Schedule of Topics & Readings (Last update: 17 November 2015)
Dates | Topics | in ch... | ...read pages | End-of-chapter Questions |
8/27, 9/1 | Introduction; Big Picture | ch. 1 | 2-6; 14-19 | 2, 3, 20, 30 |
9/3, 8, 10 | Sky Phenomena: Sun, Moon, Eclipses, Planets | ch. 2 | 25-49 (all) | 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 24, 26, 30 |
9/8, 10, 15 |
Celestial Coordinates, Annual Solar Motion |
ch. S1 | 84-86; 90-100 | 1b, 1d, 7, 8, 13 27, 30 |
9/15, 17 | From Greeks to Kepler | ch. 3 | 61-70 | 7, 8, 9, 25, 28, 29 |
9/17, 22 | Newton’s Gravity | ch. 4 | 111-133 (all) | 1, 5, 9, 11, 33, 42 |
9/24, 29 | Properties of Light | ch. 5 | 138-161 (all) | 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 43 |
10/1 | Exam 1 |
ch. 1-4, |
pages above | |
10/6 | Telescopes, Techniques | ch. 6 | 166-183 | 3,4,9,28,31,32 |
10/8 | Overview & Origin of the Solar System | ch. 7, 8 | 191-206, 215-225 | [7] 6,9,10 [8] 4,7,12 |
10/13, 15 | Other Planetary Systems | ch. 13 | 367-391 | 5,6,9,28,31,34 |
10/20 | Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets | ch. 10 | 270-275, 289-302 | 4,5,19,36,38,40 |
10/22 | Moons and Small Bodies of the Solar System | ch. 11, 12 | 320-329, 340-361 | [11] 10,11 [12] 3,5,8,10 |
10/27 | Exam 2 | chs. 5-8, 10-13 | specific pages listed above | |
10/29 | The Sun | ch. 14 | 465-480 | 1,2,6,10,12,14 |
11/3, 5 | Properties of Stars | ch. 15 | 487-507 (all) | 3,5,6,9,12,17 |
11/10, 12 | Lives of the Stars | ch. 17 | 524-26 (in ch. 16); 533-47 | 3,8,11,12,15 (ch. 17) |
11/12, 17 | Compact Stars (Endpoints) | ch. 18 | 556-68 | 2,8,13,25,28 |
11/17 | The Milky Way | ch. 19 | 579-82; 590-96 | 1,3,4,5,10 |
11/19 | Galaxies & the Expanding Universe | ch. 20 | 602-19 (all) | 2,8,10,15,32,35 |
17 November 2015
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