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Lecture 1
How many planets in the solar system,
How many moons currently in the s...,
Definition of a planet
15
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Lecture 2
What is dark matter,
Baryonic matter,
D
7
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Lecture 3
When was the earliest recorded ob...,
What is the significance of stone...,
What is the antikythera mechnanism
12
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Lecture 4
What is an ellipse,
Ellipticity and eccentricity form...,
Kepler s second law
12
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Lecture 5
Newton s first law,
Newton s second law,
Newton s third law
12
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Lecture 6
Newton s universal law of gravita...,
Types of orbits,
Centre of mass
11
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Lecture 7
How long is a full rotation of th...,
Why is the rotational period of t...,
Why does the earth occasionally h...
26
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Lecture 8
Properties of o,
Galactic recycling,
What causes the orderly pattens o...
17
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Lecture 9
Why can each jovian planet been c...,
What are volatiles,
What happened to the remaining vo...
22
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Lecture 10
Layers of the terrestrial planets,
What is density,
Earth s core
24
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Lecture 11
Role of planetary size,
Distance from the sun,
Effect of
22
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Lecture 12
What is an atmosphere,
Composition of the earth s atmosp...,
Effects of atmospheres
35
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Lecture 13
Formation of the jovian planets,
Why does jupiter and the other jo...,
Atmospheric structure and chemist...
9
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Lecture 14
Why do comets and asteroids exist,
What are the two classes of junk,
What are asteroids
19
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Lecture 15
Properties of light,
How does light interact with matter,
Properties of waves
18
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Lecture 16
What are the 3 main parts of a te...,
What is the purpose of the collec...,
How does the mirror change for a ...
13
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Lecture 17
What are the key ideas of special...,
What is special relativity used t...,
What is a frame of reference and ...
10
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Lecture 18
What is the main idea of general ...,
What is the equivalence principle,
How does curved space effect geom...
13
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Lecture 19
What is the composition of the sun,
What are some of the first theori...,
How does einstein s equation expl...
26
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Lecture 20
What does an h r diagram compare,
What is the problem with apparent...,
How can absolute brightness be de...
14
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Lecture 21
How do we find the mass of a star,
What is the maximum mass a star c...,
What is the minimum mass a star c...
16
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Lecture 22
What is the main composition of i...,
What are the two different temper...,
How does a star form from a gas c...
18
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Lecture 23
What does it mean what a star is ...,
What does the stellar thermostat do,
What are the stages of the life o...
24
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Lecture 24
How do the heavy heavier than iro...,
Why are there more elements with ...,
Why are elements heavier than iro...
10
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Lecture 25
What type of stars form black holes,
What causes black holes,
What do black holes do to the spa...
15
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Lecture 26
Approximately how big is a schwar...,
How did william caroline herschel...,
What was the problem with
21
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Lecture 27
What is a barred spiral galaxy,
What are the key features of elli...,
What are 3 theories for irregular...
17
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Lecture 28
How does the hubble tuning fork h...,
What is the approximate number of...,
What does the galaxy stellar mass...
17
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Lecture 29
What are the main components of g...,
What are the two methods of calcu...,
How can galaxy mass be calculated...
24
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Lecture 31
What are the five steps of the co...,
How is ladder step 1 the solar sy...,
How is ladder step 2 nearby stars...
24
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Lecture 32
What is the current hubble constant,
What is the best way to think of ...,
Why do galaxies themselves not ex...
21
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Lecture 33
What is happening to spacetime,
How is the universe s expansion a...,
What could change the expansion r...
23
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Lecture 34
What does the big bang theory exp...,
What are some important ideas reg...,
What are the three main pieces of...
23
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Lecture 35
What are bright spots in the cmb,
What are the origins of density t...,
What are peaks and valleys in the...
23
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Lecture 36
What are the 6 common elements of...,
What are the 3 key ingredients fo...,
What is the copernican principle
18
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