Wednesday, August 24 Kepler's Laws, Newtons's Laws, Venus and Moon phases
Monday, August 29 Mars retrograde loops, geosynchronous satellites
Wednesday, August 31 potential energy (PE) and kinetic energy (KE) in orbits, Hohmann orbits, "n-body" problem
Wednesday, September 7 "weightlessness" and free fall, solar and lunar eclipses
Monday, September 12 Solar system overview
Wednesday, September 14 Asteroids
Monday, September 19 Kuiper Belt and comets
Wednesday, September 21 Finish KBOs and comets; "Asteroids: Deadly Impacts" DVD
Monday, September 26 Meteorites and Impacts
Wednesday, September 28 zodiacal light ; radar ; inner planet "days"
Monday, October 3 Equation of hydrostatic equilibrium; barometric equation; P and T vs height in Earths atmosphere and ocean; Earth and Mercury internal structure
Wednesday, October 5 Venus ; Earth and Moon ; atmospheres of inner planets
Wednesday, October 12 Mars; Giant planets
Monday, October 17 celestial sphere, seasons, star paths in sky
Wednesday, October 19 midterm exam
Monday, October 24 things in sky
Wednesday, November 2 EMR; telescopes
Monday, November 7 The Bigger the Better