Topics for the third exam (20 November, 2002)
It is possible that not all these topics will be included in the exam - please follow the material discussed in class

1. Phases of the Moon; rising and setting times of the Moon at different phases
2. True anomaly
3. Determination of planetary masses
4. Using Kepler's third law
5. Doppler Effect (from chapters 2, 3, and 8)
6. Determination of a planet's rotational period
7. Oblatness of a planet (from chapters 2 and 3)
8. Equatorial inclination of a planet
9. Direct and retrograde rotation of a planet
10. Determination of the radius of a planet
11. Occultations
12. Mean density of a planet
13. Interiors of terrestrial and Jovian planets
14. Albedo of a planet
15. Blackbody radiation (Planck curve, Wien's law, Stefan's law - from chapters 2 and 8)
16. Luminosity of the Sun
17. Subsolar temperature of a planet (with albedo and rotation)
18. Atmospheres (ionosphere, Maxwellian distribution of speeds and velocities, escape velocity)
19. Stellar parallax (from chapter 3)
20. Tides (chapter 3)
21. Consequences of tidal friction (chapter 3)
22. Solar and lunar eclipses (chapter 4)

Posted 12 November, 2002 at 16:35 AST.