ASTR 1101-001
The Solar System
Spring Semester, 2008[MWF 11:40 AM - noon]
E130 Howe-Russell Hall
Instructor: Joel
E. Tohline, Alumni Professor
tohline@lsu.edu
Instructor: Joel
E. Tohline, Alumni Professor
tohline@lsu.edu
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| Month | Date | Topic | Week | |
| January | 14 |
Tohline's class syllabus;
Textbook publisher's open-access Companion Web site; Textbook publisher's eBook site; Day01 Slides |
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| 16 |
Day02 Slides;
Assignment : Scale model of Solar System |
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| 18 | Day03 Slides | |||
| 21 | MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY (no class) | 2 | ||
| 23 | Day04 Slides | |||
| 25 |
Day05 Slides (same as Day04); ANSWERS to Scale Model Worksheet questions |
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| 28 | Day06 Slides | 3 | ||
| 30 |
Day07 Slides; Assignment : Observing the Moon |
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| February | 1 |
Guest lecturer: Professor Brad Schaeffer Day08 Slides |
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| 4 | MARDI GRAS HOLIDAY (no class) | 4 | ||
| 6 | MARDI GRAS HOLIDAY (no class) | |||
| 8 | TOHLINE at NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (no class) | |||
| 11 |
Day09 Slides; The first exam will be drawn from material in Chapters 1, 2, and 3 as well as from related material covered in class. The best review is to go through the slides that were presented during each class lecture, then try out the practice exam:
Practice Questions from Chapter 1;
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| 12 | (Optional) Study Session 5:30 - 7:00 pm, 262 Nicholson Hall | |||
| 13 |
EXAM #1 [Wednesday] Bring LSUID !
ANSWERS (posted 2/15/2008) |
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| COURSE SEGMENT Q2. | ||||
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| Month | Date | Topic | Week | |
| February | 15 | Day10 Slides | 5 | |
| 18 | Day11 Slides | 6 | ||
| 20 | Day12 Slides | |||
| 22 |
Day13 Slides; Practice related to understanding `synodic' versus `sidereal' planetary orbital periods |
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| 25 | Day14 Slides | 7 | ||
| 27 | Day15 Slides | |||
| 29 | See "Day 17" slides on 3 March 2008 | |||
| March | 3 | Day17 Slides | 8 | |
| 5 |
The second exam will be drawn from material in Chapter 4 of the textbook
(ignoring §4-8 on tides),
as well as from related material covered in class. The best review is to
go through the slides that were presented during each class lecture,
working the suggested example/practice questions & problems, then try
out the practice exam:
Practice Questions from Chapter 4;
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| 6 | (Optional) Study Session 5:30 - 7:00 pm, 280 Nicholson Hall | |||
| 7 |
EXAM #2 [Friday] Bring LSUID! ANSWERS (posted 3/12/2008) |
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| COURSE SEGMENT Q3. | ||||
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| Month | Date | Topic | Week | |
| March | 10 | Day18 Slides | 9 | |
| 12 | Spent this class period reviewing answers to Exam #2 | |||
| 14 | Day19 Slides | |||
| 17 | SPRING BREAK (no class) | 10 | ||
| 19 | SPRING BREAK (no class) | |||
| 21 | SPRING BREAK (no class) | |||
| 24 | 11 | |||
| 26 | Day20 Slides | |||
| 28 | Day21 Slides | |||
| 31 | Day22 Slides | 12 | ||
| April | 2 | Exam Practice | ||
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EXAM #3 [Friday] Bring LSUID ! ANSWERS (posted 4/14/2008) |
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| COURSE SEGMENT Q4. | ||||
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| Month | Date | Topic | Week | |
| April | 7 | TOHLINE at STANFORD UNIVERSITY (no class) | 13 | |
| 9 | Day23 slides | |||
| 11 | Chapter07 | |||
| 14 | Day24 slides | 14 | ||
| 16 | Day25 slides | |||
| 18 | Day26 slides | |||
| 21 | Day27 slides | 15 | ||
| 23 | Day28 slides | |||
| 25 | Day29 slides | |||
| 28 | Day30 slides | 16 | ||
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| May | 2 | Practice Questions. | ||
| 5 | (Optional) Study Session 5:30 - 7:00 pm, 280 Nicholson Hall | |||
| 6 | FINAL EXAM (Tuesday, 6 May; 10:00 AM - noon) | 17 | ||