Week of:

Reading:

Topics:

Exams:

Aug 24

Ch 1

Our place in the Universe

Aug 29

Ch 2+S1

Motions in the sky

Sep 7

Ch 3

Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho & Kepler

Sep 12

Ch 4

Newton

Sep 19

Ch 5+S4

Light & Matter

Fri, Sep 23

Sep 26

Ch 7+8

Solar system introduction & formation

Oct 3

Ch 10

Planetary atmospheres

Oct 10

Ch 11+12
or 13

Outer solar system
(or other planetary systems)

Oct 17

Ch 14

Sun

Oct 24

Ch 15

Properties of stars

Fri, Oct 28

Oct 31

Ch 17

Lives of stars

Nov 7

Ch 18

Deaths of stars

Nov 14

Ch 19+20

Milky Way and galaxies

Nov 21

Ch 22

Cosmology

Nov 28

Ch 23

Big Bang

Fri, Dec 2

Dec 10

Makeup and optional final exams