Lesson 8 - Linked views with bqplot & Intro to the Planetary Dataset

Resources

• INTERACT: Elliptical orbits
• Super Planet Crash Game

Kepler Planets info

• Exoplanet Archive - see “Data –> Confirmed Planets” option (hover over “Data”)
• Exoplanet orbit database (deprecated, but with plots)
• astroquery API

Python Library downloads

Data Downloads

• We’ll be using this NASA planet database CSV file (planets_2020.06.22_10.10.17.csv) today.

Reading

1. Crash Course Astronomy: Solar System Video
2. Crash Course Astronomy: Exoplanets
3. Video about bqplot
4. Optional: ipywidgets Docs; Traitlets Docs; bqplot Docs
5. Optional: Intro to Ellipses
6. Optional: Crash Course Physics: Gravity

Materials

• Lecture 8: (view, source, present)
• Notebook example_submission_lesson08: (view, download)
• Notebook extra_notebook_lesson08: (view, download)
• Notebook inClass_lesson08: (view, download)
• Notebook prep_notebook_lesson08: (view, download)