AST 100: Astronomy Today

Fall 2006

M 6:50-8:00 PM, ESS 222

Course Description

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE (To reserve a topic, send me an email!)

  • 11 Sep: Overview and assignment of presentation dates

  • 18 Sep: Confirmation of presentation dates, additional help in selecting topics.

  • 25 Sep: No class, instructor on travel

  • 2 Oct: No class, holiday

  • 9 Oct: Christian J. Paultre (Possibility of Life on Titan)

  • 16 Oct: Jeremy Miller (The International Space Station); Adam D. Siegel (Dark Matter and Energy)

  • 23 Oct: Winnie Situ (Life on Meteorites from Mars)

  • 30 Oct: Kyle M. Sonnet (Pluto); Jeffrey J. Sadowski (Spirit and Opportunity)

  • 6 Nov: Jessica Chen (Constellations [Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Orion]); Agnieszka Zeranska (Venus)

  • 13 Nov: Andrew J. Battisti (The Search for Extrasolar Planets); Sarah L. Woodhouse (Apollo 11: Fact or Fiction?)

  • 20 Nov: Jennifer M. Atkinson (The Eclipse of Uranus by its Moon); Victor Yin (Puffy Planet)

  • 27 Nov: Michael D. Lamb (Water on Mars); Cindy H. Mai (Galactic Cannibalism)

  • 4 Dec: We will meet at the regular time and try to observe the skies!

  • 11 Dec: TBA

  • 13 Dec (Wednesday, correction day, follows a Monday schedule): TBA

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