SECTION 16129 (MWF
11:00-12:00, SEC-102)
Office Hours: MWF 10-11
in Room 412 SR1
Email: pinsky@uh.edu
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DATE |
SUBJECT |
Assignments
& Comments |
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AUG. 27 M |
I. ASTRONOMY: AN
OVERVIEW |
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29 W |
II. THE EARLY HISTORY OF
ASTRONOMY |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
1.1-1.2, 1.4, 2.1-2.6 |
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31 F |
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SEPT. 3 M |
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY (NO CLASS) |
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5 W |
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7 F |
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10 M |
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12 W |
III. NEWTON, GRAVITY
AND MOTION |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
2.7, 7.6 LAST DAY TO DROP
(WITH A REFUND) |
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14 F |
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HW 1 DUE (Start WebCT Assignments) |
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17 M |
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19 W |
IV. ASTRONOMICAL
COORDINATES & TIME |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
1.3, 1.5 |
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21 F |
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HW 2 DUE |
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24 M |
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LAST DAY TO DROP
(WITH NO GRADE RECORDED) |
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26 W |
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28 F |
Review for EXAM 1 |
HW 3 DUE |
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OCT 1 M |
************* EXAM
1 ************** |
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3 W |
V. THE EARTH |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
6.1-6.4, 7(all) |
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5 F |
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8 M |
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10 W |
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12 F |
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15 M |
IV. THE MOON |
HW 4 DUE, Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
1.6 & 8 (Moon) |
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17 W |
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19 F |
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22 M |
VII. MERCURY, VENUS, AND MARS |
HW 5 DUE, Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
8 (Mercury), 9 (all), 10 (all) |
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24 W |
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26 F |
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29 M |
Review for EXAM 2 |
HW 6 DUE |
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31 W |
************* EXAM 2 ************** |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
11 (all) |
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NOV. 2 F |
VIII. JUPITER & ITS
MOONS |
(Fri. Nov. 2 is the LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITH A
"W" AS A GRADE) |
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5 M |
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7 W |
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9 F |
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12 M |
IX. SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE, AND PLUTO |
Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
12 (all) and 13 (all) |
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14 W |
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16 F |
X. COMETS, METEOROIDS, AND ASTEROIDS |
HW 7 DUE, Begin C
& McM/CHAPTER 6.4-6.5, 14 (all) |
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19 M |
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21 W |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
(NO CLASS) |
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23 F |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
(NO CLASS) |
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26 M |
XI. THE SUN |
HW 8 DUE, Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
16 (all) |
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28 W |
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30 F |
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DEC. 3 M |
XII. THE ORIGIN OF
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
HW 9 DUE, Begin C & McM/CHAPTER
6.7 and 15 (all) |
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5 W |
Review for EXAM 3 |
HW 10 DUE All make-up exams must be completed by the last day of
lectures (Dec. 3) unless otherwise announced! No Early exams AND NO MAKE-UPS if you miss Exam 3 |
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7 F |
************* EXAM 3 ************** |
(Last Official Class Day
for the course) |
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10 M |
Make-Up Day for Officially
Cancelled Classes |
(ONLY IF NEEDED, AND
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED BY THE UNIVERSITY) |
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DEC. 14 F |
********* FINAL EXAM********** |
11:00 - 12:00
(NO early finals given!!! Exam Ends at 12:00) |
TEXTBOOK
(REQUIRED): ASTRONOMY TODAY, by Chaisson and
McMillan (C & McM), 7th (or 8th)
ed. (Either Hard Copy or Electronic Versions are
acceptable)
There is also an ASTRONOMY
COURSES HOME PAGE that contains many interesting and useful links...
The Physics department provides a LEARNING
CENTER in Room 416 SR1 staffed with tutors to help you with this
course. While the LEARNING CENTER itself is open Monday-Thursday all day
and Friday mornings, consult the posted schedule for the times when ASTRONOMY
tutors will specifically be present. At times when ASTRONOMY tutors are
not present, the normal physics tutors may be able to help with physics-related
questions, but may not be comfortable in dealing with the more
Astronomy-specific questions. These tutors are there to aid you in
understanding the subject, including helping you with conceptual problems you
have in answering your homework questions. They are not there to do your
homework for you.
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. Most of these can be found on
reserve in the library.
ADDITIONAL
REFERENCES:
ASTRONOMY:
Journey to the Cosmic Frontier, 3rd Ed., by John D. Fix
THE COSMIC PERSPECTIVE by Bennett, Donahue,Schneider and Voit
ABELL'S EXPLORATION OF THE UNIVERASE 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 Michale 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 EVOLUTIUON by Snow and Brownsberger
ASTRONOMY: THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE by Zeilik
IN QUEST OF THE UNIVERSE by Kuhn
GRADING: WARNING.
There will be pop-quizzes and missing
them can be hazardous to your grade. Pop quizzes CANNOT be dropped or made-up!
The TWO lowest homework grades will be dropped, and the remaining homework
grades will be combined to count as the equivalent of one EXAM. The FINAL will
be comprehensive and will count as one EXAM as well. All exam and homework dates except the final are subject to change.
All schedule change swill be announced in class, and an effort will be made to
keep this web page current, but in all cases the dates announced in class will
control.