Astronomy Study Guide: Notes to Accompany the Online Textbook

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Module 001: Where Are We?
Module 002: Moon Shadows
Module 003: Science and Non-science
Module 004: Ancient Astronomy
Module 005: Galileo: Earth Moves
Module 006: Kepler: Ellipses
Module 007: Newton: Laws of Motion
Module 008: Newton: Gravity
Module 009: Describing Waves
Module 010: Light and More
Module 011: Atomic Spectra
Module 012: Telescopes
Module 013: Beyond the Visible
Module 014: Solar System Survey
Module 015: Comets in Detail
Module 016: Earth Impacts
Module 017: Formation of the Solar System
Module 018: The Moon and the Tides
Module 019: The Earth's Atmosphere
Module 020: Earth and Moon Interiors
Module 021: Continental Drift
Module 022: The Earth's Moon
**Omitted modules discuss the structures of the various planets and moons of the Solar System.**
Module 040: Survey of the Sun
Module 041: Solar Magnetism and Activity
Module 042: Nuclear Fire
Module 043: Stellar Parallax
Module 044: Stellar Magnitudes
Module 045: Star Colors and Classes
Module 046: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
Module 047: Star Formation
Module 048: The Quiet Deaths of Ordinary Stars
Module 049: Supernova Explosions
Module 050: Neutron Stars
Module 051: Black Holes
Module 052: The Milky Way
Module 053: Shape of the Milky Way
Module 054: Dark Matter in the Milky Way
Module 055: The Monster in the Milky Way
Module 056: The Family of Galaxies
Module 057: The Expanding Universe