10-Minute Astronomy!  Episode 20: Preview 13 and 14
Channel: The Astronomers
Date: 2021-03-26

Prof. Jim Caffey Presents: "10-Minute Astronomy!" 2021 Edition 

Chapter 13 Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System
13.1 Asteroids
13.2 Asteroids and Planetary Defense
13.3 The “Long-Haired” Comets
13.4 The Origin and Fate of Comets and Related Objects

Chapter 14 Cosmic Samples and the Origin of the Solar System
14.1 Meteors
14.2 Meteorites: Stones from Heaven
14.3 Formation of the Solar System
14.4 Comparison with Other Planetary Systems
14.5 Planetary Evolution

Award-Winning Online Astronomy Professor Jim Caffey, based in Springfield, Missouri, brings you "10-Minute Astronomy!" 2021 Edition, his new Lecture Video Series based on the FREE Text from OpenStax Astronomy. 

30 lectures and 15 short introductions were added and updated for 2021 with accurate close captions for the deaf and hearing impaired by Hidy Hesham (Cairo University, Giza, Egypt). Professor Caffey was named one of the Leading Online Astronomy Professors using Virtual and Immersive Technologies in 2008 by his peers in Astronomy Education. 

This lecture series is an OER - Open Educational Resource, meaning it can be shared and used freely, with credit given to Professor Jim Caffey. Designed for non-science majors, high school students, amateur and backyard astronomers, or the public. 

Welcome to "10-Minute Astronomy!" 2021 Edition! 

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