Course Notes and Powerpoint files

    Powerpoint files tend to be big so don't print them unless you really want them...
    • PDF Notes 1, Week 1 Powerpoint - Introduction
    • PDF Notes 2, Week 2 Powerpoint - Orbital motions and physics
    • PDF Notes 3, Week 3 Powerpoint - Solar system formation
    • PDF Notes 4, Week 4 Powerpoint - Comets and Asteroids
      Second half of the course -
    • PDF Notes 5, Week 5 Powerpoint - Planetary Interiors
    • PDF Notes 6, Week 6 Powerpoint - Planetary Surfaces - Part 1
    • PDF Notes 7, Week 7 Powerpoint - Planetary Surfaces - Part 2
    • PDF Notes 8, Week 8 Powerpoint - Planetary Atmospheres
    • PDF Notes 9, Week 9 Powerpoint - Extrasolar Planets

    Homework and Test information

    • Test 2
    • Image for test 2, question 2

    Project Information

    • Project instructions
    • Image of region - JPEG
    • Clickable image - for details
    • Contour map - a rough approximation of the region. Basically it slopes towards the NE.
    • Venus Maps
    • Venus Feature Names - look up names so you don't duplicate any!
    • Planetary Landforms link - USGS Feature Types

    Constants and Tables of Data

    • Constants
    • Physical Properties of the Planets
    • Orbital Properties of the Planets
    • Earth Data
    • Moon Data
    • Mercury Data
    • Venus Data
    • Mars Data
    • Jupiter Data
    • Saturn Data
    • Uranus Data
    • Neptune Data
    • Pluto (still not a planet) Data

    General Astro Information and data bases

    • Astronomy picture of the day
    • Space Weather - latest events, aurora
    • Sky and Telescope Magazine

    Solar System Exploration Space Craft

    • Chronology of Planetary Exploration
    • Solar System Exploration
    • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    • Apollo Mission
    • MESSENGER mission to Mercury
    • Magellan - Venus explorer
    • Venus Express
    • Mars Pathfinder Mission
    • Mars Global Surveyor Mission
    • Mars Rovers
    • Mars Express
    • Voyager - Outer solar system
    • Galileo - Jupiter explorer
    • Cassini - Saturn explorer
    • Stardust - Comet explorer
    • Deep Impact - Comet vandalism!

    Solar System Objects

    • Planetary Science Research
    • Solar System Simulator - solar system objects seen from a variety of perspectives
    • Maps of Solar System objects
    • Planetary Photojournal
    • The Nine Planets - Guide to the Solar System
    • Views of the Solar System - Images
    • USGS Astrogeology Program
    • Outer Solar System Satellites
    • Solar System Dynamics

    Small Stuff

    • General Comet Homepage
    • Comet Shoemaker Levy 9
    • Near Earth Object Program
    • Minor Planet Center
    • Meteorites
    • Impact Hazards

    Exo-planets

    • Possible Planetary Systems beyond our own
    • More Possible Planetary Systems