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Date |
Lecture | Textbook Sections |
| Introduction to the course; The summer sky | ||
| Objects in the sky | Sec 2.1 | |
| Motion of the Earth, timekeeping | Sec 2.2, S1.1 | |
| Motion of the Moon, phases and eclipses | Sec 2.3 | |
| May 29 | Motions on the celestial sphere | Sec 2.4, S1.2 |
| The celestial sphere | Sec S1.3 | |
| Ancient astronomy | Sec 3.1, 3.2 | |
| Renaissance astronomy | Sec 3.3 | |
| Jun 9-10 | Newton's laws of motion and gravity | Chapter 4 |
evening
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Science and astrology | Sec 3.4, 3.5 |
| Structure of matter | Sec 5.3 | |
| Light as a wave | Sec 5.1, 5.2, 5.5 | |
| Light as a wave | Sec 5.1, 5.2, 5.5 | |
| Optical telescopes | Chapter 6 | |
| Jun 12 | Test 1 (practice tests from 2003 and 2006); grades | |
| The Sun | Chapter 14 | |
| Mercury | relevant parts of Chapters 7, 9, 10 | |
| Venus | relevant parts of Chapters 7, 9, 10 | |
| The Moon | relevant parts of Chapters 7, 9, 10 | |
| Mars | relevant parts of Chapters 7, 9, 10 | |
| Jun 16-17 | Saturn | relevant parts of Chapter 11 |
evening
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Uranus and Neptune | relevant parts of Chapter 11 |
| Asteroids and Meteoroids | Sec 12.1 | |
| Jupiter | relevant parts of Chapter 11 | |
| Pluto and other Kuiper Belt objects; Comets | Sec 12.2, 12.3, 12.4 | |
| Overview of the Solar System | Chapter 7 | |
| Jun 19 | Test 2 (practice tests from 2002 and 2003) | |
| Solar system formation | Chapter 8 | |
| Jun 20 | Extrasolar systems | Chapter 13 |
| Science, Pseudoscience, and Astrology | Sec 3.4, 3.5 | |
| Jun
23 Monday |
8:00–10:00 am, Final Exam (checklists one and two, practice tests from 2003 and 2006) | |
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