Welcome to Solar System Astronomy!

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Welcome to Solar System Astronomy!
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Syllabus

• Contact Information
• Emily Howard
• [phone]
• ehoward1_at_broward.edu
• http//www.broward.edu/ehoward1/
• Office 7/130
• Office Hours As Listed

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Syllabus (cont.)

• COURSE DESCRIPTION
• AST 1003 is an astronomy course outlining the
  knowledge gained from space probes of the Sun,
  the Moon, Earth, and the planets and evaluating
  the Solar System formation theories. The students
  will use writing compositions, observations, and
  mathematical analysis to analyze the data
  obtained by observing these bodies.

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Registration Resources

• www.mhhe.com/fix
• www.twitter.com/AstroProfEm
• www.wordpress.com
• http//profhowardastronomy.wordpress.com

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Syllabus (cont.)

• Attendance is mandatory
• June 27, 2012 100 refund
• July 20, 2012 Transfer to Audit or W
• Please inform if you know that you are going to
  be absent
• Need documentation if you are absent via e-mail
  or phone call

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Questions for the Day

• What is Science?
• What is Astronomy?
• Why are you interested in Astronomy?
• How do we model the sky?

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What is Science?

• Science is the methodological study of systems.
• Science studies these systems on why they work,
  how they work, and the relationship of these
  systems.
• Science tries to ask questions that quantify the
  systems.

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Scientific Method
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Scientific Method

• Brainstorm Ask a Question
• Hypothesis Testable Question
• Experiment Testing the Question
• Theory A Repeatable Experiment
• Law

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Types of Science

• Physical Sciences
• Studies how physical phenomena work.
• Biological Sciences
• Studies how biological phenomena work.
• Social Sciences
• Studies how social systems work.

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Physical Sciences

• Astronomy
• The study of how the planets, stars, galaxies,
  and universe work.
• Physics
• The general study of how systems work
  individually and in connection.
• Chemistry
• The study of how atoms combine and create
  compounds.
• Earth Sciences
• The study of how the Earth and its atmosphere
  works

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What is Astronomy?

• The science of the study of physical properties
  of the planets, stars, galaxies, and the
  universe.
• The word comes from astro meaning star and
  nomos meaning name in Latin.
• Different from astrology, which was the study of
  the motions of the celestial globe.

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Types of Astronomy

• Observational
• Observers at telescopes obtaining observations
  and modeling those observations.
• Theoretical
• Theoreticians at computers finding new models for
  the observations.

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Observational Ground Based
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Observational Space Based
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Observational Satellite Based
saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-detail
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Theoretical Observations..
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Theoretical Lead to Models
http//www.star.le.ac.uk/research/agn.gif
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Theoretical Which lead to Applications.
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Theoretical
http//www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/info.htm
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Why are you interested in Astronomy?

• My Interests are
• Planetary Geology
• Galactic Structure
• Blazars
• Creation of the Universe

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How do we model the sky?

• We identify the parts.
• We measure the angles.
• We then notice the movement.

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Fig. 1.19
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Homework 1

• Summarize and analyze your thoughts about the
  planetarium show in a five to seven sentence
  paragraph.
• Post your responses to What interests you? and
  Your Journeys Beginning on the blog in at
  least three sentences. And then respond to one
  other persons response in three sentences.
• Page 14, Conceptual Question 3