| Schedule of topics for PTYS/ASTR 206 |
| Dates |
Tuesday
12.30-1.45pm |
Thursday
12.30-1.45pm |
| 1/13 -
1/15 |
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Introduction
Scales in Planetary Science |
| 1/20 -
1/22 |
Days, seasons and Lunar phases |
Orbits and
gravity
Homework 1 assigned |
| 1/27 -
1/29 |
Light and heat from planets and
stars |
Exploring the solar system from the Earth
Homework 1 due |
| 2/3 -
2/5 |
The Sun |
Craters Everywhere
Homework 2 assigned |
| 2/10 -
2/12 |
Terrestrial
planet interiors and surfaces |
The Moon
Homework 2 due |
| 2/17 -
2/19 |
Mercury |
First Mid-Term
Exam |
| 2/24 -
2/26 |
Terrestrial
planet atmospheres |
Venus
Homework 3 assigned |
| 3/3 -
3/5 |
Mars - Early
History |
Mars - Recent History
Homework 3 due |
| 3/10 -
3/12 |
Processes unique
to Earth |
Asteroids and Meteorites
Homework 4 assigned |
| 3/17 -
3/19 |
Spring Break |
| 3/24 -
3/26 |
Global Warming on the Earth |
Gas giants: Jupiter and Saturn
Homework 4 due |
| 3/31 -
4/2 |
Jupiter's Moons:
Volcanoes and Oceans |
Second Mid-term
Exam |
| 4/7 -
4/9 |
Saturn's Rings
and Moons |
Titan
Homework 5 assigned |
| 4/14 -
4/16 |
Ice giants:
Uranus and Neptune |
Moons of Uranus and Neptune
Homework 5 due |
| 4/21 -
4/23 |
Pluto and the
rest of the Kuiper belt |
Comets
Homework 6 assigned |
| 4/28 -
4/30 |
Formation of the
Solar System |
Extrasolar Planets
Homework 6 due |
| 5/5 -
5/7 |
Origins of life
- here and elsewhere |
UA Reading Day |
| 5/12 -
5/14 |
Final Exam
11am - 1pm |
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