Astro 118: Physics of Planetary Systems

Here is a copy of our class syllabus.

Lecture 1 PDF notes.

Lecture 2/3 PDF (stars) notes.

Lecture 3/5 PDF (solar system) notes.

Basri & Brown (2006) paper.

Matthew Bate's Star Formation Movies.

Star Formation Slides were from here.

Giant Planet Formation Slides.

Announcements:

Quarter Project topic selection is due by Wednesday, 1/25/12

Quarter Project Info.

Problem Set 1.

Problem Set 2 and solution.

Problem Set 3 and solution.

Midterm Solution.

Problem Set 4.

Problem Set 5 and solution.

Problem Set 6 and solution.

My notes from the last third of class, in part 1 and 2.

Some of the PowerPoint I've used are here.

Practive exam questions and solutions.