Physics 1305 Course Outline



 
SUBJECT
Textbook Readings
Web Sites
Exercises
I. ASTRONOMY: AN OVERVIEW  (MWF/Ch. 1)  Astronomy Picture of the Day.  
II. THE EARLY HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY  FIX Ch. 3 (MWF/CHAPTERS 2, 3, & 4) (M&O/CHAPTER 1)    
 III. NEWTON, GRAVITY AND MOTION FIX Ch. 5 (MWF/Ch. 5)    JPL's Basics of Space Flight.  
 IV. ASTRONOMICAL COORDINATES & TIME FIX Ch. 1 & 2  (MWF/Ch. 5)  JPL's Basics of Space Flight.
Analemma's
Sidereal Time
V. THE EARTH    FIX Ch. 8 (MWF/Ch. 11 & 12) (M&O/Ch. 3 & 9)  The Nine Planets

Welcome to the Planets
Comparative Planetology (at U. of Washington)
VI. THE MOON  FIX Ch. 9  (MWF/Ch. 6 & 13) (M&O/Ch. 7) Phases of the Moon.

The Nine Planets

Welcome to the Planets
Comparative Planetology
 VII. MERCURY, VENUS, AND MARS  FIX Ch. 10 & 11(MWF/Ch. 13, 14, & 15) (M&O/Ch. 8, 10, 11 & 12) The Nine Planets

Welcome to the Planets
Comparative Planetology
VIII. JUPITER  FIX Ch. 12 (MWF/Ch. 16) (M&O/Ch. 13 & 15) Galileo Mission Home Page

The Nine Planets

Welcome to the Planets
 
IX. SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE, AND PLUTO  FIX Ch. 12 & 13 (MWF/Ch. 16 & 17) (M&O/Ch. 15, 16, 17, &18) The Nine Planets

Welcome to the Planets

The Pluto Homepage
 
X. COMETS, METEOROIDS, AND ASTEROIDS  FIX Ch. 15 (MWF/Ch. 18 & 19) (M&O/Ch. 4, 5 & 6)  The Nine Planets

Welcome to the Planets
 
XI. THE SUN  FIX Ch. 17 (MWF/Ch. 26 & 27) (M&O/Ch. 2)  National Solar Observatory at Sacramento Peak

Big Bear Solar Observatory

The Sun: a Pictorial Introduction

Visit the Solar Interior
 
XII. THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM  FIX Ch. 18 (MWF/Ch. 20) (M&O/Ch. 19)    Formation of Solar System (at U. of Washington)

TEXTBOOK (REQUIRED):ASTRONOMY: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier, by John D. Fix (Fix)

The following Additional References are listed as suggested sources for additional supplementary material.  Students are NOT required to purchase of read any of these Additional References, however, chapter references are provided in the table above for the first two by the letter notations listed parenthetically after the authors.  Most of these can be found in the library.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:

ABELL'S EXPLORATION OF THE UNIVERSE by Morrison, Wolff and Fraknoi (MWF)
THE PLANETARY SYSTEM, BY Morrison & Owen (M&O)
MOONS AND PLANETS by Hartman
UNIVERSE by Kaufmann & Freedman (5th ed)
FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY by Michael A. Seeds (4th ed.)
ASTRONOMY FROM THE EARTH TO THE UNIVERSE by Pasachoff (4th ed.)
EXPLORATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY by Arny (2nd ed.)
ASTRONOMY TODAY by Chaisson & McMillan (3rd ed.)
COSMOS by Sagan
UNIVERSE: ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION by Snow and Brownsberger
ASTRONOMY: THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE by Zeilik
IN QUEST OF THE UNIVERSE by Kuhn