Exploration
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SPRING SEMESTER 2004
Exploration of the Solar System: Lectures
The following lecture notes are in Powerpoint format. I will be adding lecture notes soon after they are given in class (lecture title will become a link).
To view any lecture, click on the subject title. You will need to have Powerpoint or Powerpoint viewer (free download) installed.
| Date | Chapter |
Subject |
| Aug 23, 25 | 1 |
Introduction |
| Aug 27, 30 | 2 |
The Night Sky I, Night Sky II, Night Sky III |
| Sep 3 | 3 |
Ancient Astronomy |
| Sep 8 | 4 |
Renaissance Astronomy |
| Sep 10, 13 | 6 |
Light and telescopes I, Light and Telescopes II |
| Sep 17, 20 | 7 |
Overview of solar System, part 1; Part II |
| Sep 22, 24 | 8 |
The Earth Part I, Part II, Part III |
| Sep 27, 29 | 9 |
The Moon |
| Oct 1 | - |
Mission to the Moon |
| Oct 4, 6 | 10 |
Mercury and Venus |
| Oct 8, 11 | 11 |
Mars |
| Oct 15 | - |
Mission to Mars |
| Oct 18, 25 | 12 |
Jupiter , Saturn |
| Oct 27 | - |
Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn |
| Oct 29, Nov 1 | 13 |
Outer planets (Uranus, Neptune) |
| Nov 3, 5 | 14 |
Outer planet satellites |
| Nov 8 -19 | 15 |
I:Comets/Meteors, II:Asteroids |
| Nov 29, Dec 1 | 17 |
The Sun |
| Dec 6, 8 | - |
Extra-solar Planets, SETI |
| Dec 8, 10 | - |
Review: 'Who wants to be a millionaire astronomer?' game |
Latest update: December 10, 2004 11:48 AM