ASTR 330 Spring 2007 Class Website

ASTR 330 Spring 2007
Solar System Astronomy

Instructor: Dr. Kevin J. Walsh

Course Information:

Homework Dates:

Due Feb 6; (PDF) Handed out January 30th Solutions
Due Feb 20 (PDF) Posted Feb 9th. Solutions
Due Mar 13 (PDF) Posted March 6. Solutions
Due Apr 3 (PDF) Posted March 27. Solutions
Due Apr 24 (PDF) Posted April 12. Solutions
Due May 8 (PDF) Posted April 26. Solutions
EXTRA CREDIT: Due May 8th, Topics approved by April 19th (PDF) Posted March 27

COURSE EVALUATION: If you have not done an eval for this course or any others you can do them here. These are important to do, so please take the time to get them done.

Extra Polar Plotting Paper for Homework #5.

Additional Example for Homework #5, showing how points would look for moons with eccentric orbits.

Tycho #1 image #1 for Homework #3.
Tycho #2 image #2 for Homework #3.

Lecture notes on-line here. (PDF)

Test Solutions
Test 1 Solutions Test 2 Solutions

The lecture course is based on the textbook "The Planetary System" (3rd Edition) by Morrison and Owen. The book has an accompanying website.

Useful Links:

The Astronomy Workshop - an interactive astronomy learning site by Doug Hamilton and Mike Asbury at UMD College Park Dept of Astronomy
University of Maryland Department of Astronomy
NinePlanets.org - lots of information on the planets
SolarViews.com - great source for planetary pictures
Wikipedia - free on-line encyclopedia - has just about everything (which may or may not be true)!

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