Apr 21-24 14:30-15:30, Henn 310, TA Justine Obidowski Apr 25 08:30-11:00, A407 final examination, Buch B208
Jan 6 : No pre-readings.  
See Assignments in Canvas to download Assignment 1, handed out today.
Downloadable data file here:
(MPCxyz.txt) (ASCII file)
Jan 8 : Pages 25-28. By Fri Jan 10: Chpt 1 to end of 1.4.5
Jan 10 : p29 to end of Sec 2.1. Chpt 1 material above if not read already.
Jan 13 : Sections 2.3 and 2.4 (we will return to section 2.2)
Jan 15 : No new readings
Jan 17 : Sec 2.2 - 2.2.3 (inclusive). HW2 handed out; due Jan 24.
Jan 20 : Prof did not assign readings in time.
Jan 22 : Section 2.5. Section 2.6 to end of 2.6.1
Jan 24 : 2.6.2 and 2.6.3
Jan 27 : Sec 2.7 to end of 2.7.1
Jan 29 : Sec 2.72 and 2.7.3
Jan 31 : No additional readings
Feb 3 : all of Sec 2.8 to end of 2.8.5
Feb 5: Sections 11.1-11.2
Feb 7: Sections 11.5-11.6.3
Feb 10: No additional readings
Feb 12: 11.7.3, Chpt 15 to end 15.2
Feb 14: 15.3 to end of 15.3.4 inclusive
Feb 24: All of 15.4. 15.5 to end of 15.5.2
Feb 26: No additional readings.
Feb 28: No additional readings. 15.6+15.7 discussed in class (not on midterm)
Mar 3: MIDTERM examination, in class room and time slot Mar 5: Chpt 4 to end of 4.1.2 (you may wish to just go to end of 4.1.3). Mar 7: Sec 4.1.3 and all of Sec 12.2
Mar 10: Sect 12.3 to end of 12.3.7, skipping 12.3.5
Mar 12: Sect 12.4 to end of 12.4.3
Mar 14: None
Mar 17: 3.2, 4.2-4.4, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.6 to end of 4.6.1
Mar 19: Chpt 5 to end of section 5.2.
Mar 21: 6.2, 6.4 to end of page 177.
Mar 24: Chpt 9 to end 9.3.3, skipping 9.1.4 and 9.2.4
Mar 26: No additional readings.
Mar 28: Sec 9.4 to end of 9.4.5
Mar 31: 5.7 to end 5.7.1, 5.8 to chapter end. Ch 14 to end 14.1.4
Apr 2: 14.1.5 to end 14.2, skipping 14.1.8, 14.3.2 to end 14.3.4
Apr 4: 14.3.6, 14.3.9, all of 14.4
Apr 7: 14.5 to end of chapter
Course Summary (REVISED) (pdf file)
TOPIC OUTLINE
-Dynamics -Planetary Shapes and gravity fields -Tidal interactions -Meteoritical and other constraints on planetary formation -Cosmochemisty -Protoplanetary disks and planet formation processes -Solar System small bodies - Observational techniques - Size distributions -Planetary atmospheres - physical structure - radiative equilibrium -Impact cratering - processes and chronology -Extrasolar planets - Detection - Properties