TA OFFICE HOURS
Fri Dec 15 11:00-noon : TA Dave (in Tutorial room, Henn 312)
OFFICE HOURS
Fri Dec 15 12:30-2:30 Professor : via ZOOM (see course CANVAS page to get link)
OPEN TUTORIAL ACCESS (all in Henn 312)
Fri Dec 15 2:30-3:30 : Access tutorial materials for review.
NOTE: The format x.y means chapter X, section Y # Date Lecture Topic Pages or Chapter.Section -- ------ ----------------------------------------- --------------------------- 1 Sep 6 Course logistics, systems of units Sect 1.1 (to end of Basic Astronomical Definitions), 1.3(stop at start of 'Motion within the Milky Way Galaxy') 2 Sep 8 The local sky and celestial sphere Chpt 2 Intro and Sect 2.1 (skip Matehmatical Insight 2.1 and its examples) 3 Sep 11 The paths of stars; diurnal cycle Sect S1.2 (skipping boxes on SolarDays/Analemma and Math Insight S1.2) 4 Sep 13 Motion of Sun across the sky Section S1.2 again. 5 Sep 15 Seasons. Precession Section 2.2 6 Sep 18 Time-keeping and calendars Section 3.1, S1.1 (skip Math Insight S1.1) 7 Sep 20 Time zones. Scale and angular measure. S1.3. Also: Sect 2.1's Math Insight 2.1 + review parag "Angular Size and Distances). 8 Sep 22 Distance scale and lunar phases. Sect 2.3 (up to but NOT including eclipses). PLUS Special Topic box 'Eratosthenes...' in Sect 3.2. 9 Sep 25 More Lunar phases. Sect 2.3 AGAIN (up to but NOT including eclipses) 10 Sep 27 Lunar and solar eclipses remainder of Sect 2.3 11 Sep 29 The motion of the planets. 2.4, 3.2, and review Sec S1.1 paragraph on `Planetary Periods' -- Oct 2 UBC closed. No class - - 12 Oct 4 Intro to Light and Intro to Telescopes 5.1,5.2,6.1,and (6.2 to start of, but not including, "What do Astronomers..."). Math Insight 6.1 and 6.2 included! 13 Oct 6 Scientific enquiry 3.4, 3.5 Oct 9 THANKSGIVING. No class. n/a 14 Oct 11 Galileo to Newton 3.3 15 Oct 12 (THURMONDAY!) Newton's laws and orbits 4.1, 4.2 16 Oct 13 More on orbits 4.4 and START of 4.5 to the start of the first example in Math Insight 4.3 "Newton's Version of Kepler's Third Law" 17 Oct 16 spectra 5.3, 5.4 but stop where Doppler effect starts (skip boxes on Polarized Sunglasses and Math Insights in both sections) 18 Oct 18 Doppler effect and more Telescopes rest of 5.4, rest of 6.2, 6.3 (Box on Owning a Telescope is optional) Oct 20 MIDTERM EXAM, in Class covers up to and including Oct 13 reading content and lectures, and first three Tutorials. 19 Oct 23 Intro to our Solar System 7.1, 7.2 20 Oct 25 Planet formation 8.1, 8.2 21 Oct 79 Spacecraft exploration. Radioactive dating 1.2, 7.3, 8.3 22 Oct 30 Impacts parts of 9.2 (skip subections on Volcanism, Tectonics, Erosion; but then read "How do impact craters..." subsection, but skip "Why do the terrestrial planets..." sub-section). Also Sec 12.5 23 Nov 1 Asteroids and meteorites 12.1, 12.2 24 Nov 3 Comets and the outer Solar System 12.3, 12.4 25 Nov 6 Terrestrial and jovian interiors. 9.1 (Include Math 9.1; skip final subsec on magnetic fields), 11.1 but only to end of section "Internal Heat" 26 Nov 8 Start Exoplanets (longer reading!) 13.1, 13.2 to end of `Planetary Density', including Math Insight boxes 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 - Nov 10 NO READINGS. Course review work No quiz Nov 13 Mid-Term Reading Break. No class. Nov 15 Mid-Term Reading Break. No class. 27 Nov 17 More Exoplanets rest of 13.2, 13.3 28 Nov 20 Processes on Moon and Mercury Remainder of 9.2 (see Oct 30th) and 9.3 29 Nov 22 Terrestrial worlds: Mars Venus Earth 9.4, 9.5, 9.6 30 Nov 24 Tides and Rings end of 4.5 (starting at "How does gravity cause tides?"), 11.3 31 Nov 27 Moons of the Solar System 11.2 32 Nov 29 Our Sun and intro to atmospheres Sec 14.1, in Sec 14.2 only sections 'The Solar Thermostat' and 'How does the energy ...out of the Sun'?, Section 10.1 to end of 'How Atmospheres Affect Planets'. 33 Dec 1 Atmospheric processes and Mars Rest of 10.1 (includes Math Insight 10.1), 10.2 starting at 'What Factors can cause long-term climate change?', Math Insight 10.2, Sec 10.4 34 Dec 4 Atmospheres of Venus and Earth 10.5, 10.6 (long!!) 35 Dec 6 Life in the Solar System Sec 24.1, but SKIP (inclusive) from "Carbon Isotope Evidence' to end of 'The Transition from Chemistry to Biology' (starting again with 'Migration Through Space') Skip both Special Topic boxes. Sec 24.2, 24.3 to end of 'The Habitable Zone' and then the final subsection 'How could we detect life on exoplanets?'.The readings are to be completed BEFORE the corresponding lecture; you then must do the reading assignment posted on:
Tutorial Section Listing
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Day PDT Section --------------- ------- Monday 11:00 T1A Tuesday 14:00 T1C Wednesday 14:00 T1B
David Miller : drmiller@phas.ubc.ca
Simone Hagey : shagey@phas.ubc.ca
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