Lectures


All lectures are in PDF and Power Point format. To read the PDFs, you must use Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download here.

Week 16

May 01: Extraterrestrail Life and Extrasolar Planets PDF PPT


Week 16

Apr 24: Comets and Kuipter Belt PDF PPT

Apr 26: Comets and Extraterrestrial Life PDF PPT


Week 15

Apr 17: Asteroids and Meteorites PDF PPT

Apr 19: Uranus and Neptune PDF PPT


Week 14

Apr 10: Planetary Rings (cont.) and Galilean Satellites PDF PPT

Apr 12: Moons of Jupiter and Saturn PDF PPT


Week 13

Apr 03: Jupiter PDF PPT

Apr 05: Saturn and Planetary Rings PDF PPT


Week 12

Mar 27: Mars and Test #2 Review PDF PPT

Mar 29: Exam #2

Week 11

Mar 20: Mercury and Venus PDF PPT

Mar 22: Mars PDF PPT


Week 10

Spring Break


Week 9

Mar 06: Sun Earth Connection PDF PPT

Mar 08: Moon and Mercury PDF PPT


Week 8

Feb 27: Earth as a Planet PDF PPT

Mar 1: The Sun PDF PPT


Week 7

Feb 20: Planetary Surfaces and Interiors PDF PPT

Feb 22: Terrestial Atmospheres PDF PPT


Week 6

Feb 13: Origin of the Solar System PDF PPT

Feb 15: Exam #1

Week 5

Feb 6: Telescopes and Imaging PDF PPT

Feb 8: General Properties of the Solar System PDF PPT


Week 4

Jan 30: Radiation and Spectroscopy PDF PPT

Feb 1: BlackBody Radiation and Spectroscopy PDF PPT

Week 3

Jan 23: Gravity Cont. PDF PPT

Jan 25: Moon Phases PDF PPT


Week 2

Jan 18: Kepler's Laws PDF PPT

Jan 16: Ancient Planetary Astronomy PDF PPT


Week 1

Jan 11: Introduction/Orientation PDF PPT