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    ASTRONOMY 103: Moons and Planets  

  Week 3   Spring  2009

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Monday,   

Feb. 9

Review problems on Kepler's Laws  

Wednesday, 

Feb. 11

Newton's Law of Gravity

Solutions to Weight on Other Worlds Worksheet

Reading Quiz Chapters 1, 2, and 6

Solutions to Practice Problems Kepler and Newton

Friday,   

Feb. 13

Surface processes: Tectonics

Magnetic Fields

Earth PPT

Ch. 7. Focus on: section 7.1, the subsection on "Differentiation" in section 7.3,  section 7.4 and section 7.5. 

Reading Quiz Chapter 7

The basics of plate tectonics (just the first page, no need to follow the links unless you are interested)

Practice Problems Text Chapter 7: 1, 2, 3, 5  SOLUTIONS

* marks optional (but useful!) readings  

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