PHYS 162

Assignments

These are the same assignments as posted on the main web page but also linked from here for convenience.

• Assignment 1: pdf version due 1/30 Assignment 1: ppt version

• Assignment 2: pdf version due 2/13 Assignment 2: ppt version
• A. Hotel Mauna Kea
• B1. Arecibo 1000 ft = 305 m radio telescope (1963-2020) from movie Contact
• B2. VLA radio telescope array (in movie Contact)
• Orbit of Mercury Example (background material for assignment #2)

• Assignment 3: pdf version due 3/6 Assignment 3: ppt version

• Assignment 4: pdf version due 3/27 Assignment 4: ppt version
• Video - Sun --> Red Giant, planetary nebula, white dwarf

• Assignment 5: pdf version due 4/17 Assignment 5: ppt version
• A1. Video - neutron stars and pulsars
• A2. binary pulsars and general relativity
• B. Neutron star collisions

• Assignment 6: pdf version due 5/1 Assignment 6: ppt version
• A. Video - Andromeda and Milky Way Colliding Galaxies
• B. video - Why is the sky dark at night?
• C. video - What is the Universe expanding into?