Characteristics and Origins of the Solar System

Lecture Notes

Spring 2004


Topic 1. Initial Pleasantries, Overview of Solar System: 21 January
Topic 2. The Solar System in the Night Sky: 23 January
Topic 2 (Lecture 3). The Solar System in the Night Sky (cont): 26 January
Topic 3 (Lecture 4). The Motion of the Moon in the Sky: 30 January
Topic 4 (Lecture 5). The Earth as a Planet: 06 February
Topic 4 (Lecture 6). The Earth as a Planet (cont): 11 February
Topic 6 (Lecture 7). The Geology of the Moon: 16 February
Topic 6 (Lecture 8). The Apollo Mission and the Moon: 18 February
Topic 6 (Lecture 8). The Apollo Mission and the Moon (2): 18 February
Topic 7 (Lecture 9). The Moon and the Age of Bombardment: 20 February
Topic 8 (Lecture 10). Mars, Basic Facts : 23 February
Topic 8 (Lecture 11). Mars, A Tour : 25 February
Topic 8-9 (Lecture 12). The Surface of Mars and its History : 27 February
Topic 9 (Lecture 13). The Surface of Mars and its History (cont) : 03 March
Topic 9 (Lecture 14). Mars: The Search for Life and Future Exploration : 05 March
Topic 10 (Lecture 15). Mercury and Venus : 08 March
Topic 10 (Lecture 16). Venus : 10 March
Topic 11 (Lecture 17). The Jovian Planets : 12 March
Topic 11 (Lecture 18). The Jovian Planets (cont): 22 March
Topic 11 (Lecture 19). Still more Jovian Planets: 24 March
Topic 12 (Lecture 20). The Galilean Satellites: 26 March
Topic 13 (Lecture 21). Saturn: 29 March
Topic 13 (Lecture 22). Saturn: Rings and Moons: 29 March
Topic 14 (Lecture 23). Way Out: Uranus and Beyond: 02 April
Topic 15 (Lecture 24). Asteroids, Comets, & Meteors: 05 April
Topic 16 (Lecture 25). Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets: 07 April
Topic 17 (Lecture 26). Comets and Cometary Material: 09 April
Topic 19 (Lecture 27). The Sun: Portrait of G2V star: 16 April
Topic 19 (Lecture 28). The Sun (cont): 19 April
Topic 20 (Lecture 30). Formation of the Solar System I: 23 April
Topic 20 (Lecture 31). Formation of the Solar System II: 28 April
Topic 21 (Lecture 32). Other Stars, Other Solar Systems: 30 April
Topic 21 (Lecture 33). Other Solar Systems (cont): 05 May ---PowerPoint file
Topic 22 (Lecture 34). Life in the Universe: 07 May ---PowerPoint file