ASTRONOMY 3: Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System
Winter 2009

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 html : scales, night sky, the cycles of the Moon

Lecture 02 notes: pdf html : history and motion

Lecture 03 notes: pdf html : Newton's law of gravitation

Lecture 04 notes: pdf html : Matter and light

Lecture 05 notes: pdf html : Telescope and space craft

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

Lecture 07 notes: pdf html : Formation of planetary system

Lecture 08 notes: pdf html : Planetary geology

Lecture 09 notes: pdf html : comparative planetology

Lecture 11 notes: pdf html : Atmosphere of terrestrial planets

Lecture 12 notes: pdf html : Jupiter and its satellites

Lecture 13 notes: pdf html : Satellites and rings of Saturn

Lecture 14 notes: pdf html : Uranus, Neptune, their satellites, and rings

Lecture 15 notes: pdf html : Pluto, Kuiper Belt, and Comets

Lecture 16 notes: pdf html : Asteroids and meteorites

Lecture 17 notes: pdf html : Geological and biological evolution on the Earth

Lecture 18 notes: pdf html : Our Sun

Lecture 19 notes: pdf html : Other planetary systems

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

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