Exploration of the Solar System

Lecture Notes

Spring 2010


#1: 20 Jan: Initial pleasantries, the sky tonight (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#2: 22 Jan: The Sky Tonight and Overview of the Solar System (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#3: 25 Jan: Overview of the Solar System (cont); patterns in sky (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#4: 27 Jan: Patterns in the Sky (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#5: 29 Jan: Maps of the Sky (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#6: 01 Feb: The Sun in the Sky (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#7: 03 Feb: The Path of the Moon in the Night Sky (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#8: 05 Feb: The "Nature of Things" in the Solar System (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#9: 08 Feb: Orbits (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#10: 10 Feb: Kepler's Laws: what they tell us (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#11: 12 Feb: Newton's Laws and the Dynamics of the Solar system (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#12: 15 Feb: The Moon: key to the solar system (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#13: 17 Feb: The Apollo Program: Exploration of the Moon (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#14: 19 Feb: The Geological History of the Moon (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#15: 22 Feb: How do we know how old a Moon rock is? (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#16: 24 Feb: The planets Mercury and Venus: an overview (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#17: 26 Feb: The planet Venus: Earth's Twin? (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#18: 01 Mar: Exploring the Surface of the Planet Venus (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#19: 05 Mar: The Atmosphere of Venus (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#20: 08 Mar: Exploration of Mars (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#21: 10 Mar: Studying the Surface of Mars from Orbit (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#22: 12 Mar: Exploring the Surface of Mars (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#23: 22 Mar: Why planets have atmospheres (or don't) (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#24: 24 Mar: More on atmospheres, start of Jupiter and Saturn (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#25: 26 Mar: Jupiter and Saturn (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#26: 29 Mar: Inside Jupiter and Saturn (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#27: 31 Mar: The Rings of Saturn (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#28: 02 Apr: The (sort of) Outer Solar System (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#29: 05 Apr: Moons of the planets (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#30: 07 Apr: Moons of Jupiter (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#31: 09 Apr: Titan: a moon with atmosphere (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#32: 12 Apr: Physical processes in the outer solar system (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#33: 14 Apr: The nature of Pluto and similar objects (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#34: 16 Apr: Meteors and meteorites (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#35: 19 Apr: Asteroids, meteors, and meteorites (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#36: 21 Apr: Comets (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#37: 23 Apr: The Sun: center of the Solar System (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#38: 26 Apr: The Sun: a star in the Solar System (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#39: 30 Apr: The Sun: a star in the Solar System (Part 2) (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#40: 03 May: Space Weather: how the Sun impacts the Earth (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#41: 05 May: The formation of the Solar System (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file
#42: 07 May: Omnis In Exitu Eius Pulchrima (ppt) Lecture notes -- pdf file