| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading &c. |
| Th. Aug. 31 |
Introduction, the Scale of Things |
Chapter 1
|
| Tu. Sep. 5 |
Geocentric to Heliocentric |
Chapters 1-4
|
| Th. Sep. 7 |
Planetary Motion |
Chapters 2,4
|
| Tu. Sep. 12 |
Mechanics and the Laws of Motion |
Chapter 4
|
| Th. Sep. 14 |
Gravity and Orbits |
Chapter 4; HW#1
|
| Tu. Sep. 19 |
Orbits and Tides |
Chapter 4
|
| Th. Sep. 21 |
Earth Motions |
Chapter 2
|
| Tu. Sep. 26 |
Seasons |
Chapter 2
|
| Th. Sep. 28 |
Motion of the Moon, Eclipses |
Chapter 3; HW#2
|
| Tu. Oct. 3 |
The Electromagnetic Spectrum |
Chapter 5
|
| Th. Oct. 5 |
Light and the Structure of the Atom |
Chapter 5
|
| Tu. Oct. 10 |
Exam I |
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|
| Th. Oct. 12 |
Optics & Telescopes |
Chapter 6
|
| Tu. Oct. 17 |
Telescopes & Detectors |
Chapter 6
|
| Th. Oct. 19 |
Survey of the Solar System |
Chapter 7; HW#3
|
| Tu. Oct. 24 |
The Earth |
Chapter 9
|
| Th. Oct. 26 |
The Moon |
Chapter 10
|
| Tu. Oct. 31 |
Mercury & Venus |
Chapters 11-12
|
| Th. Nov. 2 |
Mars |
Chapter 13; HW#4
|
| Tu. Nov. 7 |
Terrestrial Atmospheres |
Chapters 9-13
|
| Th. Nov. 9 |
The Greenhouse Effect |
Chapters 9-13
|
| Tu. Nov. 14 |
Exam II |
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|
| Th. Nov. 14 |
The Gas Giants |
Chapters 14, 16
|
| Tu. Nov. 21 |
Tour of the Outer Moons |
Chapter 15
|
| Th. Nov. 23 |
THANKSGIVING |
Cookbook
|
| Tu. Nov. 28 |
Rings |
Chapters 14, 16; HW#5
|
| Th. Nov. 30 |
Asteroids |
Chapter 17
|
| Tu. Dec. 5 |
Comets |
Chapter 17
|
| Th. Dec. 7 |
Formation of the Solar System |
Chapter 8
|
| Tu. Dec. 12 |
The Sun |
Chapter 18; HW#6
|
| Th. Dec. 14 |
FINAL EXAM (8am-10am) |
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