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AST 1002 |
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AST 1002 |
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| MAIN | SYLLABUS | SCHEDULE | ANNOUNCE | REVIEW | GRADES | AST LAB | LINKS |
Course Schedule:
| DATE | CLASS TOPIC | READING | Homework (ch - #)
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| Monday June 27 | Introduction to the Course, and the Scale of the Cosmos | Ch.1 | 1 - 3,6,8 |
| Interaction of Atoms and Starlight: Light, Matter, and Energy - Powering the Universe | Ch.2 | 2 - 1,7,17 |
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| Wednes. June 29 |
Astronomical Tools: Light and
Telescopes -
Extending our Senses, Galileo |
Ch.3 | 3 - 1,6,12,13, 16 |
| Observing the Heavens: Archeoastronomy and ancient Sky Viewers; The Celestial Sphere and Motions in the Sky | Ch.4 | 4 - 5,7,10,12 |
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| Friday July 1 | Cycles in the Sky: Earth, Moon, and the Sky: lunar phases, eclipses, and tides | ||
| the Copernican revolution; Tycho Brahe and pre-telescope astronomy, and the advent of telescope astronomy | Ch.5 | 5 - 2,8,14,16, 18 |
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Monday July 4  |
Independence Day Holiday -- No Classes |
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| Wednes.
July 6 |
The Origin of Modern Astronomy: Johannes Kepler & Isaac Newton; Gravity and Orbits: A celestial ballet; REVIEW FOR EXAM #1 | Review Chs._ 1-5 | |
| Friday July 8 |
HOUR EXAM #1 |
| Solar system Overview, The Earth As a Planet | ch.6 | 6 - 5,22,30___ |
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| Monday July 11 |
Terrestrial Planets: Moon & Mercury, Cratered Worlds | ||
| Terrestrial Planets: Venus, Mars, the Earthlike Planets | |||
| Wednes. July 13 |
Jovian Planets: the missions of Voyager, Galileo, & Cassini | ch.7 | 7 - 6,7,11 |
| Jovian Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune, and their Rings and Moons | |||
| Friday July 15 |
Pluto, Asteroids, Comets, & Meteorites | ch.8 | 8 - 4,5,6,8,15 |
| Our Solar System and Others: the
Origin of
The Solar System & Extrasolar
Planets |
ch.9 |
9 - 5,7 |
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| Monday
July 18_________ |
REVIEW FOR EXAM#2 (first half hour) HOUR EXAM #2 |
Review Chs.6 - 9 |
| The Sun: A run-of-the-mill G Dwarf Star and a Nuclear Furnace | ch.10 | 10 - 6,9,14____ |
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| Wednes. July 20 |
Analyzing Starlight and the Properties of Stars: Astrometry | ch.11 | |
| The Properties of Stars, a Celestial Census: HR diagrams, Celestal Distances | |||
| Friday July 22 |
Stellar Evolution: Interstellar Gas Clouds and the Birth of Stars | ch.12 | |
| Stellar Evolution: the Birth and Midlife of Average Stars: "Life in the Slow Lane" | |||
| Monday
July 25 |
Stellar Evolution: Giant stars and the Death of massive stars; "Live fast, Die young" | ch.13 | |
| Stellar Remnants: neutron stars
and
black
holes; REVIEW FOR EXAM#3 |
chs.13,14 Review Chs. 10-14 |
14 - 6,9,14 |
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| Wednes. July 27_________ |
HOUR EXAM #3 |
| The Milky Way galaxy: Our Home in
the Universe |
ch. 15 | 15 - 1,3,19____ |
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| Friday
July 29 |
Galaxies -- Island Universes; The
Properties of Galaxies; Quasar and Active Galaxies |
ch. 16 ch. 17 |
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| Monday August 1 |
Cosmology: the Large Scale
Structure
of the
Universe: Basic Assumptions |
ch. 17,18 | |
| Cosmology: The Big Bang, the Beginning and End of Everything; | Ch. 19 | ||
| Wednes. August 3 |
Finish Cosmology: Life on Other
Worlds; REVIEW FOR EXAM#4 |
Ch. 20 Review Chs. 15-20 |
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| Friday August
5__________ |
HOUR EXAM #4 (Summer -- Not Cumulative) |
| MAIN | SYLLABUS | SCHEDULE | ANNOUNCE | REVIEW | GRADES | AST LAB | LINKS |
