Astronomy 121 On-line Access

Properties of Our Solar System:

Course Materials

Administrative stuff:

• Course Overview
• Course Outline
• Helpful Computer Hints for Survival in this Class
• Paperless Class
• The TA for this Class
• Post To the Newsgroup for This Class
• Read The Newsgroup for This Class

Some Internet Resources for This Class

• The Periodic Table of Elements
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Current Positions of the Planets
• Welcome to the Planets
• Views of the Solar System
• Planetary Data Browser
• The Nine Planets
• Clementine Lunar Image Broswer
• Imaging Directory of Planetary Surfaces
• Magallen Mission to Venus
• Center for Mars Exploration
• Jupiter-Comet Collision
• Voyager Mission to the Outer Planets

Quizzes, Tests and Homework:

• First Homework Assignment
• First Midterm Hints
• Take The First Midterm
• Lab Exercise for Tuesday July 18
• Lab Exercise for Tuesday July 25

• Take The Second Exam




Lectures:

• Lecture #1 --> What is this Class About Anyway?
• Lecture #2 --> Early Solar System Models
• Lecture #3 --> Newton, Gravity and Orbits
• Lecture #4 --> Orbital Properties of the Solar System
  • Lecture #4a --> Orbital Properties of the Earth
• Lecture #5,6 --> Overview of The Solar System
• Lecture #7 --> Formation of The Solar System
  • Lecture #7a --> Formation of The Earth's Moon
• Lecture #8 --> Formation of Planetary Atmospheres
• Lecture #9 --> From Atmospheric Chemistry to DNA on the Earth Atmosphere
  • Lecture #9a --> Monomers to Polymers
  • Lecture #9b --> Oxygen Addition to the Earth's Atmosphere
• Lecture #10,11 --> Exploration of the Moon
• Lecture #12 --> Visiting the Earth
  • Lecture #12a --> Plate Tectonics
• Lecture #13,14 --> Exploring Venus and Mars
• Lecture #15 --> The Moons of Jupiter and Saturn

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