Introduction to the Solar System


APAS 1110 Summer 1996

Instructor: Mark Bullock


SYLLABUS



Day Date Lecture
June
Monday 3 Planetary Science
Tuesday 4 Deep Distance
Wednesday 5 Earth: Global Perspective == Planetary Perspective
Thursday 6 Moon: Myth and Inspiration
Friday 7 Moon: Continued
Monday 10 The Sky and the Flight of the Wanderers (Planetarium)
Tuesday 11 Exam 1
Wednesday 12 The Origin of the Solar System
Thursday 13 Earth-Venus-Mars: The Evolution of Landscape
Friday 14 Earth-Venus-Mars: Continued
Monday 17 Mars Quest (Planetarium)
Tuesday 18 The Origins of Life
Wednesday 19 Comets and Asteroids: Clues to our Existence
Thursday 20 Jupiter-Saturn: Lords of the Solar System
Friday 21 Exam 2
Monday 24 Minions of the Giant: The Galilean Satellites
Tuesday 25 Cosmic Collisions (Planetarium)
Wednesday 26 The Mysteries of Titan
Thursday 27 Uranus-Neptune: Icy Realms Beyond the Wanderers
Friday 28 Outer Moons: Diversity in the Neighborhood
July
Monday 1 Pluto: King of the Kuiper Belt
Tuesday 2 Planetary Science: Course Summary
Wednesday 3 Final Exam