ASTR430 SYLLABUS

  • Tuesday Sep. 1 -- Regularities in the Solar System
    Read Preface, Introduction, and look over Appendices and Glossary

  • Thursday Sep. 3 -- Formation of Solar Systems
    From Molecular Clouds to Circumplanetary Disks
    Read Chapter 23 & beginning of the Planetary Formation Handout

  • Tuesday Sep. 8 -- Gravity & Orbital Motion
    Central Force Motion; Kepler's Laws
    Read the rest of the Planetary Formation Handout

  • Thursday Sep. 10 -- Gravity & Orbital Motion
    Kepler's Laws; Orbital Elements
    Read Chapter 1

  • Tuesday Sep. 15 -- Gravity & Orbital Motion
    Orbital Evolution; Slingshot Effect
    Read Chapter 9; HW #1 due

  • Thursday Sep. 17 -- Gravity & Orbital Motion
    Orbital Evolution; Slingshot Effect
    Read Chapter 2 & 3

  • Tuesday Sep. 22 -- Formation of Solar Systems
    From Circumplanetary Disks to Planets
    Read Chapter 4

  • Thursday Sep. 24 -- Problem Solving Techniques
    Read Chapters 5; HW #2 due

  • Tuesday Sep. 29 -- Formation and Tidal Evolution
    Read Chapter 6

  • Thursday Oct. 1 -- The Moon, Mars, The Earth
    Read Chapter 7

  • Tuesday Oct. 6 -- Surfaces of the Terrestrial Planets
    HW #3 due

  • Thursday Oct. 8 -- Surfaces of the Terrestrial Planets

  • Tuesday Oct. 13 -- Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets
    Read Chapter 8

  • Thursday Oct. 15 -- Midterm

  • Tuesday Oct. 20 -- Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets

  • Thursday Oct. 22 -- Interiors of the Giant Planets
    Read Chapter 10

  • Tuesday Oct. 27 -- Interiors of the Giant Planets

  • Thursday Oct. 29 -- Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
    Read Chapter 11; HW #4 due

  • Tuesday Nov. 3 -- Planetary Rings
    Read Chapter 12

  • Thursday Nov. 5 -- The Galilean Satellites
    Satellites Resonances and Tidal Heating
    Read Chapter 13

  • Tuesday Nov. 10 -- Titan
    Read Chapter 14

  • Thursday Nov. 12 -- Icy Moons
    Read Chapter 15; HW #5 due

  • Tuesday Nov. 17 -- Comets, the Kuiper Belt, and the Oort Cloud
    Read Chapter 17

  • Thursday Nov. 19 -- Comets, the Kuiper Belt, and the Oort Cloud
    Read Chapter 16 & 20

  • Tuesday Nov. 24 -- Asteroids
    Read Chapter 18; HW #6 due

  • Thursday Nov. 26 -- THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!

  • Tuesday Dec. 1 -- Asteroids
    Read Chapters 21 & 22

  • Thursday Dec. 3 -- Meteorites
    Read Chapter 19

  • Tuesday Dec. 8 -- Meteorites
    HW #7 due

  • Thursday Dec. 10 -- Review for Final Exam

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