Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy
Richard Pogge
47 episodes
9 months ago
Astronomy 161, Introduction to the Solar System, is the first quarter of
a 2-quarter introductory Astronomy for non-science majors taught at The
Ohio State University. This podcast presents audio recordings of
Professor Richard Pogge's lectures from his Autumn Quarter 2006 class.
All of the lectures were recorded live in 100 Stillman Hall on the OSU
Main Campus in Columbus, Ohio.
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Astronomy 161, Introduction to the Solar System, is the first quarter of
a 2-quarter introductory Astronomy for non-science majors taught at The
Ohio State University. This podcast presents audio recordings of
Professor Richard Pogge's lectures from his Autumn Quarter 2006 class.
All of the lectures were recorded live in 100 Stillman Hall on the OSU
Main Campus in Columbus, Ohio.
Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy
18 years ago
Lecture 45: Is Pluto a Planet?
What is a planet? Is Pluto a planet? This lecture traces the debate on
the nature of what it means to be a planet by taking an historical approach,
looking at how the question has arisen with the discovery of the asteroids and
later Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Many of the issued raised at the 2006
IAU General Assembly meeting were raised two centuries before after the
discovery of Ceres and Pallas. We will end with the new definition of a
planet, and why Pluto is better understood as a Dwarf Planet, among the
two largest objects of the class of small icy bodies of the outer solar
system, than as the smallest of the planets. Recorded 2006 Nov 30 in
100 Stillman Hall on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy
Astronomy 161, Introduction to the Solar System, is the first quarter of
a 2-quarter introductory Astronomy for non-science majors taught at The
Ohio State University. This podcast presents audio recordings of
Professor Richard Pogge's lectures from his Autumn Quarter 2006 class.
All of the lectures were recorded live in 100 Stillman Hall on the OSU
Main Campus in Columbus, Ohio.
