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[[Image:Los planetas terrestres.jpg|thumb|right| | [[Image:Los planetas terrestres.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The terrestrial planets - Mercury Venus, Earth and Mars]] | ||
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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| | [[Image:Gas giants in the solar system.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Giant Planets]] | ||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
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[[Image:Solar planets.jpg|thumb|right| | [[Image:Solar planets.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Planets in the Solar System]] | ||
== The Solar System == | == 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:Triple-star sunset.jpg|thumb|right| | [[Image:Triple-star sunset.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sunset over a planet in a triple star system]] | ||
== Beyond the Solar System == | == Beyond the Solar System == | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 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 (1)
- Venus (2)
- Earth (3)
- The Moon
- Mars (4)
- The asteroids
- Jupiter (5)
- Jupiter's Moons
- Saturn (6)
- Saturn's Moons
- Uranus and its moons (7)
- Neptune and its moons(8)
- The Kuiper belt (Pluto, Charon, Eris, Quaoar and the rest)
