Astronomy 129: Introductory Astronomy I
Sections 001, 002, Fall 2012
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Location: Rita
Hollings Science Center, room 125
Time: 11:00-11:50
AM
Instructor: Dr. George
Chartas
Office: 129 RHSC
Office
hours: MWF 2:45-3:45 pm
Phone: (843)
953-3609
Email:
chartasg@cofc.edu
Schedule
We will cover chapters 1-4 and 7-16 of the book
this semester. The remainder of the book will be covered next semester. Please let me know if you have a
conflict with one of these dates.
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Lecture |
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22 Aug |
Ch. 1, Astronomy & the
Universe |
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24 Aug |
Ch. 1, Astronomy & the
Universe |
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27 Aug |
Ch. 2, Knowing the Heavens |
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29 Aug |
Ch. 2, Knowing the Heavens |
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31 Aug |
Ch. 2, Knowing the Heavens |
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3 Sep |
Ch. 3, Eclipses & the
Motion of the Moon |
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5 Sep |
Ch. 3, Eclipses & the
Motion of the Moon |
Homework 1 due |
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7 Sep |
Ch. 3, Eclipses & the
Motion of the Moon |
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10 Sep |
Test 1, chapters 1-3 |
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12 Sep |
Ch. 4, Gravitation |
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14 Sep |
Ch. 4, Gravitation |
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17 Sep |
Ch. 4, Gravitation |
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19 Sep |
Ch. 4, Gravitation |
Homework 3 due |
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21 Sep |
Ch. 7, Comparative Planetology
I |
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24 Sep |
Ch. 7, Comparative Planetology
I |
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26 Sep |
Ch. 7, Comparative Planetology
I |
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28 Sep |
Ch. 8, Comparative Planetology
II |
Homework 4 due |
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1 Oct |
Ch. 8, Comparative Planetology
II |
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3 Oct |
Ch. 8, Comparative Planetology
II |
Homework 5 due |
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5 Oct |
Test 2,
chapters 4,7, 8 |
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8 Oct |
Ch. 9, The Living Earth |
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10 Oct |
Ch. 9, The Living Earth |
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12 Oct |
Ch. 9, The Living Earth |
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15 Oct |
Fall Break! |
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17 Oct |
Ch. 10, Our Barren Moon |
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19 Oct |
Ch. 10, Our Barren Moon |
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22 Oct |
Ch. 11, Mercury, Venus, &
Mars |
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24 Oct |
Ch. 11, Mercury, Venus, &
Mars |
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26 Oct |
Ch. 11, Mercury, Venus, &
Mars |
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29 Oct |
Ch. 12, Jupiter & Saturn |
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31 Oct |
Ch. 12, Jupiter & Saturn |
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2 Nov |
Ch. 13, The Moons of Jupiter
and Saturn |
Homework 6 due |
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5 Nov |
Ch. 13, The Moons of Jupiter
and Saturn |
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7 Nov |
Test 3, chapters 9,10,11,12 |
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9 Nov |
Ch. 14, Uranus, Neptune, &
Pluto |
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12 Nov |
Ch. 14, Uranus, Neptune, &
Pluto |
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14 Nov |
Ch. 15, Vagabonds of the Solar
System |
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16 Nov |
Ch. 15, Vagabonds of the Solar
System |
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19 Nov |
Ch. 16, The Sun |
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21 Nov |
Thanksgiving
Break! |
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23 Nov |
Thanksgiving
Break! |
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26 Nov |
Ch. 16, The Sun |
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28 Nov |
Ch. 16, The Sun |
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30 Nov |
2012 Presentations |
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3 Dec |
2012 Presentations |
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12 Dec |
Final Exam, room
125, 8:00 – 11:00 am |
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