MAJOR TOPICS:

Motions of the Stars and Planets in the Sky:

Earth rotating on axis

Ancient Astronomy:

How we learned about the Earth as a planet and the Existence of the Solar System

Light, Telescopes, Observatories

How we study objects that are not on the Earth

The Solar System as we know it:

Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Earth’s Moon, and Mars

Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

Emphasize-->results of Flybys and Landings

The Remains of the Formation of the Solar System:

Comets, Meteors, Meteorites, Meteoroids, and Asteroids

Life in the Universe