ASTRONOMY 3: Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System
Winter 2012

Lecture notes + Web Links

Lecture notes used during AY3 class are provided below. For each lecture, we have compiled a list of web sites which contain further explaination of material covered in class. Information on these web sites is not required, but could prove useful in studying for the exams.

notes: pdf ppt : overview and scales

Lecture 02 notes: pdf ppt : night sky, the cycles of the Moon, and motion

Lecture 03 notes: pdf ppt : Quantitative science: Kepler, Galileo, Newton's law of gravitation

Lecture 04 notes: pdf ppt : Matter and light

Lecture 05 notes: pdf ppt : Telescope and space craft

Lecture 06 notes: pdf ppt : Overview of the solar system

Lecture 07 notes: pdf ppt : Formation of planetary system

Lecture 08 notes: pdf ppt : Planetary geology

Lecture 09 notes: pdf ppt : comparative planetology

Lecture 11 notes: pdf ppt : Atmosphere of terrestrial planets

Lecture 12 notes: pdf html : Gas giants: Jupiter and Saturn, and ice giants: Uranus and Neptune

Lecture 13 notes: pdf html : Satellites and rings in the outer solar system

Lecture 14 notes: pdf html : Pluto, Kuiper Belt, and comets

Lecture 15 notes: pdf html : Asteriods and meteorites

Lecture 16 notes: pdf html : Geological and biological evolution of the Earth

Lecture 17 notes: pdf html : Our Sun

Lecture 18 notes: pdf html : Search for other worlds

Lecture 19 notes: pdf html : Planetary systems around other stars

Lecture 20 notes: pdf html : In search of life elsewhere and future space missions

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