Physics 122: Astronomy of the Solar System

Course Schedule - Spring 2008


Date Day Topic Text Sections
1/14 M Introduction & Overview -
1/16 W Motions the Sky 2.1 - 2.3
1/18 F Motions the Earth 2.1 - 2.3
1/21 M Seasons 2.3
1/23 W Climate 2.4
1/25 F Greek Though & Measuring the Size of the Earth 4.1
1/28 M The Ptolemaic Model 4.1
1/30 W The Copernican Model & Galileo's Observations 4.2, 4.4
2/1 F Tycho and Kepler 4.3
2/4 M MINI-TEST 1 (Ch. 1 & 2), Kepler's Laws 4.3
2/6 W Newton's Laws & Falling Objects 5.1
2/8 F Gravity 5.1
2/11 M Orbits & Tides 5.2
2/13 W Overview of the Sun 7.2 & 8.2
2/15 F Solar Magnetism 8.1 & 8.4
2/18 M The Solar Atmosphere MINI-TEST 2 (Ch. 4 & 5) 8.1
2/20 W Solar Energy Production and Transport 8.2
2/22 F Overview of the Solar System 19.2, 20.1, 23.1
2/25 M Earth & its Interior 20.0 - 20.3
2/27 W Earth's Magnetic Field 20.3
2/29 F Earth's Atmosphere 20.4
3/3 M Impacts on Earth, MINI-TEST 3 (Ch. 8) 25.4
3/5 W Meteorites 25.1
3/7 F Asteroids 25.2
3/10 M Spring Break -
3/12 W Spring Break -
3/14 F Spring Break -
3/17 M Spring Break -
3/19 W Spring Break -
3/21 F Spring Break -
3/24 M Comets 25.3
3/26 W The Moon and It's Origin 21.1
3/28 F Mercury 21.2
3/31 M Venus, MINI-TEST 4 (Sec. 19.2, Ch. 20 & 25) 22.1
4/2 W Mars 22.2, 22.3
4/4 F Jupiter 23.2
4/7 M Satellites of Jupiter 23.3
4/9 W Saturn and It's System 23.4
4/11 F Satellites of Saturn 23.5
4/14 M Uranus, MINI-TEST 5 (Ch. 21 & 22) 24.1
4/16 W Neptune 24.2
4/18 F Dwarf Planets 24.3
4/21 M Collecting the Evidence 19.2, 20.1, 23.1
4/23 W The Origin of the Solar System 19.1, 19.3
4/25 F Beyond our Solar System 19.4
4/28 M Boundary of the Solar System, MINI-TEST 6 (Ch. 23 & 24) -
4/30 W Life on other Worlds Chapter 26
5/2 F Wrap-Up & Review -
5/8 Thurs Final Exam - 9:00 AM Cumulative