The Solar System

Summer 2024

Details

Credit

4

Mode

Online

Component

Lecture

Meets

Online -

Instructors

Thomas Burbine

Description

Lecture: For nonscience majors. Introduction to the physical characteristics of the earth, moon, planets, asteroids and comets, their motions and gravitational interactions. Recent discoveries of space probes relative to formation of the solar system and origin of life.

Lab: Multiple sections. For nonscience students. Introduction to the night sky, telescopes, astronomical events, and celestial maps. Visual and telescopic observations of the constellations, moon, planets, stars, and other interesting astronomical objects. (Gen.Ed. PS)

Eligibility


Notes

U+ class; $85/term reg. fee + $550/credit. Refunds differ from Univ. day classes; see www.umass.edu/universityplus/resources/refund-policy.

Start Date

End Date

Subject Description

Astronomy

Subject

ASTRON

Catalog Number

101

Class Number

25096

Course ID

044998

Section

01

Class Attributes

CPRG: JUMP IN

Academic Career

UGRD

Meeting

On-Line

Gen-Eds

PS

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