You will find it a very important supplement to the lecture material in the class. These are not comprehensive and should be used only as an outline - they are not a substitute for coming to class. Print them off to use as a guide, annotate them with details from the lectures, and study them for exams. The notes need to be supplemented by selectively reading the relevant pages in the textbook. A few fundamental laws of physics explain numerous natural processes governing planetary behavior in the solar system.
Isolated facts have no real meaning without a conceptual context.
Be forewarned, I can make a nasty multiple choice exam that will make you think, not just spew. I won't give extra credit assignments. For a study guide to the midterm goto StudyGuide1 . To compare the answers on your scantron with the correct answers, goto ScantronKey . A copy of the syllabus for discussion can be found at Disc.