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GLG130H
Winter/Spring 2001
Note M&P means Moons & Planets by Hartmann
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1.
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Overview of the Solar System
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(a)
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Reading (Optional): Chapter 2 in M&P
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2.
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Formation and composition of the solar system
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(a)
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Reading pp75-89 M&P
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(b)
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The big bang
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(c)
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Nucleosynthesis,
atoms, and isotopes
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(d)
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Reading pp 99-117 M&P
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(e)
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The
solar nebula
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(f)
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Proto-planetary disks
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(g)
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Condensation
and Accretion
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3.
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Physics
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(a)
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Orbital motions of celestial bodies
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(b)
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Heating and cooling of celestial
bodies
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(c)
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Rocks and Minerals Reading pp 237-246 M&P
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(d)
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Radioisotope dating (Reading Notes on Rubidium-Strontium dating,
pp144-145 in M&P
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4.
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The Moon
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(a)
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Impact craters Reading pp 249-264 M&P
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(b)
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Volcanism
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(c)
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Tectonic history
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(d)
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Geologic evolution
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5.
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Small bodies
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(a)
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Meteorites Reading pp 127-152
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(b)
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Comets Reading pp 155-162;
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(c)
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Asteroids
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6.
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Planetary impacts
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(a)
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
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(b)
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Chicxulub and extinctions
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7.
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The terrestrial planets Reading pp 271-313 in M&P
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(a)
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Mercury
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(b)
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Venus
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(c)
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Earth
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(d)
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Tidal history of the Earth-Moon system Reading: pp 57-60 in M&P
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(e)
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Mars
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8.
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Gas giants and satellite systems
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(a)
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Regular satellite systems Reading pp 221-230 in M&P
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(b)
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Captured bodies
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(c)
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Tidal evolution and locking--Io, Miranda, etc
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(d)
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Rings
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9.
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Pluto, the Kuiper belt, and the Oort cloud
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10.
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Other planetary systems
(Marcy
& Butler's Astronomy Magazine Article )
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(a)
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Detection Technique
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(b)
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Survey of Systems
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(c)
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Orbital properties
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(d)
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Stellar abundance anomalies
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(e)
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Planet Migration
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11.
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Life on other planets. Reading: pp 349-366 M&P
Norm Murray
2001-01-15