"Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?"
-Victor Hugo

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Planetary Astronomy

PHYS 1411

Prerequisite: Math 0306

Credit: 4

3 hrs. lec.; 3 hrs. lab

This is an introductory, laboratory-science course that concentrates on the origin, life, and fate of the solar system, the various bodies in the solar system, and solar mechanics. The course is for nonscience majors who need natural science credit or for anyone interested in astronomy.

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