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Astronomy 191 - The Solar System

Dr. Gary J. Ferland


Class announcements:

New!  To check your grades as recorded on Dec 14 - click here.  

Review session for final exam will be 5-6PM, Dec 10 in the class room.  Notes are on the topics page.

Here is a list of topics covered in class . This has the last two lectures, and the next day's lecture.

The TA is Joe LaMothe.  Office, CP 250, office hours, M5-6, T9-10, W3-5, email ryric_1999@yahoo.com - Joe is the one to contact with any difficulties in taking one of the hour exams.

Copies of some old tests are available here.  (You will need the Acrobat Reader browser plug-in - It is free and available from here.  Or you can use any of the Computer Labs or the Young Library computers.)

The course syllabus is available as a PDF file, for the 1PM and 2PM sections.  (You will need the Acrobat Reader browser plug-in - It is free and available from here.  Or you can use any of the Computer Labs or the Young Library computers.)


News

The Odyssey mission left Earth on April 7 2001 and arrived at Mars on Oct 23, 2001. It will search for water and other resources. 

The Cassini mission to Saturn flew by Jupiter in January, 2001, using Jupiter's gravity to pick up speed.  It made many measurements and pictures of Jupiter during its closest approach.  It will arrive at Saturn in July 2004.

The NEAR Mission went into orbit around the asteroid Eros on Feb 14, 2000 the first time a spacecraft has become a satellite of an asteroid.  Another page from Goddard.  The spacecraft landed on Eros on Feb 12, 2001, and survived the impact, the first landing on an asteroid.


Please make anonymous suggestions for improving the course.


The Solar System
The Sun
, the Earth, and The Moon
Mercury
, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Asteroids
(One of these killed off the dinosaurs!!!)
Comets
(Much of the Earth's water came from comets!)


Impacts on the Earth, and Meteorites.
The Impact Craters of Kentucky (we have three).
Space Exploration

UFOs
, creationism, conspiracies


Astronomy Picture of the Day
Ast 191 Web Stuff and PC Shareware Programs
Astronomy Magazines
How to buy a telescope

The Bluegrass Amateur Astronomy Club
A proposal to build an observatory for UK students and the Lexington community.


Contact Dr. Ferland by e-mail: gary@pa.uky.edu ,
or the grading assistant Joe LaMothe


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