| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading etc. |
| Wed. Aug. 29 |
Introduction and Survey |
None
|
| Fri. Aug. 31 |
The Scale of the Universe |
Introduction; HW#1 DUE
|
| Mon. Sep. 3 |
LABOR DAY |
| Wed. Sep. 5 |
Appearance of the Sky |
1-1, 1-2, 1-3
|
| Fri. Sep. 7 |
Motion of the Moon |
1-4
|
| Mon. Sep. 10 |
Early Ideas of the Universe |
2-1
|
| Wed. Sep. 12 |
The Heliocentric Universe |
2-2, 2-3
|
| Fri. Sep. 14 |
Galileo and Kepler |
2-4, 2-5
|
| Mon. Sep. 17 |
Newton's Laws of Motion |
2-6
|
| Wed. Sep. 19 |
Universal Gravitation |
2-6;
|
| Fri. Sep. 21 |
Survey of the Planets |
5-1, 5-2; HW#2 DUE
|
| Mon. Sep. 24 |
Formation of Planets |
5-3
|
| Wed. Sep. 26 |
The Earth |
6-1
|
| Fri. Sep. 28 |
The Moon |
6-2
|
| Mon. Oct. 1 |
Mercury and Venus |
7-1, 7-2
|
| Wed. Oct. 3 |
Mars |
7-3
|
| Fri. Oct. 5 |
Jupiter |
8-1; HW#3 DUE
|
| Mon. Oct. 8 |
Saturn |
8-2
|
| Wed. Oct. 10 |
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto |
8-3, 8-4, 8-5
|
| Fri. Oct. 12 |
EXAM 1 |
Introduction, chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
|
| Mon. Oct. 15 |
Meteorites and asteroids |
9-1, 9-2
|
| Wed. Oct. 17 |
Comets |
9-3
|
| Fri. Oct. 19 |
The Electromagnetic Spectrum |
3-1; HW#4 DUE; Open House 8 pt XC deadline
|
| Mon. Oct. 22 |
Optical Telescopes |
3-2, 3-3
|
| Wed. Oct. 24 |
Non-optical Telescopes |
3-4, 3-5
|
| Fri. Oct. 26 |
Atoms and Radiation |
4-1, 4-2
|
| Mon. Oct. 29 |
Spectra |
4-3
|
| Wed. Oct. 31 |
The Sun |
10-1;
|
| Fri. Nov. 2 |
Solar Magnetic Activity |
10-2; HW#5 DUE
|
| Mon. Nov. 5 |
Why the Sun Shines |
10-3
|
| Wed. Nov. 7 |
EXAM 2 |
Chapters 3, 4, 9, 10
|
| Fri. Nov. 9 |
Stars: distances, brightnesses, masses |
11-1, 11-2, 11-5; Open House 4 pt XC deadline
|
| Mon. Nov. 12 |
Stars: spectra and diameters |
11-3, 11-4
|
| Wed. Nov. 14 |
Hertzprung-Russell diagram |
11-4, 11-6
|
| Fri. Nov. 16 |
Lives of Stars |
12-1, 12-2, 12-4; HW#6 DUE
|
| Mon. Nov. 19 |
Deaths of Stars |
13-1, 13-2, 13-3
|
| Wed. Nov. 21 |
Black Holes and Neutron Stars |
14-1, 14-2
|
| Fri. Nov. 23 |
THANKSGIVING |
| Mon. Nov. 26 |
Life in the Universe |
19-1, 19-2, 19-3
|
| Wed. Nov. 28 |
Our Milky Way Galaxy |
15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-4
|
| Fri. Nov. 30 |
Normal Galaxies |
16-1, 16-2, 16-3
|
| Mon. Dec. 3 |
Active Galaxies |
17-1, 17-2
|
| Wed. Dec. 5 |
Structure of the Universe |
18-1
|
| Fri. Dec. 7 |
Origin and Fate of the Universe |
18-2; HW#7 DUE; All Open House reports due
|
| Mon. Dec. 10 |
Summary of most important points |
| Fri. Dec 14 |
FINAL EXAM |
All of the above
|
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