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Chapters 16-19 in Seeds:
Solar System Overview (for exam):
•General properties of the planets
–Order, relative size, make-up (terrestrial vs. Jovian), atmosphere (including greenhouse effect)
•General properties of the interesting moons and ring systems (e.g., origin of our moon, Galilean Moons, Titan)
•Extrasolar planets (how many, how detected?)
•Comets, meteors, asteroids
–Where do they come from, what are they made of, origin of meteor showers
•Very basic stuff, most can be memorized, nothing too complex – basically what’s here in the slides