Lecture 13 outline and notes

Astronomy:

0) Review: Earth and moon, seasons and phases, eclipses

1) Review: Tides

2) General properties of stars

3) Formation of stars and planets

4) Meteorites

5) Late Heavy Bombardment and the formation of planets

6) The main sequence and the Solar System today

9) After the main sequence and deaths of stars

7) Technique: Doppler shift

8) Extrasolar planets [Demo]

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


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