This course is primarily about the nature, origin, and evolution of the planets of our solar system and of their satellites.
Special emphasis is given to recent spacecraft studies of the solar system.
Related topics include the nature of comets, the uses of astronomical telescopes, and eclipses and other solar phenomena. Journey to the Cosmic Frontier provides a complete description of current astronomical knowledge, neither at an extremely technical level nor at a level that fails to communicate the quantitative nature of physical science. Dave Soper works in theoretical elementary particle theory. You might like to investigate his astronomy course for Planets , Stars , and Galaxies . Information on computer code for jet calculations in hadron-hadron collisions is available to anyone interested.