ASTR630, Fall 2016

Planetary Science

Time: TuTh 2:00-3:15
Room: CSS 0201
Prof: Doug Hamilton

Anouncements

Class Organization

• Course Description
• Lecture Schedule
• Assignments and Handouts
• Course Textbooks
  
• Official Class Syllabus
• Prof's Office Hours (in PSC 1153): Drop by Anytime!
• What's My Grade Right Now?
• TERPS Conference Schedule
• ASTR630 Mid-November Evaluation Form
• Available until the start of finals: The official CourseEvalUM. Please help the Astronomy Dept. by responding soon!
  

Computer Programs

• The Astronomy Workshop, a collection of interactive online tools.
  
  Orbital Elements:
  Orbit Viewers
  Orbital Elements Converter
  Three-Body Problem:
  What if the Moon's Orbit were inclined by 90 degrees?
  What if the Moon's Orbit were twice as large?
  Binary Star Integrator
  Lagrange Point Explorer
  
  Pericenter Precession:
  Central Force Integrator
  
  Impacts:
  Solar System Collisions
  
• Xephem, an observer's view of the Solar System.
• HNBody, a downloadable state-of-the-art N-Body Integrator. Get the basic Linux package for departmental machines here.
• Sun/Moon rise and set times. Calculated for any location on Earth.

Go to Doug Hamilton's Home Page