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ASTRONOMY 103     Week 11   Spring  2002 Links Tutorials Syllabus Date Class Topic Readings/Assignments Monday,    April 15  Galilean Moon Group Presentations "The Galileo Mission To Jupiter and its Moons", Scientific American, Feb. 2000, pages 40-49. See below for individual assignments.  Wednesday,  April 17 The Formation of the Solar System Ch. 15.1 - 15.4 Friday,    April 19 No Class   * marks optional (but useful!) readings   week 1 week2 week 3 week 4 week 5   week 6   week 7 week 8 week 9 week 10 week 11   week 12 week 13 week 14 Final weekly schedules will be posted by 5:00 p.m. on the previous Friday!   Full Schedule

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Assignments:

1) Galilean Moon Group presentations: in class on Monday. 

You will each prepare a short (8 - 10 minute) presentation on one of the Galilean Moons. The moons  are assigned in a table below. In class on Wednesday you will give your presentation to a group of four people. Each person in
a group will present a different moon,  so that all four moons will be covered. You might want to provide copies of images or other visual material for the members of your group. Research the latest results form the Galileo Mission about your moon. You should use at least the following resources to prepare your presentation:

• "The Galileo Mission To Jupiter and its Moons", Scientific American, Feb. 2000, pages 40-49.

• Galileo Mission Moons pages : from here you can get to information about each of the moons

You can also use the text and the general planetary web sites that you reviewed at the beginning of the semester.

Your presentation should give an overview of the moon, summarize some of the key mission science results (usually found in press release stories on the web site), and show images of the moon.