Astronomy I - The Planets (ASTR 1010)

Lecture Notes

Follow this link to simple text lecture notes (in pdf files).

Below are ppt files for the lectures that will be presented in class. Some transparencies and boardwork will be used, so the ppts are not entirely complete representations of the lectures given in class. Some of the ppts are also densely packed with images. I have provided them so that most of the graphical material appearing in lectures is available for viewing.

Lecture - tour of the universe with images

Lecture - astro maths

Lecture - the sky and astronomy of the ancients

Lecture - astronomy in the Renaissance

Lecture - astrophysical concepts and tools

Lecture - the Sun

Lecture - planet Earth

Lecture - the Moon

Lecture - exploring the Solar System

Lecture - Mercury

Lecture - Venus

Lecture - Mars

Lecture - Jupiter

Lecture - Saturn

Lecture - Uranus and Neptune

Lecture - Pluto and the Dwarf Planets

Lecture - moons of the solar system

Lecture - comets

Lecture - meteors

Lecture - asteroids

Lecture - extra-solar planets and life in the universe