.pdfs of the lecture slides will be posted here AFTER the class meets.
All handouts will be available in the ASTR 112 outbox outside Prof. Follette’s office.
Unit 1 – Motion and Gravity
Week 1
Wednesday September 5 – Course Intro
Week 2
Monday September 9 – Astrometry and the Magnitude System
Wednesday September 11 – Geo and Heliocentrism
Week 3
Monday, September 16 – Kepler’s Laws (and the laws of motion)
Wednesday, September 18 – Newton’s Laws (laws of motion cont.)
Week 4
Monday, September 23 – Forms of Energy
Wednesday, September 25 – Energy and Momentum
Friday, September 27 – Motion and Gravity Exam
Unit 2 – Solar System Geology
Week 5
Monday, September 30 – Solar System Formation
Wednesday, October 2 – Solar System Formation pt2
Week 6
Monday, October 7 – Cratering and the Dynamic History of the Solar System
Wednesday, October 9 – Plate Tectonics
Week 7
Monday, October 14 – NO CLASS (Fall Break)
Wednesday, October 17 – Darby Dyar Guest Lecture
Week 8
Monday, October 21 – Planetary Interiors
Wednesday, October 23 – Tour of the Solar System Activity
Friday, October 25 – Solar System Geology Exam
Unit 3 – Exoplanets
Week 9
Monday, October 28 – Exoplanet Detection Methods: Radial Velocity
Wednesday, October 30 – Exoplanet Detection Methods: Transits
Week 10
Monday, November 4 – Exoplanet Detection Methods: Direct Imaging
Wednesday, November 6 – Exoplanet Detection Methods: Direct Imaging cont. & Microlensing
Week 11
Monday, November 11 – Microlensing
Wednesday, November 13 – Planetary Habitability
Week 12
Monday, November 18 – Greenhouse Effect
Wednesday, November 20 – Guest lecture by Prof. Anna Martini
Monday, November 25 – NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)
Wednesday, November 27 – NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)
Unit 4 – Astrobiology
Week 13
Monday, December 2 – The Meaning of Life
Wednesday, December 4 – Aliens! Life in the Universe
Week 14
Monday, December 9 –
Wednesday, December 11 –