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