Lesson plan / SOLAR SYSTEM

Lesson Information

Course Credit 2.0
Course ECTS Credit 3.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course University Elective
Mode of Delivery Distance Learning
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? G
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course Able to learn about the formation of the sun and the solar system objects.
Course Content The Sun, Solar System overview, planet orbitrs, Kepler's Laws, planets, Pluto and dwarf planets, trans-neptunian objects, extrasolar planets.

Weekly Course Subjects

1The Sun
2Solar System overview
3Planet orbits, Kepler's Laws
4Mercury
5Venus
6Earth and Moon
7Mars
8Jupiter and its satellites
9Midterms exam
10Saturn
11Uranus and Neptune
12Pluto and dwarf planets
13Trans-Neptunian objects
14Extrasolar planets

Resources

1. Astronomy Today, 7th Ed., E. Chaisson, S. McMillan, Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2011

2. Astrophysics for Physicists, A.R. Choudhuri, Cambridge University Press, 2010

3. Astronomide Temel Bilgiler, LLoyd Motz ve Annetta Duveen, Colombia Üniversitesi, I. Kısım, Çev. Prof.Dr. E. Ballı ve

Prof.Dr. K. Özemre, İStanbul Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Yayınları, No. 136, 1976