Astronomy 121 Reading Material/Lectures

1. Air, Earth, Fire and Water

2. Naked Eye Observations

3. The Universe of Aristotle

4. The Celestial Sky

5. Measuring the Radius of the Earth

6. The Ptolemaic Moment

7. Towards a New World Model

8. Galileo and the Telescope

9. Tycho and the Parallax Experiment

10. Kepler and the Mechanical Universe

11. Newton Explains it All

12. Orbital Properties of the Solar System

13. Solar System Overview

14. Characterization of Surface Features

15. Formation of the Solar System

16. Hit and Run Planetary Formation

17. Formation of the Moon

18. Exploration of the Moon

19. The Planet Mercury

20. The Planet Venus

21. The Geologically Active Earth

22. Drivers of Plate Tectonics

23. All About Mars

24. Life on Mars

25. The Asteroid Belt

26. Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites

27. Mass Extinctions and Impact Events

28. All About Jupiter

29. The Jupiter Interior

30. The Galilean Satellites

31. The Galilean Satellites Image Tour

32. All About Saturn

33. The Moons of Saturn

34. Hydrocarbon Lakes on Titan

35. Tiny Enceladus May Hold Ingredients of Life

36. Uranus and Neptune

37. A Diversity of Worlds

38. Miranda: Destroyed and Reformed, over and over again

39. Extra Solar Planetary Systems

40. Doppler Wobble Tutorial

41. Formation of Planetary Atmospheres

42. Biochemical Evolution in the Oceans

43. Oxygen Addition to our Atmosphere

44. Is their Intelligent Life on the Earth?

45. Intelligent Life in the Universe