Sailing Through the Solar System
| Dates: | March 25 - April 29, 2022 |
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| Meets: | F from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM |
| Cost: | $50.00 |
Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.
Learn the rich history of astronomical discoveries and their benefits to science and get up-to-date on the latest discoveries and ongoing missions to celestial objects!
This course is designed to be a whirlwind tour of our Solar System: Planets (both major and "dwarf'), asteroids, comets, and meteors. We will highlight both old and new knowledge and findings about them including most recent discoveries...plus implications for our own place in the cosmos.
Topics:
1: Solar System as a Whole; the Moon and Mercury Class
2: Venus and Earth: Not Quite Sisters Class
3: Mars Life? Class
4: Jupiter: The Giant Class
5: Saturn: The Lord of the Rings Class
6: Uranus, Neptune, Plutoids, Asteroids, Meteors, Comets
| Fee: | $50.00 |
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Albert Gapud
Dr. Gapud received his Ph.D in Physics from the University of Kansas in 1999, and served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 2005, when he became a professor at the University of South Alabama Department of Physics. He has served here for more than sixteen years, and has taught conceptual astronomy for the last seven. Though a condensed-matter physicist specializing in superconductors and materials with exotic electromagnetic properties he, like most physicists of all stripes, has always maintained an interest and expertise in astrophysics.| Date | Day | Time | Location |
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| 03/25/2022 | Friday | 3 PM to 4:30 PM | USA - Alpha East Extension 104 |
| 04/01/2022 | Friday | 3 PM to 4:30 PM | USA - Alpha East Extension 104 |
| 04/08/2022 | Friday | 3 PM to 4:30 PM | USA - Alpha East Extension 104 |
| 04/15/2022 | Friday | 3 PM to 4:30 PM | USA - Alpha East Extension 104 |
| 04/22/2022 | Friday | 3 PM to 4:30 PM | USA - Alpha East Extension 104 |
| 04/29/2022 | Friday | 3 PM to 4:30 PM | USA - Alpha East Extension 104 |