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ASTR 1010 (UGA)
Astronomy of the Solar System (3 semester hours)

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Not open to students with credit in ASTR 1110H.

Astronomy from early ideas of the cosmos to modern observational techniques. The solar system planets, satellites, and minor bodies. The origin and evolution of the solar system.

Requirements: Twelve lessons, one examination.

Instructor: Loris Magnani, Ph.D., Professor, The University of Georgia.

Text: Text: Hester, et al, 21st Century Astronomy, 2d. ed., W.W. Norton, 2007 (ISBN 0-393-92443-2).

Optional text: Magnani and LaRosa, Physics of the Solar System: A Companion to Introductory Astronomy Textbooks, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 1998.