Some of the current lecture notes projected in class will be made avalable on
this page. When they are posted, the "PDF" symbol will appear next to the
Lecture number and date.
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Note that the original material in these notes is copyright S. Kawaler and/or
M. Pohl, and is intended for use by Astro 120 students. They are not
to be reproduced or distributed for sale.
Lecture 1 (1/15)
Introduction to Astro 120
Music:
Woodstock, Joni
Mitchell (and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young)
Lecture 17 (3/13)
Planetary Atmospheres, the Greenhouse effect
Music:
Pressure Drop, Toots and the Maytals;
Dizzy Atmosphere, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - and - Billy
Breathes, Phish
Data Shown:
Lecture 21 (4/3)
KBOs, Asteroids, and Meteorites - remnants of the formation of the solar system
Music:
Shooting Star
Bob Dylan;
Shooting Star, Harry Chapin --- and ---
Stone
Crazy, Kevin Burt & the Instigators
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