Keeping up with the Sun

Authors

David R. Duncan, University of Northern IowaFollow
Bonnie H. Litwiller, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

While flying from Minneapolis to a convention on the west coast we observed that it was becoming dark outside even though we took off in daylight and were flying west toward the sun. We asked ourselves the question, "How fast should we be flying to 'keep up with the sun'?"

Publication Date

March 1976

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

13

Issue

1

First Page

12

Last Page

14

Copyright

© Copyright 1976 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Duncan, David R. and Litwiller, Bonnie H. (1976) "Keeping up with the Sun," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 13: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol13/iss1/5