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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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