Some of the current lecture notes projected in class will be made avalable on
this page. When they are posted, the "PDF" symbol will appear next to the
Lecture number and date.
The notes are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format:
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Note that the original material in these notes is copyright S. Kawaler, and is intended for use by Astro 120 students. They are not
to be reproduced or distributed for sale.
A playlist with much of the music played before class is available here
Lecture 1 (8/26)
Introduction to Astro 120
Music:
Woodstock, Joni
Mitchell (and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young)
Lecture 3 (9/2)
The apparent motion of the sun; time
Please note: 1:10 lecture will start at the middle of Lecture 2,
proceeding quickly through that and lecture 3 material (thanks, fire alarm
guy...).
Music:Daylight (audio), Allison Kraus and
Union Station --- and --- It Was a Very Good Year (audio), The Kingston Trio
Lecture 4 (9/4)
Seasons and the Sun; the Moon
Music:Summertime, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong --- and ---
Winter in America (video),
Gil Scott-Heron
--- and ---
Rabbit in the Moon (audio), Aztec Two-Step
Lecture 14 (10/14)
Radiometric dating, and the surfaces of the Moon, Mercury (and Venus)
Music:
Playing with Uranium (video), Duran Duran --- and ---
Bohemian Rhapsody, (audio), Queen (w/ Freddie Mercury) --- and ---
Things Shown, and extras:
Fix Figure 9.29: The "Giant Impact" theory of the formation of
the Moon.
Lecture 20 (11/4)
KBOs, Asteroids, and Meteorites - remnants of the formation of the solar system
Music:
Shooting Star
Bob Dylan;
Shooting Star, Harry Chapin --- and ---
Stone
Crazy, Kevin Burt & the Instigators
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