ASTR100 LECTURE SCHEDULE

Lecture Date
Lecture Topic
Reading etc.
Th. Aug. 31 Introduction and Scale of the Universe Units 1 and 2
Tu. Sep. 5 Measurements and the Scientific Method Units 3 and 4; HW#1 DUE (sign syllabus)
Th. Sep. 7 Appearance of the Sky Units 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Tu. Sep. 12 Competing Cosmologies Units 10, 11; HW#2 DUE
Th. Sep. 14 Kepler's Laws Units 12, 13
Tu. Sep. 19 The Laws of Motion Units 14, 15
Th. Sep. 21 Conservation Laws and Gravity Units 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Tu. Sep. 26 The Solar System and its Origin Units 32, 33, 34; HW#3 DUE
Th. Sep. 28 The Terrestrial Planets: Earth and Moon Units 35, 36, 37
Tu. Oct. 3 The Terrestrial Planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars Units 38, 39, 40
Th. Oct. 5 The Jovian Planets Units 42, 43, 44
Tu. Oct. 10 Moons, Asteroids, & Comets Units 41, 45, 46, 47, 48; HW#4 DUE
Th. Oct 12 EXAM I Units 1-20, 32-48
Tu. Oct. 17 Light: Electromagnetic Radiation Units 21-31
Th. Oct. 19 The Sun as a Star Units 49, 51
Tu. Oct. 24 Observed Properties of Stars Units 52, 53, 54
Th. Oct. 26 Physical Properties of Stars Units 55, 56, 57
Tu. Oct. 31 Nuclear Fire Unit 50; HW#5 DUE
Th. Nov. 2 Stellar Evolution Units 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
Tu. Nov. 7 End States: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes Units 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
Th. Nov. 9 EXAM II Units 21-31, 49-69
Tu. Nov. 14 The Milky Way Units 70, 71, 72, 73
Th. Nov. 16 External Galaxies Units 74, 75, 76
Tu. Nov. 21 AGN, QSOs, and Supermassive Black Holes Unit 77; HW#6 DUE
Th. Nov. 23 THANKSGIVING
Tu. Nov. 28 Large Scale Structure and Dark Matter Unit 78
Th. Nov. 30 Formation of Structure in the Universe Unit 78
Tu. Dec. 5 Cosmology - the fun stuff Units 79 and 80; HW#7 DUE
Th. Dec. 7 Cosmology - the goofy stuff Units 81 and 82
Tu. Dec. 12 Life, the Universe, and Everything Units 83 and 84
Fri. Dec 15 FINAL EXAM (8am-10am) All of the above

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