Test T02 (updated)
Test T02 is on Friday 2009 Mar 27.
Important Note:
It turns out there has not been any evaluation of the History of Astrophysics material that we covered in mid-February. Since you’ve been told that the test is on impacts and planet formation, the material will be restricted to those topics … there will not be any [...]
Test T02
Test T02 is on Fri Mar 27. Study Sheets mailed to gilroySSA at gmail.com before 11:59 PM on Wed Mar 25 will be worth a +2 bonus.
Class notes on Impact Events
Notes on Solar System Formation (incomplete)
ICE-02
In class on Fri Mar 6 we listened to President Kennedy and Tasmin Archer. As an in-class exercise, I would like you to complete the following assignment. It should only be a handful of paragraphs and is meant to engage you creatively.
H030-001A: Instructions
H030-001B: Text of President Kennedy’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress
H030-001C: Lyrics [...]
The great state of Illinois weighs in on the Pluto debate
From Bad Astronomy:
The government of Illinois, an an obvious attempt to distract America from Blagojevich’s hair, has declared that Pluto is a planet.
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that as Pluto passes overhead through Illinois’ night skies, that it be reestablished with full planetary status, and that [...]
Protected: Unit 05 Articles: Planetary Formation
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