Characteristics and Origins of the Solar System

Lecture Notes

Fall 2001



Lecture 1, Solar System Overview: 27 August
Lecture 2, The Solar System in the Night Sky: 29 August
Lecture 3, Solar System in Night Sky (cont): 05 September
Lectures 4 & 5, Solar System in Night Sky (cont): 07 September
Lecture 6, The Orbit of the Moon: 10 September
Lecture 7, Kepler's Laws: 12 September
Lecture 8, The Earth as a Planet I: 14 September
Lecture 9, The Earth as a Planet II: 17 September
Lecture 10, The Atmosphere of the Earth: 19 September
Lecture 11, The Earth's Moon: 24 September
Lecture 12, Geology of the Moon: 26 September
Lecture 13, The Age of Impacts: 28 September
Lecture 14, Mars I: 01 October
Lecture 15, Mars II: 03 & 05 October
Lecture 16, Ancient Mars: 10 October
Lecture 17, Ancient Mars & Life: 12 October
Lecture 18, Venus: 15 October
Lecture 18, The Jovian Planets: 17 October
Lecture 19, The Jovian Planets II: 22 October
Lecture 20, Interiors of the Jovian Planets : 24 October
Lecture 21, The Galilean Satellites: 26 October
Lecture 22, Saturn and properties of gravity: 29 October
Lecture 23, Saturn, its rings and moons: 31 October
Lecture 24, : WAY OUT-- Uranus, Neptune, and beyond: 2 November
Lecture 25, : Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors I: 5 November
Lecture 26, : Comets and Cometary Material: 7 November
Lecture 27, : Asteroids...tiny worlds: 9 November
Lecture 28, : Meteors, Meteorites, and Asteroids: 14 November
Lecture 29, : The Sun...I: 19 November
Lecture 30, : The Sun...II: 26 November
Lecture 31, : The Origin of the Solar System I: 28 November
Lecture 32, : The Origin of the Solar System II: 3 December
Lecture 33, : A Lecture that will live in infamy: 7 December
Lecture 34, : Other solar systems: 10 December
Lecture 35, : Life in the Universe: 12 December