| COLLEGE: | Arts and Sciences | |
| DEPARTMENT: | Physics | |
| PREFIX: | AST | |
| NUMBER: | 2003 | |
| TITLE: | Astronomy of Solar System | |
| CREDIT HOURS: | 4 | COURSE ATTR: | USFT-FKL NS Phy Sci (CANP) Gen Ed - Natural Sci (GENS) |
COREQUISITES: | N/A | PREREQUISITES: | N/A | COURSE DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to the Astronomy of the Solar System. No Physics background assumed. Topics covered include properties of light, stellar coordinates, timekeeping, eclipses, formation and dynamics of the solar system, properties of the sun and planets, space exploration of planets and the moon, life on other worlds. This course is complementary to but independent of AST 2006. Either may be taken before the other or taken by itself. |
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