PLANETARY SCIENCES 206
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WEEK 1
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Aug 20 |
Introduction, Sun Project, Greek Astronomy (PDF file) | ||
Aug 22 |
Continue Greek Astronomy (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 2
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Aug 27 |
Notation, Units, Copernicus to Kepler (PDF file) | ||
Aug 29 |
Galileo to Newton (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 3
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Sept 3 |
No Class - Labor Day | ||
Sept 5 |
Orbits, Obliquity, Seasons (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 4
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Sept 10 |
Planetarium Demonstration | ||
Sept 12 |
Continue Seasons Lecture (cont PDF from Sept 5) | ||
WEEK 5
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Sept 17 |
Phases and Eclipses (PDF file) | ||
Sept 19 |
Matter and Light (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 6
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Sept 24 |
Energy & Radiometric Dating (PDF file) | ||
Sept 27 |
Planet Formation (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 7
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Oct 1 |
Exam #1 in Kuiper 308 | ||
Oct 3 |
Exam Debriefing (no new lecture material) | ||
WEEK 8
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Oct 8 |
The Sun (PDF file) | ||
Oct 10 |
Mercury (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 9
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Oct 15 |
Venus (PDF file) | ||
Oct 17 |
Earth Motion (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 10
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Oct 22 |
Earth Atmosphere & History (PDF file) | ||
Oct 24 |
The Moon (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 11
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Oct 29 |
Mars (PDF file) | ||
Oct 31 |
No Lecture - Exam #2 | ||
WEEK 12
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Nov 5 |
Mars Cont. (PDF file) | ||
Nov 7 |
Asteroids (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 13
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Nov 12 |
Veterans Day - No Class | ||
Nov 14 |
Comets (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 14
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Nov 19 |
Comets Cont. (see previous PDF) | ||
Nov 21 |
NEOs, Meteorites, Impacts (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 15
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Nov 26 |
Outer Planets & TNOs (PDF file) | ||
Nov 28 |
Satellites & Rings (PDF file) | ||
WEEK 15
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Dec 3 |
Extrasolar Planets (PDF file) | ||
Dec 5 |
Last Lecture (PDF file) | ||