The following is a list of important events for the Astronomy
105 class for Fall 1994. For the days with lectures
scheduled, you examine the class notes or the review
questions.
Other Places to Go
8/30/94 : Lecture 1: Your Friend, the Universe
9/1/94 : Lecture 2: Sun Rise, Sun Set - Apparent Solar
Motions
9/6/94 : Lecture 3: It's Just a Phase I'm Going Through - The Moon
9/8/94 : Lecture 4: Science - Methods, Misuse, and
Madness
9/13/94 : Lecture 5: Dead Greeks, Planets, and Their Motion - Lend Me Your Epicycle
9/15/94 : Lecture 6: What Were They Thinking? - The
Copernican Revolution
9/20/94 : Lecture 7: Newton and Kepler- The Dudes and Their Laws
9/27/94 : Lecture 8: Waves and Particles - A Light Motif
9/29/94 : Lecture 9: Walking the Planck- Thermal and Line Emission
10/4/94 : Lecture 10: Atomic Physics for Kids of All Ages
10/6/94 : Lecture 11: All the Better to See You With- Telescopes
10/11/94 : Columbus Day Holiday!
10/13/94 : Lecture 12: Non-Optical Telescopes and Space Exploration
10/18/94 : Lecture 13: The Earth- This Place Has Atmosphere!
10/20/94 : Class cancelled
10/25/94 : Lecture 14: The Earth- It's Just a Planet
11/1/94 : Lecture 15: The Moon- More Than Just Cheese
11/3/94 : Lecture 16: Solar System- The Big Picture
11/8/94 : Lecture 17: Mercury- The Winged Messenger with a 3:2 Spin-Orbit Coupling
11/10/94 : Lecture 18: Venus- Planet of Love (And Sulferic Acid Rain)
11/15/94 : Lecture 19: Mars- The Red Planet
11/17/94 : Lecture 20: Jupiter- Strips, Spots, and Moons
11/22/94 : Lecture 22: Saturn- Normal or a Ringer?
11/24/94 : THANKSGIVING BREAK!
11/29/94 : Lecture 24: Solar System Debris- Comets, Asteroids and You
12/1/94 : Lecture 23: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto- Even Colder than Minnesota
12/8/94 : Lecture 25: Solar System Formation