Dr Mike Fanelli
Syllabus
| TOPIC | READING | DATES | ||
| Which Star is That ? | ||||
| Patterns and Motions in the Night Sky | Chap 1 | 7-23 | Jan 16,21,23 | |
| Taking a Measure of the Universe | Chap 1 | 4-6, 24-27 | Jan 28 | |
| Our Evolving World View | Chap 2 | 34-42 | Jan 28,30 | |
| Explaining the Dance of the Planets | Chap 2 | 43-55 | Jan 30, Feb 04 | |
| EXAM 1 | Chaps 1 & 2 | 1-59 | Feb 06 | |
| How Do We Know Anything About The Planets ? | ||||
| Radiation from the Sky | Chap 3 | 60-72 | Feb 11 | |
| Radiation Laws | Chap 3 | 72-79 | Feb 11 | |
| Spectra, Atoms & Molecules | Chap 4 | 86-102 | Feb 13 | |
| Telescopes & Tools of the Millienium Astronomer | Chap 5 | 107-137 | Feb 18,20 | |
| What's Out There ? | ||||
| Captain's Log: Sol System | Chap 6 | 143-160 | Feb 25,27 | |
| Planetary Exploration 2002 | class notes | Feb 27 | ||
| EXAM 2 | Chaps 3.4 - 6 | 72-163 | Mar 04 | |
| The Inner Planets: Rocky Worlds | ||||
| Earth-- the Home Planet | Chap 7 | 165-193 | Mar 06,11 | |
| The Moon | Chap 8 | 195-226 | Mar 13,25 | |
| Mercury: Blazing in the Sun | Chap 8 | 195-226 | Mar 25 | |
| Venus: Earth's Veiled Twin | Chap 9 | 227-247 | Mar 27, Apr 01 | |
| EXAM 3 | Chaps 7,8,9 | 164-? | Apr 03 | |
| Mars: Red & Rusted | Chap 10 | 249-274 | Apr 01,08 | |
| The Outer Planets: Gas Giants | ||||
| Jupiter: First Planet of the Solar System | Chap 11 | 275-300 | Apr 10 | |
| Saturn: Ringworld | Chap 12 | 300-325 | Apr 15 | |
| Big Moons of the Outer Planets | Chap 11,12 | 275-325 | Apr 17 | |
| Uranus and Neptune | Chap 13 | 327-344 | Apr 22 | |
| Bits and Pieces: Small Worlds in the Solar Sysem | ||||
| Pluto: Frozen World on the Edge | Chap 13 | 345-350 | Apr 22 | |
| The Ice Moons of the Outer Planets | Chaps 12,13 | 319-320, 337-340 | Apr 22 | |
| Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors | Chap 14 | 355-379 | Apr 24 | |
| EXAM 4 | Chaps TBD | 248-?? | Apr 29 | |
| Other Solar Systems ? | ||||
| The Origin of the Solar System | Chap 15 | 382-396 | ||
| Planets Around Other Stars | class notes | 397-399 | ||
| Life Byeond Earth ? | Chap 28 | 738-756 | ||
| FINAL EXAM | Chaps 1 to 14 | 1-379 | May 08 | |