ASTR 120

This is an introductory course in Astronomy that is general enough to be of interest to science and non-science majors with a proper background in mathematics. This course is complementary to ASTR 121-3. Topics include: an overview of our solar system; the Sun; Earth and the Moon; the inner planet; the gas giants and their ring structures and moons; Pluto and Charon; asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteorites; the origin and evolution of our solar system; the origin and evolution of the Sun; and other solar systems and exoplanets. ASTR 120 and ASTR 121 may be taken in either order.