APOD: 2000 August 10 - Other Worlds and HD 38529  APOD: 2000 August 10 - Other Worlds and HD 38529

The picture above is located on the NASA's Picture of the Day website. This Picture Other Worlds and HD 38529.  Illustration Credit: Copyright 2000 Lynette Cook.
 

SYLLABUS  Astronomy 106 - Introduction to Astronomy

• ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE AND SOLAR SYSTEM

• THE NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

• INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY - RELATED TO CHAPTER 1 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

• PATTERNS IN THE SKY - RELATED TO CHAPTER 2 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

• GRAVITY AND ORBITS - RELATED TO CHAPTER 3 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)
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• CALCULATION OF THE MASS OF A CENTRAL BODY

• KEPLER'S THIRD LAW REVISITED

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• CALCULATION OF ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY FOR A CELESTIAL BODY

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• LIGHT AND ATOMS - RELATED TO CHAPTER 4 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

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• TELESCOPES - CHAPTER 5 (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

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• BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM - CHAPTER 6 (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

• THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS AND THE MOON - CHAPTER 7 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

• ATMOSPHERES OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS - CHAPTER 8 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

• THE GIANT PLANETS (JOVIAN PLANETS) - CHAPTER 9 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

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• ASTEROIDS, METEORITES, COMETS AND OTHER DEBRIS - - CHAPTER 12 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

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• THE SUN - OUR STAR - CHAPTER 14 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

• THE EVOLUTION OF LOW MASS STARS - CHAPTER 16 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

• THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH MASS STARS - CHAPTER 17 IN HESTER ET AL (POWER POINT PRESENTATION)

• Explorations An Introduction to Astonomy!
• Sky and Telescope Magazine
• Sky and Telescope - Sky at a Glance
• Sky and Telescope -- Astronomy and space links
• Yahoo! Science > Astronomy
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• NASA Homepage
• STScI/HST Public Information (Hubble Space Telescope News, etc.)
•  Nasa's Mars Exploration Page