Astro 342 - Fall 2007
Calendar and Tentative Outline

Date	Topics	Readings Hartmann, 5th ed
Week 1: Aug 20 - 24	Discovering the Solar System	Chapter 2
Week 2: Aug. 27 - Aug. 31	Orbits and Orbital Mechanics	Chapter 3
Week 3: Sept 5 - 7	"	"
Week 4: Sept 10-14	The Sun Inside & Out (Radiation theory, solar atmosophere and interior)	de P. & Liss. Ch. 3.1, 3.3, 7.1
Week 5: Sept. 17 - 21	Comparative Planetology: I. Atmospheres, Basic Physics	Chapter 11
Week 6: Sept 24 - 28	Planetary Atmosph. Examples (Exam 1 Friday)	Chapter 11
Week 7: Oct 1-5	Comparative Planetology II. Interiors	Chapter 8
Week 8: Oct 8 - 12	Interiors (Cont'd). Surfaces	Chapter 8, 9
Week 9: Oct 15 - 19	Solid Planetary Bodies: An Informed Tour	Chapter 9
Week 10: Oct 22 - 26	Meteorites	Chapter 6
Week 11: Oct 29 - Nov 2	Asteroids, Comets (Exam 2 Friday)	Chapter 7
Week 12: Nov 5 - 9	Comets, Large Impacts, and Ice Moons	Chapter 7, 8
Week 13: Nov 12 - 16	Ice Moons, Rings, and Star Formation	Chapter 10, 3 (60-69), 4 (75-79)
Nov 19 - 23	Thanksgiving Week: No Class
Week 14: Nov 26 - Nov 30	Planet Formation, and Other Solar Systems	Chapter 4, de P. & Liss. Ch. 13
Week 15: Dec 3 - 7	Project Presentations, (Exam 3 Fri.)
Finals Week	Last Presenations?