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2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
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PHYS 160 - Astronomy of the Solar System

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
General Education Curriculum: Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences

Introduction astronomy for the general student. Primary emphasis on Solar System. Representative topics include: Seasons, phases of the moon, motions of the Earth and planets, history of Earth and Solar System, description of individual planets and their moons, comets, formation of the Solar System, prospects for life in other solar systems. No physics background required.

LCCN: CAST 1103





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