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8.282J Introduction to Astronomy | Physics

Introduction to Astronomy provides a quantitative introduction to the physics of the solar system, stars, the interstellar medium, the galaxy, and the universe, as determined from a variety of astronomical observations and models.

Keywords:: large scaling structure, magnetic fields, solar system, dynamical expansion and thermal history of the Universe, interstellar medium, globular and open clusters, stars, plusars, normal and active galaxies, Greek astronomy, the Universe, jets, open clusters, normal galaxies, cosmic microwave background radiation, big-bang nucleosynthesis, dynamical expansion, stellar evolution, the Galaxy, binary X-ray sources, pulsars, black holes, neutron stars, astrophysics, star clusters, Sun, Newtonian cosmology, planet formation, Copernicus, star formation, supernovae, cosmic rays, universe, white dwarfs, Tycho, Galileo, thermal history, galaxies, active galaxies, galaxy, compact objects, distance ladder, gravitational lensing, globular clusters, supernova, planets, physics, gas, Kepler, dust

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: April 14, 2020
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Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language:: English
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