ASTR 330, Spring 2021
The
Solar System
- Time: Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45am
- Room: In Person Course
- Prof: Doug
Hamilton
- TA:
Ernesto Benitez
- UMD Covid19 Help:
(301) 405-4325.
Class Information
Material to Help You Out
GENERAL
-
Computer Programs for use in ASTR330. Practice scientific
notation and working with equations. Learn about astronomical
distances and giant impacts!
-
Astronomy Picture of the Day This site is updated daily and
has a nice archive of pretty astronomy images.
NEWS 2021
SOLAR SYSTEM
- Welcome to
the Planets Information about planets and spaceprobes from JPL.
- A Tour of the Solar
System This page contains information about the planets,
satellites, asteroids, comets, and Solar System related topics.
- Spacewatch
This page contains information about this program which searches for
near Earth objects.
- The Kuiper
Belt In 1993, the first small asteroid-like body was discovered
beyond the orbit of Pluto. Now there are hundreds of known Kuiper Belt
Objects, one of which is larger than Pluto itself!
- Mars! NASA has a very
strong dedicated Mars program. Read about the latest results from
multiple missions.
- The Galileo
Spacecraft Galileo completed its historic mission to
Jupiter and crashed into the giant planet on September 21, 2003 -
find out more about the mission and its discoveries!
- The Cassini
Spacecraft Cassini returned many
exciting discoveries about Saturn, its rings, and its satellites before burning up in the planet's atmosphere on September 15, 2017.
- The New Horizons mission.
- The Mars Express and Rosetta missions.
- The
Mercury Messenger mission.
Go
to Doug Hamilton's Home Page