ASTRONOMY 330 – THE SOLAR SYSTEM
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #1
Distributed: February 10th
Due date: February 24th (or earlier)
HONOR PLEDGE: write, sign and date the honor pledge at the top of the first page you
hand in:
“I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on
this assignment/examination.”
ASSIGNMENT:
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Questions from “The Planetary System” Third Edition by Morrison and Owen:
(RQ=Review Question, QE=Quantitative Exercises)
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CHAPTER 1: QE1, QE3
CHAPTER 2: RQ2, (extra credit: QE2, QE3)
CHAPTER 3: RQ6
CHAPTER 4: RQ5.
Web Questions: from
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~hamilton/ASTR330/webexp.html
W1, W2, W3, W4, W5.
A link will be set up soon on the web page.
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The points allocation is TBD: the 10-question assignment will be 100 pts, or 10%
of the course grade. The overall extra credit available will about 6 extra pts.
REMEMBER:
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Type or write neatly.
Write your name at the top of all pages and staple or clips pages together.
Hand in work no later than the February 24th class. You may also leave work in
my mail box in the Astronomy Department, or in the mailbox of Rachel de Naray.
Or, bring it to my office or Rachel’s office during the office hours times.
The University guidelines on Academic Honesty will be adhered to when grading
the work.