Cococubed.com Introduction to Solar Systems Astronomy
Home Astronomy Research    2026 Neutrinos From De-excitation    2024 Radiative Opacity    2024 Neutrino Emission from Stars    2023 White Dwarfs & 12C(α,γ)16O    2023 MESA VI    2022 Earendel, A Highly Magnified Star    2022 Black Hole Mass Spectrum    2021 Skye Equation of State    2021 White Dwarf Pulsations & 22Ne    Software Instruments 2026 AAS Journals    AAS YouTube    Listing of 500+ Author Videos    AAS Peer Review Workshops Outreach Material Education Material Other Stuff:    Bicycle Adventures    Illustrations    Presentations Contact: F.X.Timmes	Some of the illustrations I made for this course are avaliable here. Module 1 - Our View From The Garden & Patterns in the Dark Night Sky: 01 Our View From The Garden 02 One to A Trillion 03 Space Station Earth 04 Sky Dances 05 Reason For The Season 06 La Luna 07 Planets Go Backwards Module 2 - Waltz Of Our Planets & The Gravity Of The Situation: 08 Survival Skills 09 Circles On Circles 10 Nicolaus' Revolution 11 An Empirical Beginning 12 Eppur Si Muove 13 Weightless 14 To Move Forward, We Have To Leave Something Behind 15 Emmy's Insight 16 The Gravity Of The Situation 17 Into The Tides Module 3 - Catching Planets With A Noose of Light & Tools Of The Trade: 18 Rainbows Selfies Clocks 19 What's The Frequency Kenneth 20 Up And Down The Ladder 21 Rainbows With Holes 22 The Hotter You Are The More You Radiate 23 Shifted to the Red 24 How We See 25 Giant Eyes 26 Twinkle Twinkle 27 Catching Bullets of Light Module 4 - Family Portraits & Origins: 28 Our Inner Family Portrait 29 Our Outer Family Portrait 30 Waltz of the Planets 31 New Horizons and Friends 32 Solar Nebula 33 Heating Spinning Colliding 34 Frostline 35 Era Of Heavy Bombardment 36 Dates with Rocks Module 5 - Comparative Planetology & Classical Gases: 37 Below The Surface 38 Surface Carpentry 39 Not To Hot Not Too Cold 40 M and M's 41 Water on the red on 42 Freya's Planet 43 Third Rock From The Sun 44 Classical Gas 45 Coriolis - Right 46 Too Small To Hold Its Gas 47 Venusian Runaway Module 6 - Lords Of The Rings & Vagabonds Of Our Solar System: 48 Saturn Floats 49 Belts and Zones 50 Jovian Gems of Fire and Ice 51 Lords Of The Rings 52 Queen Ceres and the Trojans 53 Cold Hearted Orbs 54 Cosmic Collisions Module 7 - Finding Habitable Worlds & Interstellar Travel: 55 Wobbling, Shifting, and Dimming 56 Hot Jupiters 57 Absence Of Evidence Is Not Evidence Of Absence 58 The Search for Spock's Home 59 Cornucopia 60 Habitable Worlds 61 How Many ETs are There? 62 Interstellar Travel 63 No Wormholes To Hel 64 The Waterhole