No. | Date | Lecture | Chapter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sep. | 2 | Introduction, the Scale of Things | 1 |
2 | 4 | The Appearance of the Sky | 2 | |
3 | 9 | Seasons and the Sun | 2 | |
4 | 11 | Motion of the Moon | 3 | |
5 | 16 | Geocentric to Heliocentric | 1-4 | |
6 | 18 | Planetary Motion | 2,4 | |
7 | 23 | Mechanics and the Laws of Motion | 4 | |
8 | 25 | Gravity and Orbits | 4 | |
9 | 30 | Orbits and Tides | 4 | |
10 | Oct. | 2 | The Electromagnetic Spectrum | 5 |
11 | 7 | Light and Atoms | 5 | |
12 | 9 | Telescopes | 6 | |
14 | Mid-term Exam | -- | ||
13 | 16 | Origins and Planet Surveys | 7 | |
14 | 21 | Formation of Planets | 7 | |
15 | 23 | Earth | 8 | |
16 | 28 | Moon | 9 | |
17 | 30 | The Other Terrestrials | 10-12 | |
18 | Nov. | 4 | Terrestrial Atmospheres | 8-12 |
19 | 6 | Jupiter and Saturn | 13,15 | |
20 | 11 | Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto | 16 | |
21 | 13 | Satellites and Rings | 14-16 | |
22 | 18 | Meteorites and Asteroids | 17 | |
23 | 20 | Comets | 17 | |
24 | 25 | Extrasolar Planets | 7 | |
27 | Thanksgiving! | -- | ||
25 | Dec. | 2 | Introduction to Special Relativity | 24 |
26 | 4 | Basics of the Sun | 18 | |
27 | 9 | The Sun-Earth Connection | 18 | |
28 | 11 | Why the Sun Shines | 18 |
Final Exam: Monday, Dec 15, 2003, 8:00-10:00 AM, CSS 2428