PHYS 250The Solar System
- Faculty
- Science
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1990–91
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1970–71 to 1990–91; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
An introduction to the astronomy and astrophysics of the solar system for students with a background in (elementary) University Physics and - Mathematics. Prereq: First year PHYS and MATH.
As printed in the 1972–73 to 1990–91 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1970–71 to 1990–91, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1972–73 to 1990–91 18 calendars
An introduction to the astronomy and astrophysics of the solar system for students with a background in (elementary) University Physics and
- Mathematics. Prereq: First year PHYS and MATH.
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
- 1972–73 PDF p. 479
- 1973–74 PDF p. 521
- 1974–75 PDF p. 586
- 1975–76 PDF p. 404
- 1976–77 PDF p. 355
- 1977–78 PDF p. 395
- 1978–79 PDF p. 385
- 1979–80 PDF p. 398
- 1980–81 PDF p. 421
- 1981–82 PDF p. 430
- 1982–83 PDF p. 382
- 1983–84 PDF p. 395
- 1984–85 PDF p. 395
- 1985–86 PDF p. 407
- 1987–88 PDF p. 426
- 1988–89* PDF p. 426
- 1989–90 PDF p. 447
- 1990–91* PDF p. 427
* Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.
1970–71 to 1971–72 2 calendars
Aspects of the sky; motions of the earth; the earth and moon; the planets; the sun; gravitational astronomy; comets, meteors and meteorites. Prerequisites: A first year physics course and mathematics 30, or consent of instructor. 3 lectures, fall term.