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ASTRONOMY 103: Moons and Planets     Week 8  Spring  2009 Lab Update Date Class Topic Readings/Assignments Monday,    March 16  The Moon Please bring your textbook to class! Ch. 8 Sections about the moon The Moon from the Nine Planets (Just the main page) Ice on the Moon Reading Quiz Ch. 8 Wednesday,  March 18 Lunar Exploration Due: Lunar Exploration assignment Friday,    March 20 Exam 2 Exam 2 Format * 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   Full Schedule

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For Class Wednesday: Lunar Exploration.  This is a graded assignment (10% of your "assignments" grade);

First check out the National Space Science Data Center overview page of the Moon: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/moonpage.htm . Just scan through this main page get a feel for what information is available. Next scan down through the Lunar Exploration Time Line: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/lunartimeline.html

Research the lunar mission assigned to you below. Prepare a one to two page summary of the mission. Include: agency/country, launch date, length of mission, mission/science objectives, type of instruments aboard, type of measurements made (or to be made), etc.  A bulleted list is fine. Bring this summary to class. You'll use it in class, and then turn it in after class for a grade.  During class, you'll have 20 minutes to work with the other people assigned to your mission to prepare a 5 minute presentation on the key points of the mission. In the last 40 minutes of class, each group will give their presentation. By the end of class, I hope you each have a sense of the breadth of lunar exploration currently underway!