Solar System Exploration (GEOL 1221)
Department of Geology & Physics

Dr. Samuel T. Peavy
Office: 206 Roney
Phone: (229) 931-2330
E-mail: Samuel.Peavy@gsw.edu
 


A time lapse photo showing the analemma, the annual progression of the sun in the sky from a single location (from Astronomy Picture of the Day).

 

This web page contains information on Dr. Peavy's Astronomy lecture.
Use the following links to explore your Solar System!

Course related links:

For Class:
Get your own Star Map
Syllabus for class

Review for Exam 1
Review for Exam 2
Review for Exam 3
Review for Exam 4


 

Chapter Notes in PDF format:
Chapter 1 Notes
Chapter 2 Notes
Chapter 3 Notes
Chapter 4 Notes
Chapter 5 Notes
Chapter 6 Notes

Chapter 7 Notes
Chapter 8 Notes

Chapter 9 Notes
Chapter 10 Notes
Chapter 11 Notes
Chapter 12 Notes
Chapter 13 Notes
Chapter 14 Notes
Chapters 15-16 Notes
 





Quizzes
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Quiz on Units
Do you know your Astronomers??
Quiz on Chapters Light and Spectra
Quiz on Planets and Moons

 


Links to Astronomy Related (and other cool) Sites:
 

US Naval Observatory - Solar Eclipse of August 2017

 Earth-Sun Relations and The Seasons
The Moon's Phases
Earth vs. Sun-centered System
Planetary Motion
Newton's Canon
NASA Hubble Space Telescope - Gallery
Digital Images of the Sky
NASA Goddard planet and moon images
Solar Views planetary image page
NASA Solar Astronomy Page
Latest images from SDO
Blackbody Radiation Exercises
Everything about Telescopes
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Solar Space Station
Free Astronomy Software
Celestia - 3-D astronomy program
Physics Flash Animations
Units and more Units - from Aam to Zurlo
 

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