AS101 - Summer Session 1, 2006
Course: CAS AS 101
Title: The Solar System
Building: CAS
Room: B18A
Days: M,Tu,W,Th,F
Time: 9:30am - 11:00am
Textbook: The Cosmic Perspective/The Solar System, Fourth Edition, by Bennett, Donahue,
Schneider, and Voit. ISBN 0805392955. Listed at the BU Bookstore for New Price: $66.80 Used Price: $50.10.
Syllabus
Introduction
Solar System Tour in Powerpoint and PDF formats
Chapter 1
Summary of Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure 1.16. Raisin loaf illustrating expanding universe
Movie showing Earth's rotation
Chapter 2
Summary of Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure 2.12. Exploring the Motion of the Sky with the Celestial Sphere
Interactive Figure 2.15. Reason for seasons
Interactive Figure 2.22. How to Simulate Lunar Phases
Interactive Figure 2.24. Showing How Rare Solar and Lunar Eclipses Are
Interactive Figure 2.28. Evolution of a Total Solar Eclipse
Movie of changing view of Moon during one month
Interactive Phases of the Moon
Interactive The Moon's rotation
Interactive Causes of eclipses
Chapter 3
Summary of Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure 3.15. Ptolemy's Model for the Retrograde Motion
Movie of Jupiter's satellites orbiting Jupiter
Chapter 4
Summary of part of Chapter 4
Summary of rest of Chapter 4
Part of Chapter 4 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Rest of Chapter 4 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure 4.22. Orbital Trajectories of Cannonballs
Energy of a Cannonball Fired into Space
Chapter 5
Summary of Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure 5.14. The Details of Spectra - Illustrating Kirchhof's Laws
Interactive Figure 5.19. Wien's Law: The Cosmic Thermometer
Chapter 6
Summary of Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure 6.6. Angular Resolution Explained using Approaching Car Lights
Chapter 7
Summary of Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure Orbital and Rotational Properties of the Planets
Chapter 8
Summary of Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure 8.3 Collapse of the Solar Nebula
Interactive Figure Why does the Disk Flatten?
Chapter 9
Summary of part of Chapter 9
Summary of rest of Chapter 9
Part of Chapter 9 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Rest of Chapter 9 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Interactive Figure 9.13 Tectonics and Convection of the Mantle
Chapter 10
Summary of Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Chapter 11
Summary of Chapter 11
Chapter 11 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Chapter 12
Summary of Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Chapter 13
Summary of Chapter 13
Chapter 13 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Chapter 14
Summary of Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Presentation in Powerpoint and
PDF formats
Homeworks
Homework #1 on Chapter 1
Homework #2 on Chapter 2
Homework #3 on Chapter 3
Homework #4 on Chapter 4
Homework #5 on Chapter 4
Homework #6 on Chapter 5
Homework #7 on Chapter 7
Homework #8 on Chapter 8
Homework #9 on Chapter 9
Homework #10 on Chapter 10
Homework #11 on Chapter 11
Homework #12 on Chapter 12
Homework Answers
Answers to Homework #1 on Chapter 1
Answers to Homework #2 on Chapter 2
Answers to Homework #3 on Chapter 3
Answers to Homework #4 on Chapter 4
Answers to Homework #5 on Chapter 4
Answers to Homework #6 on Chapter 5
Answers to Homework #7 on Chapter 7
Answers to Homework #8 on Chapter 8
Answers to Homework #9 on Chapter 9
Answers to Homework #10 on Chapter 10
Answers to Homework #11 on Chapter 11
Answers to Homework #12 on Chapter 12
Labs
Fake Lab Reports from "The String Lab"
How to Write a Lab Report
Instructions for Lab #1 (22 May 2006) on Time
Instructions for Lab #2 (30 May 2006) on Gravity
Instructions for Lab #3 (5 June 2006) on Telescopes
Instructions for Lab #4 (20 June 2006) on Cratering
Mid-term Exam
Discussion of the Mid-term Exam
Answers to the Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Answers to the Final Exam