Wednesday,
November 20, 2013
News: An explanation for the persistence of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (Daily Mail).
Reminders: For Test 3 on Friday, bring a green (long & narrow) Scantron sheet. Homework assignment #6 is also due this Friday the 22nd (read the rules!).
Today's topics: Top Hat questions, then
Star Remnants
(Neutron Stars
and Black Holes)
Reading: Chapter 13; See also the lecture notes on star remnants, and today's class summary.
Spaceweather; APOD; The Planets Today; Clear Sky Clock; PhysOrg Astronomy News; The Sky at a Glance
