: October 2019
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The rainbow in the box

Markus Selmke, Sarah Selmke
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 316–318 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5021907
Published: April 2018
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Revisiting the round bottom flask rainbow experiment

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Markus Selmke, Sarah Selmke
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 86, 14–21 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5008745
Published: January 2018
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Newton's theory of the atmospheric refraction of light

Michael Nauenberg
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 85, 921–925 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5009672
Published: December 2017
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Determination of the Sun's and the Moon's sizes and distances: Revisiting Aristarchus' method

F. Momeni, H. Papei, R. Jamshidzadeh, S. Bereliani, A. Miri, A. Aghababaei, N. Nikjoo, E. Mehdizadehi, M. Akbari Gurabi, N. Ghasabi Kondelaji
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 85, 207–215 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4967847
Published: March 2017
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The generalized scattering coefficient method for plane wave scattering in layered structures

Yu Liu, Chao Li, Huai-Yu Wang, Yun-Song Zhou
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 85, 146–154 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4965884
Published: February 2017
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A demonstration of the conservation of the orbital angular momentum of Earth

Leonardo J. Pellizza, Mariano G. Mayochi, Ligia Ciocci Brazzano, Susana E. Pedrosa
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 83, 1019–1027 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4932397
Published: December 2015
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Artificial halos

Markus Selmke
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 83, 751–760 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4923458
Published: September 2015
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The Sound Book

Dennis Thomson
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 82, 1201–1202 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4891652
Published: December 2014
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Measuring the Moon's orbit using a hand-held camera

Benjamin Oostra
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 82, 317–321 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4867968
Published: April 2014
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An experiment to measure the instantaneous distance to the Moon

Leonardo J. Pellizza, Mariano G. Mayochi, Ligia Ciocci Brazzano
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 82, 311–316 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4856566
Published: April 2014
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A simple experiment that demonstrates the “green flash”

Johannes Courtial
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 955–961 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4746384
Published: November 2012
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Why do stars twinkle, and do they twinkle on Mars?

Lorne Whitehead, John Huizinga, Michele Mossman
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 980–984 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4739056
Published: November 2012
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The “rainbow” in the drop

Giovanni Casini, Antonio Covello
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 1027–1034 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4732530
Published: November 2012
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The first three rungs of the cosmological distance ladder

Kevin Krisciunas, Erika DeBenedictis, Jeremy Steeger, Agnes Bischoff-Kim, Gil Tabak, Kanika Pasricha
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 429–438 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3687924
Published: May 2012
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Orthonormal basis for nonparaxial focused fields in two dimensions, and its application to modeling scattering and optical manipulation of objects

Krista Lombardo, Miguel A. Alonso
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 80, 82–93 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3650694
Published: January 2012
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Resolution of the ellipsoid paradox in thermodynamics

Theodore J. Yoder, Gregory S. Adkins
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 79, 811–818 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3596430
Published: August 2011
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Transition between short and long wavelength limits in quantum mechanical reflection from a linear potential

S. M. Kennedy, D. M. Paganin, D. E. Jesson
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 76, 158–162 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2805240
Published: February 2008
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Flatness of the setting Sun

Z. Néda, S. Volkán-Kacsó
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 71, 379–385 (2003)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1533054
Published: April 2003
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