ASTR 1304 - Section 001                             The Solar System                                Spring 2011

01-22-2004

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Assignments

HW #1: Due Mon. January 31             * Read Ch. 1             * HW #1 Questions             * HW #1 Solutions	HW #2: Due Mon. February 14             * Read Ch. 2             * HW #2 Questions             * HW #2 Solutions
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HW #3: Due Fri. February 25             * Read Ch. 3 & 10             * HW #3 Questions             * HW #3 Solutions	HW #4: Due Fri. March 4            * Read Ch. 4            * Read Ch. 5 (optional)             * HW #4 Questions             * HW #4 Solutions
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HW #5: Due Wed. March 23             * Read Ch.8             * HW #5 Questions             * HW #5 Solutions	HW #6: Due Wed. April 6             * Read Ch. 7             * HW #6 Questions             * HW #6 Solutions
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HW #7: Due Wed. April 13             * Read Ch. 9 & 11             * HW #7 Questions             * HW #7 Solutions	HW #8: Due Mon. April 25             * Read Ch. 11 & 12             * HW #8 Questions             * HW #8 Solutions
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HW #9: Due Wed. May 4             * Read Ch. 14             * HW #9 Questions             * HW #9 Solutions	HW #10: Will not be collected             * Read Ch. 6 & 21             * HW #10 Questions             * HW #10 Solutions
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Lecture 1: Planetary Science -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 2: Introduction to Science -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 3: History of Astronomy -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 4: Celestial Sphere -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 5: Motions of the Sun -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 6: Motions of the Moon -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 7: Kepler's Laws -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 8: Energy & Entropy -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 9: Newton's Laws & Gravity -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 10: Light -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 11: Spectroscopy -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 12: Tour of the Solar System -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 13: Atmospheric Processes -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 14: Tectonics & Seismology -- (Office 2007)

Lecture 15: Volcanism -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 16: Impact Cratering -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 17: Erosion -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 18: Terrestrial Planet Interiors -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 19: The Moon -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 20: Jovian Planets -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 21: Moons -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 22: Comparative Planetology -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 23: Asteroids & Comets -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 24: Meteoroids, Meteors, & Meteorites -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 25: Dwarf Planets -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 26: The Sun -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 27: Solar Evolution -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 28: Formation of the Solar System -- (Office 2007)      Lecture 29: Life -- (Office 2007)

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Venus	Jupiter	Pluto
Earth-Moon	Saturn	Charon
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Created: January 22, 2004
Last Modified: October 6, 2011

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