| Thu. Jan. 26 | Regularities in the Solar System | Reading should be done before that day's lecture! Come prepared to talk about the reading in class. |
| Tue. Jan. 31 | Formation of Solar Systems: From Molecular Clouds to Circumplanetary Disks | Preface, Chapter 1, and look over Appendices and Glossary |
| Thu. Feb. 2 | Problem Solving Techniques, Central Force Motion | Chapters 2 & 28 |
| Tue. Feb. 7 | Kepler's Laws; Orbital Elements | Chapter 5; QUIZ #1 |
| Thu. Feb. 9 | Orbital Evolution | Chapter 6 |
| Tue. Feb. 14 | The Gravitational Slingshot Effect | Chapter 7; HW #1 due |
| Thu. Feb. 16 | Formation of Solar Systems: From Circumplanetary Disks to Planets | Chapter 8 |
| Tue. Feb. 21 | Formation of Solar Systems | Chapter 9; QUIZ #2 |
| Thu. Feb. 23 | The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud | Chapter 10 |
| Tue. Feb. 28 | Overview of Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 11; HW #2 due |
| Thu. Mar. 1 | Surfaces of the Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 12 |
| Tue. Mar. 6 | Surfaces of the Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 13; QUIZ #3 |
| Thu. Mar. 8 | Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 3; HW #3 due |
| Tue. Mar. 13 | MIDTERM | Chapters 1-13 (excluding 4), Homeworks 1-3, Quizzes 1-3 |
| Thu. Mar. 15 | Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 4 |
| Tue. Mar. 20 | SPRING BREAK! | |
| Thu. Mar. 22 | SPRING BREAK! | |
| Tue. Mar. 27 | The Sun and Planetary Magnetospheres | Chapter 14; QUIZ #4 |
| Thu. Mar. 29 | Interiors of the Giant Planets | Chapter 15 |
| Tue. Apr. 3 | Interiors of the Giant Planets | Chapter 16; HW #4 due |
| Thu. Apr. 5 | Atmospheres of the Giant Planets | Chapter 17 & 18 |
| Tue. Apr. 10 | Planetary Rings | Chapter 19; QUIZ #5 |
| Thu. Apr. 12 | Io, Europa, Ganymede: Orbital resonance and tidal heating | Chapter 20 |
| Tue. Apr. 17 | Ganymede and Callisto | Chapter 21; HW #5 due |
| Thu. Apr. 19 | Titan | Chapter 22 |
| Tue. Apr. 24 | Icy Moons | Chapter 23; QUIZ #6 |
| Thu. Apr. 26 | Comets | Chapter 24 |
| Tue. May 1 | Asteroids | Chapter 25; HW #6 due |
| Thu. May 3 | Asteroids | Chapter 26 |
| Tue. May 8 | Meteorites | Chapter 27; QUIZ #7 |
| Thu. May 10 | Review for Final Exam | HW #7 due |
| Fri. May 18 | FINAL EXAM: 10:30am-12:30pm, CSS2416 | All Chapters, Homeworks, and Quizzes! |
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