University of Mississippi

ASTR 101

Mathilde

Friday, October 18, 2013

red bullet Announcement: Test 2 will be a week from today, on Friday, October 25.

red bullet News: Asteroids come in families (NASA).

red bullet Assignment: Assignment #3 (5 questions on the jovian planets and other objects in the Solar System) is due on Wednesday the 23rd.

red bullet Today's topics: First Top Hat questions, then minor objects in the Solar System,

Asteroids

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Meteoroids

red bullet Reading: Read Chapter 9, the lecture notes on asteroids and meteoroids, and today's class summary.

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

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