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"A Summer of Planets!"

Sample Test Questions.

• Class Syllabus. Text reading for each lectures given here.

• General Class Rules. The Basic Info.

• Homework Assignments.
  Assignment #1 Assignment #2 Assignment #3

• In-Class Quiz Answers.
  In-Class Quiz #1 In-Class Quiz #2

Lecture Notes

• July 13, 1998. Earth as a Planet.
  
• July 14, 1998. The Earth-Moon System.
  
• July 15, 1998. The Moon and Introduction to the Solar System.
  
• July 16, 1998. Recitation #1.
  
• July 17, 1998. Mercury and Venus.

• July 20, 1998. Mars.
  
• July 21, 1998. Jupiter and Saturn.
  
• July 22, 1998. Uranus and Neptune.
  
• July 23, 1998. Recitation #2.
  
• July 24, 1998. Pluto-Charon and Planetary Rings.

• July 27, 1998. Satellites of the Jovian Planets.
  
• July 28, 1998. Asteroids and Comets.
  
• July 29, 1998. Meteors and Giant Impacts.
  
• July 30, 1998. Recitation #3.
  
• July 31, 1998. Origin and Evolution of the Solar System.

• Aug. 3, 1998. The Formation of Other Stars and Planets.
  
• Aug. 4, 1998. The Properties of Stars.
  
• Aug. 5, 1998. Other Life?
  
• Aug. 6, 1998. Recitation #4.
  
• Aug. 7, 1998. Sample Test Questions

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