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Astronomy 103: Introduction to Planetary Astronomy

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Astronomy 103: Introduction to Planetary Astronomy

Physics
Author
Dennis C. Wilson
Publisher
HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
Source
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CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 84 sections
  1. 01: Introduction
  2. 1.01: The Scientific Method
  3. 1.02: The Celestial Sphere
  4. 1.03: Motion of the Earth
  5. 1.04: Motion of the Moon
  6. 1.05: Measuring Distances
  7. 02: Ancient Astronomy
  8. 2.01: Archeoastronomy
  9. 2.02: Babylon and Egypt
  10. 2.03: The Greeks
  11. 2.04: Astronomy in Asia Africa and Arabia.
  12. 2.05: Ancient Astronomy in the Western Hemisphere.
  13. 03: The Copernican Revolution
  14. 3.01: Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)- The Quiet Revolutionary
  15. 3.02: Tycho Brahe (1646-1601)- The Celebrated Collector of Planetary Data
  16. 3.03: Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) and his Laws of Planetary Motion
  17. 3.04: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)- The Man Who Saw Further than Anyone
  18. 3.05: Isaac Newton (1642-1724) and the Laws of Motion
  19. 3.06: Conservation Laws
  20. 04: Electromagnetic Radiation
  21. 4.01: Wave Properties
  22. 4.02: Thermal Radiation
  23. 4.03: Atomic Theory
  24. 4.04: Kirchhoffs Laws
  25. 4.05: The Doppler Effect
  26. 05: Telescopes
  27. 5.01: Optical Telescopes
  28. 5.02: High-Resolution Astronomy
  29. 5.03: Radio Astronomy
  30. 5.04: Space-Based Telescopes
  31. 5.05: Other Methods of Studying Space
  32. 06: Solar System- Origin and Basics
  33. 6.01: A Tour of the Sun and the Planets
  34. 6.02: Asteroids and Meteoroids
  35. 6.03: Comets
  36. 6.04: Origin of the Solar System
  37. 6.05: Beyond the Kuiper Belt.
  38. 07: Rocketry and Exploring the Solar System
  39. 7.01: Rocketry Basics
  40. 7.02: History of Rockets
  41. 7.03: Other Propulsion Systems
  42. 7.04: Exploring the Solar System
  43. 7.05: Missions to the Moon
  44. 7.06: Missions to Mercury and Venus.
  45. 7.07: Missions to Mars.
  46. 7.08: Missions to the Outer Solar System
  47. 08: The Earth-Moon System
  48. 8.01: Structure of the Earth
  49. 8.02: Atmosphere of the Earth
  50. 8.03: The Surface and Structure of the Moon.
  51. 09: Planetary Geology
  52. 9.01: The Rock Cycle
  53. 9.02: Heating Planetary Interiors
  54. 9.03: Origin of Magnetic Fields
  55. 9.04: Surface of Terrestrial Planets
  56. 9.05: Planetary Atmospheres
  57. 10: The Terrestrial Planets
  58. 10.01: Mercury and Venus
  59. 10.02: Mars
  60. 11: The Jovian Planets
  61. 11.01: Jupiter's Atmosphere
  62. 11.02: Jupiter's Interior
  63. 11.03: Saturn
  64. 11.04: Uranus and Neptune
  65. 12: Moons Rings and Kuiper Belt Objects
  66. 12.01: The Galilean Moons
  67. 12.02: Titan and Triton
  68. 12.03: Medium-Sized Moons
  69. 12.04: Rings
  70. 12.05: Kuiper Belt Objects
  71. 13: The Sun
  72. 13.01: The Solar Interior
  73. 13.02: The Solar Atmosphere
  74. 13.03: Solar Weather
  75. 13.04: Nuclear Fusion
  76. 14: Exoplanets
  77. 14.01: Detection Methods
  78. 14.02: Orbits of Exoplanets
  79. 14.03: Future Studies
  80. 15: Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  81. 15.01: Abiogenesis
  82. 15.02: Astrobiology
  83. 15.03: Life Beyond Earth
  84. 15.04: The Fermi Paradox and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life