ASTRONOMY 2212 The Solar System: Planets, Satellites and Rings Spring 2011
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ASTRONOMY 2212 The Solar System: Planets, Satellites and Rings Spring 2011 Class Meeting Tuesday & Thursday 11:40 – 12:55 Class Location: Space Sciences Building Room 105 Instructors: Donald Campbell and Peter Gierasch General: The course is intended primarily for science and engineering students who would like to obtain knowledge of our solar system and an understanding of how it works based on the application of simple physical principles. Prerequisites: The course assumes that every student has some knowledge of basic physics and mathematics including calculus at the level of Math 111 or at least co- registration in Math 111. Text: No required text. Lecture notes will be posted on the course web site. Supplementary reading may be recommended at times. Problem sets: Will be assigned approximately every two
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ASTRONOMY 2212The Solar System: Planets, Satellites and Rings
Spring 2011Class Meeting Tuesday & Thursday
11:40 – 12:55Class Location: Space Sciences Building Room 105Instructors: Donald Campbell and Peter Gierasch
General: The course is intended primarily for science and engineering students who would like to obtain knowledge of our solar system and an understanding of how it works based on the application of simple physical principles.
Prerequisites: The course assumes that every student has some knowledge of basic physics and mathematics including calculus at the level of Math 111 or at least co-registration in Math 111.
Text: No required text. Lecture notes will be posted on the course web site. Supplementary reading may be recommended at times.
Problem sets: Will be assigned approximately every two weeks.
WEB site: The course WEB site can be found at: http://www.astro.cornell.edu/academics/courses/astro2212
The site is password protected and can be accessed by: user name: student; password: orbit
PDF versions of lecture notes and visuals will be available on this site. Additional material may also be discussed in class.
Course requirements: Mid-term prelim 20%
Final 30% Problem sets 30% Project 20%
Office hours: Peter Gierasch Don Campbell Rm 318 Space Sciences Rm 504 Space [email protected] [email protected]: ext 5-8544 Tel: ext 5-9580Office hours: TBD Office hours: TBD
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES
Date Day of Week Topic (reading LecturerJan 25 Tuesday Intro – Geography of Solar system PGJan 27 Thursday History, telescopes and spectra PGFeb 01 Tuesday Orbits DCFeb 03 Thursday Tides and resonances DCFeb 08 Tuesday Tides and resonances DCFeb 10 Thursday Sun as a star PGFeb 15 Tuesday Sun and Earth PGFeb 17 Thursday Terrestrial planets- properties DCFeb 22 Tuesday Moon&Mercury, impacts and dating DC Feb 24 Thursday Mineralogy & interior structure DCMar 01 Tuesday Venus&Earth, atmospheres PGMar 03 Thursday Surfaces and interior structures PG Mar 08 Tuesday Comparative climates PGMar 10 Thursday Mars, Interior, surface and atmos. DCMar 15 Tuesday Mars, History of water DCMar 17 Thursday PrelimMar 22 Tuesday SPRING BREAK
Mar 24 Thursday SPRING BREAKMar 29 Tuesday Outer planets, interior structures PGMar 31 Thursday Outer planets, atmospheres PGApr 05 Tuesday Outer planet rings PGApr 07 Thursday Outer planet satellites PGApr 12 Tuesday Small bodies, asteroids & comets PGApr 14 Thursday Small bodies, KBOs DCApr 19 Tuesday Extra solar planets DCApr 21 Thursday Extra solar planets DCApr 26 Tuesday Formation of solar systems PGApr 28 Thursday Evolution of planetary systems PGMay 03 Tuesday Project reportsMay 05 Thursday Project reports
USEFUL WEB SITE
www.jpl.nasa.gov – lots of recent spacecraft and ground-based results. Click on “missions” to get information about past, current and future missions.
