ASTR630, Fall 2018
P
lanetary
S
cience
Time:
MW 2:00-3:15
Room:
ATL 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
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