Lecture notes
All notes in Microsoft Powerpoint format.
| Week # | Lecture 1 | Reading | Notes last updated | Lecture 2 | Reading | Notes last updated |
| 1 | Introduction | Prologue | 8/30/01 | Motion of stars, planets | Chapter 1 | 8/30/01 |
| 2 | Light and Matter 1 | Chapter 2 | 9/7/01 | Light and Matter 2 | Chapter 2 | 9/7/01 |
| 3 | The Solar System | 4.1, 4.3, and 8.5 | 9/14/01 | Formation and debris | 4.2 and web pages | 9/14/01 |
| 4 | Earth and Moon | Chapter 5 | 9/21/01 | Terrestrial Planets | Chapter 6 | 9/21/01 |
| 5 | Jovian Planets | 7, 8.4 | 9/26/01 | Moons | 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 | 9/26/01 |
| 6 | Exam #1 | 10/12/01 | ||||
| 7 | The Sun | 9 | 10/19/01 | Stars | 10 | 10/19/01 |
| 8 | The ISM | 11 | 10/26/01 | Stellar Evolution | 12 | 10/26/01 |
| 9 | Dead Stars | 13 | 11/2/01 | The Milky Way | 14 | 11/5/01 |
| 10 | Galaxies | 15 | 11/9/01 | Cosmology | 17 | 11/12/01 |
| 11 | Exam #2 | |||||
| 12 | Life in the Solar System | web pages | 11/30/01 | Life: finding intelligent | 18 | 12/1/01 |