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Monday, October 14, 2013
Announcements: Midtern grades are posted; How they were calculated (1/3, 1/3, 1/3, with some exceptions); Use the same name for all course-related items (tests, Top Hat, homework)!
News: Calculations show that diamonds as big as jewels fall as "rain" on Saturn and Jupiter (BBC).
Today's Topics: Jovian Planets,
Jupiter and Saturn
Reading: Chapter 6, and lecture notes on jovian planets, or the more detailed ones on Jupiter and Saturn; See also today's summary.
Spaceweather; APOD; Heavens-Above; Clear Sky Clock; PhysOrg Astronomy News; The Sky at a Glance
