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Our Solar System Lecture Notes
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The Sky and the Solar System
Prof. Steve Kawaler and Prof. Charles Kerton, Iowa State University
In Astro 120, an introductory course in modern astronomy for non-scientists, we begin with a study of the sky (night and day): we will learn the constellations, study the motions of the Sun, moon, and planets, and review the reasons for the seasons, and the genesis of the modern calendar. We will explore the phenomena of eclipses and tides. We then begin exploring the bodies of our solar system -- the sun, the planets and their satellites, and comets, asteroids, and meteorites. We then address the bigger questions about the origin and evolution of our solar system, and explore the dozens recently-discovered other solar systems in our Galaxy. We conclude with a brief discussion of the possibility of life beyond the Earth. Throughout the course, we will be looking at the many exciting results from NASA probes, as well using the ISU planetarium.
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150B Astronomy: Solar System
Ana Marie Larson, University of Washington
These notes are an overview on how our solar system fits into the Universe. They discuss the formation of the moon, asteroids, meteorites, and the Giant Planets. They also delve into Reflectance Spectroscopy and methods for viewing the universe.
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161 Astronomy: The Solar System
Jay M. Pasachoff, University of Tennessee
In this courser of Astronomy we shall concern ourselves primarily with the Solar System. As an introduction to that, we shall consider the historical development of our modern picture of the Solar System.
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Astronomy 100: The Solar System
Lucia M. Franco, University of Chicago
This is an introductory course to astronomy. Subjects in the notes include the origins of astronomy, The Copernican Revolution, Kepler and Kepler's laws, the Size of the Solar System, Galileo's Observations, and several other introductory concepts.
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