Introduction to the Solar System


APAS 1110 Summer 1996

Lecture Notes




Mon June 3: Planetary Science

Tue June 4: Deep Distance (animation)

Wed June 5: Earth:Global Perspective = Planetary Perspective (animation)

Thu June 6: Moon: Myth and Inspiration (animation)

Fri June 7: Moon: Continued

Mon June 10: The Sky and the Flight of the Wanderers

Tue June 11: EXAM 1 Study Words

Wed June 12: The Origin of the Solar System

Thu June 13: Earth-Venus-Mars: The Evolution of Landscape

Fri June 14: Earth-Venus-Mars: Continued

Mon June 17: Mars Quest

Tue June 18: The Origins of Life

Wed June 19: Comets and Asteroids: Clues to Our Existence

Thu June 20: Jupiter-Saturn: Lords of the Solar System

Fri June 21: EXAM 2 Study Words

Mon June 24: Minions of the Giants: The Galilean Satellites

Tue June 25: Cosmic Collisions

Wed June 26: The Mysteries of Titan

Thu June 27: Uranus-Neptune: Icy Realms Beyond the Wanderers

Fri June 28: Outer Moons: Diversity in the Neighborhood

Mon July 1: Pluto: King of the Kuiper Belt

Tue July 2: Planetary Science: Course Summary

Wed July 3: FINAL EXAM Study Words


Mark A. Bullock bullock@sunra.colorado.edu, June 2, 1996.