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Classes |
MF
11:30-12:20, 1425 BPS. |
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Instructor |
Mr.
Ed Loh, 3260 BPS, 884-5612, Loh@msu.edu |
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Office
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MWF
10:00-11:00. |
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Grader |
Jamie
Overbeek, overbee9@msu.edu |
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Textbook |
Cosmic Perspective, 6th ed., Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, & Voit, 2010.
(Older editions are OK. The sections numbers for the reading assignments are
based on the 6th edition.) |
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Reference |
Introduction to Modern
Astrophysics,
Carroll & Ostlie, 2007 or 1997. |
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Web |
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Topic
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Jan |
Physics of the Solar System. |
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Inventory
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Jovian
planets. §11 |
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Jovian
planets |
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Moons
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Feb |
Asteroids.
§12 |
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Asteroids
families. |
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Formation
of the solar system. §8 |
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Comet
tails. Magnetic fields, p. 482-483. |
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Comet
tails. Pluto. §12.3 |
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Kuiper
belt & Oort Cloud. p. 232, §12.2-12.3 |
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2-body
orbits. §4.4, C&A §2.1-2.3 |
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Missouri
(Show me) Club |
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4 |
Mar
TAns |
Midterm
exam |
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2-body
orbits. |
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Formation
of the Oort Cloud. Fernandez |
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Formation
of the Oort Cloud. |
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Apr |
Formation
of Jovian planets |
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Formation
of the Kuiper Belt. Levinson et al.,
“origins” in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt |
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Discovery
of extra-solar planets. §13. MayorQueloz |
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Population
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Remarkable
exo-planetary systems. PlanetsOrbitingHD10180. Kepler11 |
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25 |
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Migration of planets |
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Final
exam, Thurs., May 5th, 10:00-12:00, BPS 1420. |
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Doing science is a social and cooperative venture.
Find a 208 pal with whom you can work on Ast208. If you get stuck, your 208 pal may help. If you think you
understand a concept, explain it to your 208 pal to see if he/she thinks your
explanation is sensible and clear. Difficult concepts become clear with
discussion.
You may work together on your homework assignments,
but you must hand in your own solutions. Late homework may be handed in up
until the time the graded papers are returned. Not every question will be
graded on the homework assignments, but you are responsible for doing every
question.
The
course grade for the lecture part will be based on pre-class question sets
(5%), in-class exercises (10%), homework (25%), midterm (25%), and final exam
(35%). Your two lowest pre-class scores, lowest homework score, and two lowest
clicker scores will be dropped.
The
course grade for the entire course will be based on the lecture part (60%) and
the lab part (40%), which Prof. Horace Smith teaches.
The
in-class exercises use i-clickers. Register your clicker at iclicker.com. If the identification number has
been rubbed off, you may register it in class, which does not require your
reading the number.