Geological Sciences 113: Planets and Moons

Introducing GS113:

• Syllabus
• Suggested text for additional reading (not required): Morrison and Owen, The Planetary System, Addison-Wesley, either 2nd edition (1996) or 3rd edition (2002).
  The 2nd edition of this book will be on reserve at the undergraduate library

Outlines

• Outlines (expect minor updates that will be posted just before each class; I will clearly mark modified outlines).

Review material

• Review sheet and online quiz

Final Grade

• The grade is based on the final exam.
• Review session A Q&A review is scheduled in the class before the final exam.
• Final exam
  The final exam is in the last day of class (Oct 20), regular time and place.
• Exam results
  Histogram of scores and grade indication
  Score and grade
  All grades are final.

Links of interest

• Images from the Hubble space telescope
• NASA's photo gallery
• Jet Propulsian Laboratory which manages many of the planetary missions discussed in this class.
• Astronomy picture of the day
• NASA - JPL Solar system simulator