Fall 2009
Professor Eric
M. Wilcots
6211 Chamberlin Hall
262-2364
ewilcots@astro.wisc.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE
DETAILS
Time: 9:30-10:45 TR 4421 Sterling Hall
Office
Hours: 10:45-12:00 T or by appointment
COURSE DETAILS
Final
Exam: Saturday December 19 at 2:45pm in 3425 Sterling
Midterm
Exam: October 27 (in class)
Required Text: Planetary
Systems by M. Ollivier et al.
Supplemental
Readings: As discussed in class
Grading:
Homework - 30%
Midterm - 20%
Final - 30%
Paper/Project - 15%
Class Participation - 5%
Homework:
Homework assignments will largely
consist of problem sets mostly taken from the book. In
general they will be
handed out of Tuesdays and due on the
Thursday of the following week. You are encouraged to work
together, but what you turn in should reflect
your own work.
The assignments will be lengthy, so don't procrastinate too
much!
Exams: The exams will look somewhat like the
homework, but with a few qualitative questions thrown
in.
Project/Paper:
Due December 8.
COOL WEB
PAGES
Astrophysics
Abstracts – efficient literature searches
NASA's
JPL Home
Page
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/missions_index.html
Cassini-Huygens
Mission
Deep
Impact Mission
Messenger
Mission to Mercury
California
and Carnegie Planet Search
10th
Planet?
Orbital
Simulations
Saturn's
Largest Ring
Lunar
Impact Mission