Dr. Christina Lacey

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
University of South Carolina

SCCC 115 Honors Descriptive Astronomy
SCCC 115 Syllabus Revised Schedule 22 Sep. 2005 Grades Fall 2005

Office Hours

Tues. 1-3 PM Rm 503

Wed. 1-3 PM Rm 503

Class Notes

Chapter 1: Charting the Heavens   Charting the Heavens Class Notes
Chapter 2: The Copernican Revolution   The Copernican Revolution Class Notes
Chapter 3: Radiation   Radiation Class Notes
Chapter 4: Spectroscopy Chapter 4: Spectroscopy
Chapter 5: Telescopes Chapter 5: Telescopes
Chapter 6: Solar System Chapter 6: Solar System
Chapter 7: Earth Chapter 7: Earth
Chapter 8: Moon and Mercury Chapter 8: Moon and Mercury Example with escape speed and average molecular speed Problem 8-11
Chapter 9: Venus Chapter 9: Venus
Chapter 10: Mars Chapter 10: Mars
Chapter 11-12: Jupiter and Saturn Chapter 10-11: Jupiter and Saturn
Chapter 13: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto Chapter 13: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
Chapter 14: Solar System Debris Chapter 14: Solar System Debris
Chapter 15: Solar System Formation Chapter 15: Solar System Formation
Chapter 16: The Sun Chapter 16: The Sun Chapter 16: The Sun Cont.
Chapter 17: Stars Chapter 17: Stars Chapter 17: Stars Cont.

Review Review of the planets

Homework Assignments
Show all work and units to receive full credit.
Homework will either be a question in the "Review and Discussion" section or in the "Problems" section. Questions are listed by Chapter-Question Number. For example Problem: 1-2 refers to Question 2 in the problems section.

Homework 1 due Sept. 6:

How many miles are in one light year? Kilometers?
In the Problem section (pg. 29-30): 1-2, 1-6, 1-9, 1-11, 1-13
In the Problem section (pg. 58): [2-9, 2-15 (Due Tues. Sept. 15)]

Homework 2 due Sept. 15:

In the Review and Discussion section: 3-11
In the Problem section: 2-9, 2-15, 2-6, 3-2, 3-7
Article Write-up 1 Article write up guidelines.

Homework 3 due Sept. 22:

In the Review and Discussion section: 4-4

In the Problem section: 2-10, 3-5, 3-6, 3-11, 3-12, 4-4

Homework 4 due Oct. 11, Tues. :

In the Review and Discussion section: 6-6, 6-11
In the Problem section: 1-10, 5-4, 6-7, 6-8

Homework 5 due Oct. 20, :

In the Review and Discussion section: 7-7, 7-19, 8-16, 8-19
In the Problem section: 6-12,6-15, 7-2, 8-7, 9-6

Homework 6 due Nov. 3, :

In the Review and Discussion section:10-19, 10-20, 11-8, 12-1, 12-7
In the Problem section: 11-5, 12-9

Homework 7 due Nov. 17, :

In the Review and Discussion section: 11-20, 12-16, 15-8, 15-10, 15-12
In the Problem section: 12-3, 12-5, 13-3

Homework 9 due Nov. 29, Tues. :

In the Review and Discussion section: 17-7, 17-8, 17-10, 17-14, 17-16
In the Problem section: 17-3, 17-4, 17-10

Homework Solutions

Exam Solutions

If you have any questions, contact me at: lacey at sc dot edu