Monday, October 7, 2013
Homework: Assignment #1 is now graded; Assignment #2 (5 questions on the Solar System and terrestrial planets) is due this Friday the 11th. Notice the rules!
Today's Topics: Top Hat questions, then
Terrestrial Planets: Venus
The Earth's Moon
The Moon: See its rotation (APOD); A new crazy theory about the Moon's origin (LiveSci); NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is now in orbit (YouTube).
Reading: See Chapter 6 in the book, the lecture notes on terrestrial planets, or the slightly more detailed ones on Venus, and today's class summary.
Spaceweather; APOD; Heavens-Above; Clear Sky Clock; PhysOrg Astronomy News; The Sky at a Glance
