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Course details
Copies of lecture notes will appear here as the course proceeds. They are for reference only, and should not be used to replace your own lecture notes. You will find the course much harder if you don't create your own written version, so please do not print these notes out in quantity



Course outline



Lecture 1: Introductory Tour of the Solar System

Power point file (caution: quite large!)

Solar system data

Handouts:     page 1    page 2


Lecture 2:  Gravitation and Solar System Physics

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Link to footage of Apollo 15 'hammer and feather' experiment



Lecture 3:  The Physics of Stellar Atmospheres
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Lecture 4:  Key Features of the Jovian Planets

Power point file

Differential rotation of Jupiter (avi file)

Rotation of the Great Red Spot (avi file)

Handouts:     page 1    page 2    page 3    page 4    page 5    page 6