Chapter 1 (week 1)
- Celestial coordinates
- Earth’s orbital motions (solar day, sidereal day, etc)
- angular size, linear size, distance (also done in lab)
- units of measure ( AU)
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- sidereal day
- solar day
- light year
- Astronomical Unit
- synchronous rotation
- differentiation
- precession
- retrograde motion
See also the sheet of celestial coordinate definitions from day 1 |
Chapter 2 (week 2)
- Kepler’s laws
- Properties of ellipses
- Newton’s law of gravity
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- escape speed
- orbital speed
- surface gravity
- aphelion
- perihelion
- semi major axis
- eccentricity
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Chapter 6 (week 1)
- general properties of the solar system
- characteristics of terrestrial planets
- characteristics of Jovian planets
- how to calculate density
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- terrestrial planet
- jovian planet
- density
- Bode's Law
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Chapter 7 (week 3)
- plate tectonics
- processes which modify surfaces
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Chapter 9 and non-text readings on Venus (week
3)
- surface characteristics of Venus
- geologic history
- recent models
- greenhouse effect
- characteristics of impact craters on Venus
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- catastrophism
- uniformitarianism
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Impact Craters and Dating Surfaces (week4)
- characteristics and features of impact craters
- formation of impact craters
- Crater morphology
- effect of planetary environment
- techniques to date surfaces
- crater density plots
- crater counting
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- bolide
- rim
- ejecta blanket
- rays
- secondary crater
- central peak
- saturation cratering
- simple crater
- complex crater
- multiring basin
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