Tue. Sep. 1 | Regularities in the Solar System | Reading should be done before that day's lecture! Come prepared to talk about the reading in class. |
Thu. Sep. 3 | Formation of Solar Systems: From Molecular Clouds to Circumplanetary Disks | Preface, Chapter 1, and look over Appendices and Glossary |
Tue. Sep. 8 | Problem Solving Techniques, Central Force Motion | Chapters 2 & 28 |
Thu. Sep. 10 | Kepler's Laws; Orbital Elements | Chapter 5; QUIZ #1 |
Tue. Sep. 15 | Orbital Evolution | Chapter 6 |
Thu. Sep. 17 | The Gravitational Slingshot Effect | Chapter 7 |
Tue. Sep. 22 | Formation of Solar Systems: From Circumplanetary Disks to Planets | Chapter 8; HW #1 due |
Thu. Sep. 24 | Formation of Solar Systems | Chapter 9; QUIZ #2 |
Tue. Sep. 29 | The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud | Chapter 10 |
Thu. Oct. 1 | Overview of Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 11; HW #2 due |
Tue. Oct. 6 | Surfaces of the Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 12 |
Thu. Oct. 8 | Surfaces of the Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 13; QUIZ #3 |
Tue. Oct. 13 | Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 3; HW #3 due |
Thu. Oct. 15 | MIDTERM | Chapters 1-13 (excluding 4), Homeworks 1-3, Quizzes 1-3 |
Tue. Oct. 20 | Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 4 |
Thu. Oct. 22 | The Sun and Planetary Magnetospheres | Chapter 14; QUIZ #4 |
Tue. Oct. 27 | Interiors of the Giant Planets | Chapter 15 |
Thu. Oct. 29 | Interiors of the Giant Planets | Chapter 16; HW #4 due |
Tue. Nov. 3 | Atmospheres of the Giant Planets | Chapter 17 & 18 |
Thu. Nov. 5 | Planetary Rings | Chapter 19; QUIZ #5 |
Tue. Nov. 10 | Io, Europa, Ganymede: Orbital resonance and tidal heating | Chapter 20 |
Thu. Nov. 12 | Ganymede and Callisto | Chapter 21; HW #5 due |
Tue. Nov. 17 | Titan | Chapter 22 |
Thu. Nov. 19 | Icy Moons | Chapter 23; QUIZ #6 |
Tue. Nov. 24 | Comets | Chapter 24; HW #6 due |
Thu. Nov. 26 | THANKSGIVING! | |
Tue. Dec. 1 | Asteroids | Chapter 25 |
Thu. Dec. 3 | Asteroids | Chapter 26 |
Tue. Dec. 8 | Meteorites | Chapter 27; HW #7 due |
Thu. Dec. 10 | Review for Final Exam | QUIZ #7 |
Sat. Dec. 19 | FINAL EXAM: 10:30am-12:30pm, CSS2428 | All Chapters, Homeworks, and Quizzes! |
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