Aug 24: Welcome and Overview of Astronomy 2020
- Reading - Skim through your textbook Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, especially looking at the Preface and "How to Succeed in your Astronomy Course" at the beginning of the book.
Time: Monday, Aug 24, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Aug 26: Why do we explore space?
- Reading - The Elusive Why of Space Exploration: https://lunar.colorad...es/Why.pdf">https://lunar.colorad...es/Why.pdf
Time: Wednesday, Aug 26, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Aug 28: Motion on Earth & in Space
- Reading - Cosmic Perspective, Section 4.1.
Time: Friday, Aug 28, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Aug 31: Newton's Laws of Motion
- Reading - Cosmic Perspective, Section 4.2.
Time: Monday, Aug 31, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Sep 2: Conservation Laws
- Reading - Cosmic Perspective, Section 4.3.
Time: Wednesday, Sep 2, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Sep 4: Energy
- Reading - Section 4.3 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Friday, Sep 4, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Sep 7: Labor Day Holiday - No Class
Time: Monday, Sep 7, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 9: Gravity & Spacecraft Trajectories
- Reading - Section 4.5 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Sep 9, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Location: Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Sep 11: Explorer 1 and Earth's Radiation Belts
- Read about Explorer 1 at https://en.wikipedia....Explorer_1">https://en.wikipedia....Explorer_1
*Read about Van Allen Radiation Belts at https://en.wikipedia....ation_belt">https://en.wikipedia....ation_belt
Time: Friday, Sep 11, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 14: NASA Projects Mercury & Gemini
- Read about Project Mercury at https://en.wikipedia....ct_Mercury">https://en.wikipedia....ct_Mercury
*Read about Project Gemini at https://en.wikipedia....ect_Gemini">https://en.wikipedia....ect_Gemini
Time: Monday, Sep 14, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 16: To the Moon!
Time: Wednesday, Sep 16, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 18: NASA's Project Apollo
- Read about the Apollo Program at https://en.wikipedia....lo_program">https://en.wikipedia....lo_program
Time: Friday, Sep 18, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 21: Exam #1
Time: Monday, Sep 21, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 23: The Space Shuttle & The International Space Station
- Reading on Space Shuttle - https://en.wikipedia....le_program">https://en.wikipedia....le_program
*Reading on ISS - https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html">https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
Time: Wednesday, Sep 23, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 25: NASA's Commercial Space projects
- Read NASA website - https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html">https://www.nasa.gov/...index.html
Time: Friday, Sep 25, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 28: Space Telescopes: Optics
- Reading - Sections 5.1-5.2 and 6.1-6.3 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Monday, Sep 28, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Sep 30: Space Telescopes: Imagers & Spectrographs
- Reading - Section 6.2 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Sep 30, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 2: NASA Visible & IR Space Telescopes
- Reading - Section 6.3 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Friday, Oct 2, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 5: Hubble & James Webb Space Telescopes
- Reading - Section 6.3 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Monday, Oct 5, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 7: Space Telescopes at other wavelengths
- Reading - Section 6.4 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Oct 7, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 9: Artemis: Orion, Gateway, & Human Lander System - guest lecture by T. Cichan
- Reading - Skim through NASA's plans for Project Artemis at https://www.nasa.gov/...200921.pdf">https://www.nasa.gov/...200921.pdf
Time: Friday, Oct 9, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 12: Science on the Moon
- Reading - continuing reading NASA report at: https://www.nasa.gov/...200921.pdf">https://www.nasa.gov/...200921.pdf
Time: Monday, Oct 12, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 14: The History and Evolution of the Moon
- Reading - Sections 8.2 and 9.3 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 16: Properties of the Sun
- Reading - Sections 14.1-14.2 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Friday, Oct 16, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 19: Space Weather
- Reading - Section 14.2 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Monday, Oct 19, 2020, at 10:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 21: Space Radiation
- Reading - WhySpace Radiation Matters at https://www.nasa.gov/...on-matters">https://www.nasa.gov/...on-matters
Time: Wednesday, Oct 21, 2020, at 10:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 23: Exam #2
Time: Friday, Oct 23, 2020, at 10:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 26: Robotic & Human Exploration of Mars
- Reading - Sections 9.2, 9.4 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Monday, Oct 26, 2020, at 10:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 28: Exploring Mars
- Reading - Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.4 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2020, at 10:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Oct 30: The Earth as a Planet
- Reading - Sections 9.6 & 10.6 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Friday, Oct 30, 2020, at 10:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 2: Exploring the Solar System
- Reading - Chapter 7 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Monday, Nov 2, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 4: Mercury
- Reading - Sections 9.3 and 10.3 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Nov 4, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 6: Venus
- Read - Section 9.5 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Friday, Nov 6, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 9: Venus and Climate Change
- Reading - Section 10.5 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Monday, Nov 9, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 11: The Gas Giants: Jupiter & its water-world moons
- Reading - Sections 11.1-11.2 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 13: The Gas Giants: Saturn & its moons
- Reading - Chapter 11 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Friday, Nov 13, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 16: The Ice Giants: Uranus, Neptune, and their moons
- Reading - Finish Chapter 11 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Monday, Nov 16, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 18: Asteroids
- Reading - Sections 12.1, 12.2, and 12.5 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 20: Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
- Reading - Section 12.4 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Friday, Nov 20, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 23: Exam #3
Time: Monday, Nov 23, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 25: Einstein and Interstellar Travel
- Reading - Section 24.5 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Nov 25, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Nov 30: Exoplanets
- Reading - Sections 13.1-13.2 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Monday, Nov 30, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Dec 2: The search for extraterrestrial life
- Reading - Chapter 24 in Cosmic Perspective.
Time: Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Dec 4: Class Visit with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
- Read about Administrator's background at: https://www.nasa.gov/...aphy.html.
Time: Friday, Dec 4, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
Dec 7: Perspective on Space Astronomy & Space Exploration
Time: Monday, Dec 7, 2020, at 11:30am for 60 minutes ( 2 years ago )
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