ASTR 10000 - Descriptive: The Solar System

Celestial sphere, measurement of time, earth as a planet, moon, eclipses, planets and their satellites, comets, meteors, theories on origin of solar system.

Cr. 3 or 4.
Hours
Class 3, Lab 2.
Notes
Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Learn the properties of the different planets and moons, and of the other objects in planetary systems.
2. Explain the origin and evolution of our planetary system.
3. Understand the laws and principles underlying the principles and processes that have shaped our planetary system.