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Aimed at people with no background in mathematics - simply knowledge of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Anything else will be provided within the course. | Aimed at people with no background in mathematics - simply knowledge of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Anything else will be provided within the course. | ||
[[Image:Gas giants in the solar system.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Giant Planets]] | |||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
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[[Image:Solar planets.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The Planets in the Solar System]] | |||
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*[[The Kuiper belt (Pluto, Charon, Eris, Quaoar and the rest)]] | *[[The Kuiper belt (Pluto, Charon, Eris, Quaoar and the rest)]] | ||
[[Image:Image:Triple-star sunset.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Sunset over a planet in a triple star system]] | |||
== Beyond the Solar System == | == Beyond the Solar System == | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 27 January 2007
Background Knowledge Needed
None (except general knowledge and a wish to know more)
Mathematical Knowledge Needed
Aimed at people with no background in mathematics - simply knowledge of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Anything else will be provided within the course.
Introduction
The Solar System
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- The Moon
- Mars
- The asteroids
- Jupiter
- Jupiter's Moons
- Saturn
- Saturn's Moons
- Uranus and its moons
- Neptune and its moons
- The Kuiper belt (Pluto, Charon, Eris, Quaoar and the rest)
