Lecture 15 outline and notes

Physics:

1) Thermodynamics

Astronomy:

2) Earth and moon, seasons and phases, eclipses

3) Tides

4) General properties of stars

5) Formation of stars and planets

6) Meteorites

7) Late Heavy Bombardment and the formation of planets

8) The main sequence and the Solar System today

9) Technique: Doppler shift

10) Extrasolar planets

11) After the main sequence and deaths of stars

12) Galaxies, cosmology, and the scale of the Universe


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