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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