Astronomy 311: Solar System Astronomy

Piez 328, MWF, 8.00-8.55am.

Fall 2007

Dr. Shashi M. Kanbur, 124A Snygg Hall

Phone: 412-2679
Email: kanbur@oswego.edu
Office Hours: Monday:4-5pm, Thursday 9.30-10.30am 1-3pm or call or email to make an appointment
Course Website: http://www.physics.oswego.edu/~kanbur/ast310/index.html
Textbook: The Cosmic Perspective, fourth edition, by Bennett et al

  • The following web site is very useful - we will be using the software for some exercises on astrometery, the HR diagram and cosmology:CLEA website

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  • Lecture 0: Introductory Physics: here

  • Lecture 1: Introduction: Notes

  • Lecture 1 Notes are here

  • Lecture 2: Solar System Formation: Notes

  • Lecture 2a: Notes are here

  • A plot showing the growth of planetesimals orbiting the Sun near 5AU is here

  • A plot showing the growth of planetismals orbiting the Sun near 0.99AU-1.01AU is here

  • A summary of the Solar Nebula Theory is here

  • An Pre-Main Sequence HR diagram is: here
  • Some pictures of T-Tauri stars are here, here and here
  • Some pictures of a possible protoplanetary disk in Orion taken by the HST here
  • A link to how certain types of observations can lead to the inference of protoplanetary disks is here

  • A link showing how certain spectral features can lead to the inference of the composition of the disk is here

  • A general link to protoplanetary disks is here

  • Pictures of Chondrites are here

  • A worksheet on some aspects of the Solar Nebula Theory are here
  • Notes on radioactive dating are here

  • A reference to zircons, used for dating the oldest rocks on Earth is here
  • Another reference on radiometric dating is here
  • A link to Carbon-14 dating is here

  • An example of meteorites used for radiometric ageing is here
  • A worksheet on radiometric dating is here
  • Lecture 3: Planetary Geology: Notes

  • Lecture 3: Some notes on this are Notes

  • A link to self-sustaining dynamos is here

  • A link to the flip flop of the Earth's magnetic field is here.

  • A link to information about the Earth's magnetic field is here

  • A picture of the Earth's magentic field is here

  • The motion of Earth's magnetic north over time is here

  • A link to the Coriolis force is here

  • A link to global heat flow from the interior is here

  • Notes on the Earth's dynamo are here

  • A worksheet on planetary geology for the terrestrials is here
  • A summary sheet for the first exam is here
  • Notes on the origin of the Earth's magnetic field are here
  • A picture of the Earth's magnetic field is here
  • A link to notes on planetary magnetic fields is here

  • A link to notes on Mercury's molten core here
  • A link to terrestrial planetary atmospheres is here

  • Some notes on terrestrial planetary atmospheres is here

  • A link to recent work on the origin of Earth's atmosphere is here
  • The paper on biodiversity and the motion of the Galaxy us hereand and here

  • A link to Milankovitch cycles is here

  • A further link to some N-body theory on Milankovitch cycles is here

  • A worksheet on terrestrial planetary atmospheres is here

  • A link to Jovian planets is here

  • Notes on Jovian planets are here

  • A worksheet on Jovian planets is here

  • A link to the Cassini-Huygens imission is here

  • A worksheet on tidal forces is here

  • A link to the precession of the perihelion of Mercury is here

  • A link to some notes on Precession in general and on the precession of the perihelion of Mercury are here

  • Notes on orbital resonances are here

  • A link to Lagrange points is here

  • Lecture 4: The Sun: Notes

  • Notes on helioseismology are here

  • And here

  • More detailed notes on helioseismology are here

  • Watch the Sun boil here

  • A full disk Solar Dopplergram is here

  • A link to the Solar Spectrum is here

  • A useful resource for the Sun is here

  • A link to the Solar Magnetic field is here

  • A picture of the Earth's magnetosphere is here

  • Some summary notes on the Sun, including solar oscillations, are here

  • Some notes on the Solar dynamo are here

  • Introductory notes on extra-solar planets are here

  • An interesting article on extrasolar planets is here

  • A worksheet on extra-solar planets is here

  • Notes on Asteroids/comets are here

  • Some more notes on minor bodies are here

  • A revision sheet for the second exam is here

  • A map of ancient Greece is here

  • Aristarchus' method of measuring Earth/Moon and Sun/Earth relative distances is here

  • His method for measuring Earth/Moon sizes is here and here

  • A picture to visualize nutation is here

  • Notes on Early Astronomy are here

  • Kepler's Astronomia Nova here