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The Solar System 15th edition

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Michael A. Seeds, Dana E. Backman, and Eric Wegryn
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Here and Now
    • 1.1: Where Are We?
    • 1.2: When Is Now?
    • 1.3: Why Study Astronomy?
    • 1: Review Questions
    • 1: Problems
    • 1: Optimized Problems
    • 1: Learning to Look
    • 1: General Problems
    • 1: Review Exercises
    • 1: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 1: Animation Tutorial
    • 1: Waypoint
    • 1: Tutorial
    • 1: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 2: A Guide to the Sky
    • 2.1: The Stars
    • 2.2: The Sky: Its Motions and Cycles
    • 2.3: Sun and Planets
    • 2.4: Astronomical Influences on Earth's Climate
    • 2: Review Questions
    • 2: Problems
    • 2: Optimized Problems
    • 2: Learning to Look
    • 2: General Problems
    • 2: Review Exercises
    • 2: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 2: Animation Tutorial
    • 2: Waypoint
    • 2: Tutorial
    • 2: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 3: Moon Phases and Eclipses
    • 3.1: The Changeable Moon
    • 3.2: Lunar Eclipses
    • 3.3: Solar Eclipses
    • 3.4: Predicting Eclipses
    • 3: Review Questions
    • 3: Problems
    • 3: Optimized Problems
    • 3: Learning to Look
    • 3: General Problems
    • 3: Review Exercises
    • 3: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 3: Animation Tutorial
    • 3: Waypoint
    • 3: Tutorial
    • 3: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 4: The Origin of Modern Astronomy
    • 4.1: Archaeoastronomy
    • 4.2: Classical Astronomy
    • 4.3: The Copernican Revolution
    • 4.4: Planetary Motion
    • 4.5: Galileo Galilei
    • 4.6: Ninety-Nine Years That Revolutionized Astronomy
    • 4: Review Questions
    • 4: Problems
    • 4: Optimized Problems
    • 4: Learning to Look
    • 4: General Problems
    • 4: Review Exercises
    • 4: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 4: Animation Tutorial
    • 4: Waypoint
    • 4: Tutorial
    • 4: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 5: Gravity
    • 5.1: Galileo's and Newton's Two New Sciences
    • 5.2: Orbital Motion and Tides
    • 5.3: Einstein and Relativity
    • 5: Review Questions
    • 5: Problems
    • 5: Optimized Problems
    • 5: Learning to Look
    • 5: General Problems
    • 5: Review Exercises
    • 5: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 5: Animation Tutorial
    • 5: Waypoint
    • 5: Tutorial
    • 5: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 6: Light and Telescopes
    • 6.1: Radiation: Information From Space
    • 6.2: Telescopes
    • 6.3: Observatories on Earth: Optical and Radio
    • 6.4: Airborne and Space Observatories
    • 6.5: Astronomical Instruments and Techniques
    • 6.6: Non-Electromagnetic Astronomy
    • 6: Review Questions
    • 6: Problems
    • 6: Optimized Problems
    • 6: Learning to Look
    • 6: General Problems
    • 6: Review Exercises
    • 6: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 6: Animation Tutorial
    • 6: Waypoint
    • 6: Tutorial
    • 6: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 7: Atoms and Spectra
    • 7.1: Atoms
    • 7.2: Interactions of Light and Matter
    • 7.3: Understanding Spectra
    • 7: Review Questions
    • 7: Problems
    • 7: Optimized Problems
    • 7: Learning to Look
    • 7: General Problems
    • 7: Review Exercises
    • 7: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 7: Animation Tutorial
    • 7: Waypoint
    • 7: Tutorial
    • 7: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 8: The Sun
    • 8.1: The Solar Atmosphere
    • 8.2: Solar Activity
    • 8.3: Nuclear Fusion in the Sun
    • 8: Review Questions
    • 8: Problems
    • 8: Optimized Problems
    • 8: Learning to Look
    • 8: General Problems
    • 8: Review Exercises
    • 8: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 8: Animation Tutorial
    • 8: Waypoint
    • 8: Tutorial
    • 8: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 9: Origin of Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
    • 9.1: The Sun Among the Stars
    • 9.2: The Birth of Stars
    • 9.3: The Deaths of Stars
    • 9.4: Our Home Galaxy
    • 9.5: The Universe of Galaxies
    • 9.6: The Origin of the Universe
    • 9.7: The Story of Matter
    • 9: Review Questions
    • 9: Problems
    • 9: Optimized Problems
    • 9: Learning to Look
    • 9: General Problems
    • 9: Review Exercises
    • 9: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 9: Animation Tutorial
    • 9: Waypoint
    • 9: Tutorial
    • 9: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 10: The Solar System: A Family Portrait and History
    • 10.1: The Great Chain of Origins
    • 10.2: A Solar System Family Portrait
    • 10.3: A Recipe for Planets
    • 10: Review Questions
    • 10: Problems
    • 10: Optimized Problems
    • 10: Learning to Look
    • 10: General Problems
    • 10: Review Exercises
    • 10: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 10: Animation Tutorial
    • 10: Waypoint
    • 10: Tutorial
    • 10: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 11: Earth: The Active Planet
    • 11.1: A Travel Guide to the Terrestrial Planets
    • 11.2: Earth: Inside and Outside
    • 11.3: Earth’s Unique Outer Layers
    • 11: Review Questions
    • 11: Problems
    • 11: Optimized Problems
    • 11: Learning to Look
    • 11: General Problems
    • 11: Review Exercises
    • 11: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 11: Animation Tutorial
    • 11: Waypoint
    • 11: Tutorial
    • 11: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 12: The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds
    • 12.1: The Moon
    • 12.2: Mercury
    • 12.3: Space Age Astronomy
    • 12: Review Questions
    • 12: Problems
    • 12: Optimized Problems
    • 12: Learning to Look
    • 12: General Problems
    • 12: Review Exercises
    • 12: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 12: Animation Tutorial
    • 12: Waypoint
    • 12: Tutorial
    • 12: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 13: Venus and Mars
    • 13.1: Venus
    • 13.2: Mars
    • 13: Review Questions
    • 13: Problems
    • 13: Optimized Problems
    • 13: Learning to Look
    • 13: General Problems
    • 13: Review Exercises
    • 13: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 13: Animation Tutorial
    • 13: Waypoint
    • 13: Tutorial
    • 13: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 14: Jupiter and Saturn
    • 14.1: A Travel Guide to the Outer Solar System
    • 14.2: Jupiter
    • 14.3: The Satellites of Jupiter
    • 14.4: Planetary Rings
    • 14.5: Saturn
    • 14.6: The Satellites of Saturn
    • 14: Review Questions
    • 14: Problems
    • 14: Optimized Problems
    • 14: Learning to Look
    • 14: General Problems
    • 14: Review Exercises
    • 14: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 14: Animation Tutorial
    • 14: Waypoint
    • 14: Tutorial
    • 14: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 15: Uranus, Neptune, and Beyond
    • 15.1: Uranus
    • 15.2: Neptune
    • 15.3: Pluto and Beyond
    • 15: Review Questions
    • 15: Problems
    • 15: Optimized Problems
    • 15: Learning to Look
    • 15: General Problems
    • 15: Review Exercises
    • 15: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 15: Animation Tutorial
    • 15: Waypoint
    • 15: Tutorial
    • 15: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 16: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites
    • 16.1: Asteroids
    • 16.2: Comets
    • 16.3: Meteorites, Meteors, and Meteoroids
    • 16.4: Impacts on Planets
    • 16: Review Questions
    • 16: Problems
    • 16: Optimized Problems
    • 16: Learning to Look
    • 16: General Problems
    • 16: Review Exercises
    • 16: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 16: Animation Tutorial
    • 16: Waypoint
    • 16: Tutorial
    • 16: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 17: Extrasolar Planets
    • 17.1: Expecting Exoplanets
    • 17.2: Finding Exoplanets
    • 17.3: Exoplanet Properties
    • 17.4: Earth-like Exoplanets
    • 17: Review Questions
    • 17: Problems
    • 17: Optimized Problems
    • 17: Learning to Look
    • 17: General Problems
    • 17: Review Exercises
    • 17: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 17: Animation Tutorial
    • 17: Waypoint
    • 17: Tutorial
    • 17: Extra Problems

  • Chapter 18: Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds
    • 18.1: What Is Life?
    • 18.2: Life in the Universe
    • 18.3: Intelligent Life in the Universe
    • 18: Review Questions
    • 18: Problems
    • 18: Optimized Problems
    • 18: Learning to Look
    • 18: General Problems
    • 18: Review Exercises
    • 18: Ranking Task Exercises
    • 18: Animation Tutorial
    • 18: Waypoint
    • 18: Tutorial
    • 18: Extra Problems

  • Chapter VAL: Virtual Astronomy Labs
    • Lab 1: Measurement and Unit Conversion
    • Lab 2: Light and Matter
    • Lab 3: The Doppler Effect
    • Lab 4: The Solar Wind and Cosmic Rays
    • Lab 5: Planetary Geology
    • Lab 6: Tides and Tidal Forces
    • Lab 7: Planetary Atmospheres
    • Lab 8: Extrasolar Planets
    • Lab 9: Kepler's Laws
    • Lab 10: Helioseismology
    • Lab 11: Stars, Star Clusters, and the HR Diagram
    • Lab 12: Binary Stars
    • Lab 13: Stellar Explosions, Novae, and Supernovae
    • Lab 14: Neutron Stars and Pulsars
    • Lab 15: Asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects
    • Lab 16: Astronomical Distance Scales
    • Lab 17: Evidence for Dark Matter
    • Lab 18: The Hubble Law
    • Lab 19: The Fate of the Universe
    • Lab 20: Stellarium Labs

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Chapter 9: Origin of Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
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