Astronomy 103 Schedule Week 5

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Week 5

(updated 2/27/02)

Spring 2002

Date	Class Topic	Readings/Assignments
Monday, Feb. 25	Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites	Ch. 14
Wednesday, Feb. 27	Video: The Doomsday Asteroid	Articles: "The Day the Dinosaurs Died", Astronomy, April 1996 and "Collisions with Comets and Asteroids", Scientific American, March 1996 You should look at the study questions for the video and articles before class.
Friday, March 1	Discussion of video and articles.	Article: "Repeated Blows", Scientific American, March 2002

* 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!

Nothing due this week! The crater counting on Eros assignment is due next week on Monday.