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Course Outline
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Date |
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Lecture Topic | |
Slides | |
Reading |
Notes |
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| 1 | Aug. | 31 |
Introduction |
| 01_aug_31.pdf |
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| 2 | Sep. | 05 |
Background and Terminology |
| 02_sep_05.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 4 |
| 3 | | 07 |
Scientific Method, Survey of Collisions |
| 03_sep_07.pdf |
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| 4 | | 12 |
Formation of the Solar System |
| 04_sep_12.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 6 |
| -- | | 13 |
Last Day to drop class without a "W" |
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| 5 | | 14 |
Formation of the Solar System (Cont.) |
| 05_sep_14.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 9 |
| 6 | | 19 |
Moon Formation Theories |
| 06_sep_19.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 1-2 |
HW 1 due |
| 7 | | 21 |
Cratering Physics |
| 07_sep_21.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 3 |
| 8 | | 26 |
In-Class Activity: Cratering Experiment |
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| NCC Ch. 4 |
Room 1220 |
| 9 | | 28 |
Impacts as tools for study |
| 09_sep_28.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 5 |
Activity Worksheet due |
| 10 | Oct. | 03 |
Deep Impact at Comet Tempel 1 |
| 10_oct_03.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 7 |
| 11 | | 05 |
Collisions in the Solar System |
| 11_oct_05.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 6 |
HW 2 Due |
| 12 | | 10 |
In-class activity: Hollywood's impacts |
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| NCC Ch. 7 |
| 13 | | 12 |
Observed impacts: Tunguska and SL9 |
| 13_oct_12.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 8 |
Activity Worksheet due |
| 14 | | 17 |
Tunguska and Tour of the Solar System |
| 14_oct_17.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 9 |
| 15 | | 19 |
Midterm Exam |
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| 16 | | 24 |
Geology background & Alvarez theory - K-T crater |
| 16_oct_24.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 10 |
| 17 | | 26 |
Alvarez theory - K-T Mass Extinction |
| 17_oct_26.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 11 |
HW 3 due |
| 18 | | 31 |
In-class activity - Video: "What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?" |
| 18_oct_31.pdf |
| NCC Ch. 12-13 |
| 19 | Nov. | 02 |
Other Mass Extinctions and Impact Risk Introduction |
| 19_nov_02.pdf |
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Activity Worksheet due |
| 20 | | 07 |
Impact Risk Today |
| 20_nov_07.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 5 |
| -- | | 08 |
Last Day to drop class with a "W" |
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| 21 | | 09 |
Impact Mitigation |
| 21_nov_09.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 10 |
HW 4 due |
| 22 | | 14 |
Stellar Structure and Evolution |
| 22_nov_14.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 11-12 |
| 23 | | 16 |
Stellar Evolution and Stellar Collisions |
| 23_nov_16.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 13 |
| 24 | | 21 |
Lecture Canceled |
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| -- | | 23 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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| 25 | | 28 |
Galactic Structure |
| 25_nov_28.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 14 |
HW 5 due |
| 26 | | 30 |
Galactic Collisions and AGN |
| 26_nov_30.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 15 |
| 27 | Dec. | 05 |
Distance scales, Hubble Law and the Big Bang |
| 27_dec_05.pdf |
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| 28 | | 07 |
Dark Matter |
| 28_dec_07.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 16 |
HW 6 due |
| 29 | | 12 |
The Fate of the Universe |
| 29_dec_12.pdf |
| ECP Ch. 17 |
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| -- | Dec | 18 |
Final Exam 10:30am-12:30pm, CSS 2400 |
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