Updates & Announcements
|
8/9 Wednesday 10:20 |
The solutions to Homework 3 are ready and the solutions to Homework 4 will be posted right after class. Homework 3 is graded and ready to hand back today and 4 will not be graded before the final, so check your own answers tonight. |
|
8/3 Thursday 21:43 |
Homework Assignment #4 is online and due next Wednesday, August 9, 2006. There is one more lecture, a review session, and then the final on August 10th.
|
|
7/27 Thursday 19:03 |
Homework Assignment #3 is online and due next Thursday, August 3, 2006.
|
|
7/25 Tuesday 10:17 |
Class Extra Credit Presentations are all assigned. Here's the list of dates and speakers:
-
Wednesday, July 26: Laura Holden
"The Mars Rovers - What Have They Done!?!?"
- Thursday, July 27: Yi-Wen Chen
"Europa's Oceans - A habitable place for life?"
- Tuesday, August 1: Ka Yan Wong
"Enceladus - The Icy, Watery, Satellite of Saturn"
- Wednesday, August 2: Hanbinna Park
"Saturn's Rings - From the Cassini Mission"
- Thursday, August 3: Kyounghyun Yu
"Blowing up a Comet - The Deep Impact Mission"
- Tueday, August 8: Jimmy Nguyen
"Bringing Home an Asteroid - Hyabusa at Itokawa"
|
|
7/19 Wednesday 15:26 |
Homework 2 Solution.
|
|
7/18 Tuesday 11:56 |
There will be an optional
homework session after today's lecture (Tuesday 5:30 to 6:30) to work
through problems from Homework 1 and the type of problems on Homework
2.
|
|
7/14 Friday 11:55 |
The solutions to Quiz 1 are available PDF or PPT
|
|
7/13 Wednesday 10:29 |
The second homework assignment is available.
|
|
7/12 Tuesday 22:38 |
The Solutions to the Mathematics WorkSheet and the presentation for Lecture 4 are both online.
|
|
7/11 Monday 12:15 |
A preliminary version of Lecture 3 - Radiation
is online for pre-class viewing, and the Powerpoint Presentation links
have been fixed to link to the correct files. And here are some
extra-credit project topics (one person per topic, sign up while they
last):
-
The Mars Rovers - What Have They Done!?!?
(Laura Holden, Wed, 26 July)
-
Enceladus - The Icy, Watery, Satellite of Saturn
(Ka Yan Wong, Tues, 01 Aug)
-
Saturn's Rings - From the Cassini Mission
(Hanbinna Park, Wed, 02 Aug)
- Europa's Oceans - A habitable place for life?
-
Blowing up a Comet - The Deep Impact Mission
(Kyounghyun Yu, Thurs, 03 Aug)
-
Bringing Home an Asteroid - Hyabusa at Itokawa
(Jimmy Nguyen, Tues, 08 Aug)
The project will be a maximum of +10% of your final grade and will require and 10-15min class
presentation and a short write-up.
|
|
7/06 Thursday 17:52 |
Next Tuesday we'll cover Chapter 3 - Radiation: Information from the Cosmos. |
|
7/06 Thursday 17:50 |
The first week of lectures are now available online,
and the first week of homework assignment is due on Wednesday, July 12.
Please take a look at links in the left menu bar for homeworks and the
syllabus if you don't already have them. Extra credit project topics
will be announced online tomorrow. |
|
6/19 Monday 16:32 |
First day of class is Wednesday, July 5, 2006. |
|
6/19 Monday 16:30 |
This website exists. |
|
