The Solar System
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Due by beginning of class period on 12/11
| AST-110 The Solar System
(4 units) This course is designed to survey the subject at the introductory level for non-science majors. We will begin our journey with a brief history of astronomy with a focus on its role in Diné culture, and study the cyclical motions of the objects we see in our sky. We will develop the physical principles needed to understand gravity and electromagnetic radiation (light) as we step our way through the solar system. We will examine astronomy from both the scientific and cultural points of view, and look at current topics in astronomy such as extrasolar planets, the possibility of life elsewhere in the solar system, and new astronomical instruments both on Earth and in space. Hands-on lab activities include daytime and nighttime telescope observing, spectroscopy (observing the rainbow of colors in light), telling time by the stars, and using astronomy software programs for astronomical image processing and sky mapping. Course Meeting
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Colleen Gino Texts: Course Goals as related to the Diné Philosophy of
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