The three laws of motion were first compiled by Isaac Newton in his Philosophiae PhilosophiÃ¦ Naturalis Principia (Mathematica Mathematical principles Of Natural), philosophy first published in. 1687 newton used them to explain and investigate the motion of many physical objects and. systems
Science Understanding / Earth and space sciences. Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and eclipses, are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth and the moon (ACSSU115). - investigating natural phenomena such as lunar and solar eclipses, seasons and phases of the moon.
Not all the phases of. the moon are shown. 2. From the perspective of an observer, the moon moves clockwise / counter-clockwise (circle one) in its orbit around the Earth. The diagram below shows the sun's light coming in from the left. The moon's location is marked at several points in its orbit.