Astronomy 210
Lecture 15, Feb. 21
Spring 2018
Lecture Notes:
pdf file
Invisible Astronomy: Beyond the Optical
radio:
JVLA
,
Arecibo
millimeter/microwave:
South Pole Telescope
,
Planck
,
ALMA
infrared:
Spitzer
,
Sofia
,
James Webb Space Telescope [launch: spring 2019!]
X-ray:
Chandra
,
XMM-Newton
gamma-ray:
Fermi
,
H.E.S.S.
,
Veritas
,
HAWC
The Solar System
The Solar System: Introduction and Overview
Census: planet lineup
here
, family portaits
here
and
here
,
orbit viewer applet
Planet Properties
distance
diameter
mass and density
spin and
obliquity
Surface Temperature
Infrared images of
the Moon
and
Mars
Lunar temperature
maps
Lecture Archive
Brian Fields
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