Tentative Syllabus
Planets and Moons: GS 113
Professor Lars Stixrude



(van Keken Outline number in parantheses)

1. Origin of Planets and Moons (2, second half especially)
2. The Solar System and the Planets (1,2)
3. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets (3)
4. The Moon (4)
5. Mercury (5)
6. Venus (8)
7. Earth as a Planet (6,7)
8. Mars (9,10)
9. Jovian Planets (11,13)
10. Large Moons (12)
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