ASTRONOMY 2 FALL 2009
GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
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Week # |
Week Beginning |
Lecture Topics and Activities |
Textbook |
Homework** |
3rd Hr Exercise |
CPS Quiz |
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1 |
8/31 |
Enrollment
Chec Overview of
Astronomy and the Universe Distance
and Time Scales, Our Place in the Cosmos |
Chapter 1 |
Assignment 0 No Due Date |
PT |
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2 |
9/7 Monday Holiday |
Planetarium
S Seasons,
Precession, Moon Phases, Eclipses Ancient
Mysteries Retrograde Motion and Stellar Parallax |
Chapter 2 |
Assignment 1 Due 09/11 |
A*** |
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3 |
9/14 |
Early
History and the Geocentric Models, Ptolemy Origins of Modern Astronomy Copernicus, Brahe, and
Kepler Galileo Nature of Science, Observations, and Inertia and
Motion |
Chapter 3 |
Assignment 2 Due 09/18 |
B |
AA |
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4 |
9/21 |
Conservation
Laws, Momentum and Energy Law of
Universal Gravitation, Orbits and Tides |
Chapter 4 |
Assignment 3 Due 09/25 |
C |
BB |
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5 |
9/28 |
Properties
of Light, Waves & Photons, Electromagnetic Spectrum Properties
of Matter, Atomic Structure, Phase Changes Atoms and
Spectra, The Stefan-Boltzmann and Wien Laws Doppler
Shift, Radial Velocity and Rotation |
Chapter 5 |
Assignment 4 Due 10/2 |
D |
CC |
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6 |
10/5 |
Telescopes
Refractors & Reflectors, Interferometers Light
Gathering, Angular Resolution, Magnification Observations
at Nonvisible Wavelengths, Instrumentation Atmospheric
Effects Light Pollution, Twinkling, Windows |
Chapter 6 |
Assignment 5 Due 10/9 |
E |
DD |
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7 |
10/12 |
Comparative Planetology, Spacecraft Investigations Structure and Dynamics of the Solar System Clues to the Formation of the Solar System |
Chapter 7 |
Assignment 6 Due 10/16 |
F |
EE |
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8 |
10/19 |
Physical Processes and the Creation of the Solar System Formation of the Planets and the Aftermath The Age of the Solar System Planetary Geology, Connecting Interiors and Surfaces Take-Home Midterm Available
(Part 1) |
Chapter 8 Chapter 9 |
Assignment 7 Due 10/23 |
G |
FF |
ASTRONOMY 2 - FALL 2009
GENERAL SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
(continued)
|
Week # |
Week Beginning |
Lecture Topics and Activities |
Textbook |
Homework |
3rd Hr Exercise |
CPS Quiz |
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9 |
10/26 |
The
Geologies of the Moon and Mercury, The Geology
of Mars and the Geology of Venus The Unique
Geology of Earth In-Class Midterm (Part 2) in Third Hour (Bring Scantron
882) Extra Credit (first 10 pts) Due 10/30
by |
Chapter 9 |
Take-Home Midterm (Part 1-50 pts) Due 10/30 |
In-Class Midterm (Part 2 50 pts) |
GG |
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10 |
11/2 |
Atmospheric
Basics, Weather and Climate The
Atmospheres of the Moon and Mercury Atmospheric
Histories of Mars & Venus, The Earths Atmosphere |
Chapter 10 |
Assignment 8 Due 11/6 |
H |
HH |
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11 |
11/9 Friday Holiday |
Overview of
the Outer Planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune Jovian
Weather and Magnetospheres The Jovian
Moons and Ring Systems |
Chapter 11 |
Assignment 9 Due 11/13 |
I |
II |
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12 |
11/16 |
Solar System Debris Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets Pluto, Dwarf Planets, and the Kuiper Belt Cosmic Collisions and Consequences |
Chapter 12 |
Assignment 10 Due 11/20 |
J |
JJ |
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13 |
11/23 Thursday, Friday
Holiday |
Other Planetary
Systems Detection and Nature Formation
of Other Solar Systems Searching
for Earth-Li |
Chapter 13 |
Assignment 11 Due 11/27 |
K |
KK |
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14 |
11/30 |
Physical
Characteristics and Processes of the Sun Sunspots,
Solar Activity Cycle, and the Sun-Earth Connection |
Chapter 14 |
Assignment 12 Due 12/4 |
L |
LL |
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15 |
12/7 |
Life on
Earth, Life in the Solar System, Life Around Other Stars The Search
for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Interstellar
Travel and The Implications for Civilization |
Chapter 24 |
Assignment 13 Due 12/11 |
M |
MM |
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16 |
12/14 |
Final Exam (110 pts, 3 parts see Final Exam Outline) and Sky Quiz (30 pts) Balance of Extra Credit Due 12/18 by
12:00 |
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Final |
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