University of Mississippi

ASTR 101


Mercury

Friday, October 4, 2013

red bullet The Earth: Researchers calculate that it will leave the Sun's 'habitable zone' in about 1.75 Gyr (nature).

red bullet Extrasolar Planets: A strange super-Earth has been discovered (yahoo).

red bullet Today's Topics: Top Hat questions, then

Terrestrial Planets:
Mercury and Venus

red bullet Assignment: See Chapter 6 in the book, the lecture notes, and today's class summary.

Spaceweather; APOD; Heavens-Above; Clear Sky Clock; PhysOrg Astronomy News; The Sky at a Glance


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