University of Mississippi

ASTR 103


Monday-Tuesday,
June 16-17, 2008

 Today's topics:

 

Saturn

Uranus and Neptune

 

 Reading: Relevant parts of Chapter 11.

 Related news: The New Horizons spacecraft, launched in January 2006, moving at 60,000 km/hr and headed towards Pluto, is now past Saturn (spaceref).

Spaceweather; APOD; Heavens-Above; Clear Sky Clock; Space Calendar; S&T Sky at a Glance; Textbook Website


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