Exploration of the Solar System

Lecture Notes

Fall 2004 (Distance Education Section)


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