The Solar System

3 credits · Undergraduate

The sky, orbits, and gravity. Ancient astronomy. Seasons, the calendar, phases and motions of the moon, tides, and eclipses. Terrestrial planets, giant planets and their moons and rings, asteroids, comets, meteorites, and the sun. Habitable zones for planets and moons, extremophiles, and the possibility of life on other worlds. [3] (MNS) (CORE B, D) (LE MNS)