|
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Events |
| 1 |
Aug 30 |
Intro, Celestial Mechanics |
Ch 22
|
first day of class |
| 2 |
Sep 1 |
Celestial Mechanics |
|
|
| 3 |
Sep 6 |
Light and Tides |
2.3, 23.5
|
|
| 4 |
Sep 8 |
The Earth |
23.1, 23.3
|
HW #1 due Sep 9
|
| 5 |
Sep 13 |
The Moon |
23.6
|
Quiz #1 |
| 6 |
Sep 15 |
The Moon & Mercury |
23.6
|
|
| 7 |
Sep 20 |
Venus and Mars |
Ch 24
|
|
| 8 |
Sep 22 |
Mars
|
|
HW #2 due Sep 23
|
| 9 |
Sep 27 |
Comparative Planetology |
|
Quiz #2 |
| 10 |
Sep 29 |
The Jovian System |
Ch 25
|
|
| 11 |
Oct 4 |
The Galilean Moons
|
|
|
| 12 |
Oct 6 |
The Outer Planets |
|
HW #3 due Oct 7
|
| 13 |
Oct 11 |
Comets and Asteroids |
Ch 26 |
Quiz #3 |
| 14 |
Oct 13 |
The Formation of the Solar System |
|
|
| 15 |
Oct 18 |
Stars: Distance, Magnitudes, and Colors |
Ch 2
|
|
| 16 |
Oct 20 |
Interstellar Reddening and Spectral Types |
3.1-3.3
|
HW #4 due Oct 21
|
| 17 |
Oct 25 |
No class |
|
Fall Break |
| 18 |
Oct 27 |
The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram |
3.4
|
Quiz #4
|
| 19 |
Nov 1 |
Stellar Velocities, Binary Stars |
Ch 5
|
|
| 20 |
Nov 3 |
Stellar Masses; Powering Stars |
Ch 9
|
HW #5 due Nov 4
|
| 21 |
Nov 8 |
Energy Transport in Stars |
Ch 9
|
|
| 22 |
Nov 10 |
High Mass Stars |
Ch 9
|
Quiz #5 |
| 23 |
Nov 15 |
Star Formation |
|
|
| 24 |
Nov 17 |
Protostars |
|
HW #6 due Nov 18
|
| 25 |
Nov 22 |
Low Mass Stellar Evolution I |
|
|
| 26 |
Nov 24 |
No class |
|
Thanksgiving Day |
| 27 |
Nov 29 |
Low Mass Stellar Evolution II |
|
|
| 28 |
Dec 1 |
High Mass Stellar Evolution |
|
Quiz #6 |
| 29 |
Dec 6 |
White Dwarfs and Novae |
|
|
| 30 |
Dec 8 |
Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
|
HW #7 due Dec 9
|
|
Dec 20 |
Final Exam |
|
12:30--3:30 |