Discuss the reclassification of Pluto and the new definition of dwarf planet.
Understand the differences between meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids.
Know the origins, makeup, and general location of asteroids in the solar system.
Know the origins, makeup, and general location of comets in the solar system.
Discuss the the similarities and differences between Uranus and Neptune.
Discuss the the similarities and differences between the larger Jovian planets and the ice giants.
Understand the mechanisms behind the discoveries of Neptune and Uranus.
Know the remarkable moons of the ice giants.
Discuss the the similarities and differences between the Jovian planets.
Understand the differences between the terrestrial and Jovian planets.
Discuss the source of the magnetic fields of Jupiter & Saturn.
Understand the origin of the striped pattern on Jovian planets.
Know the remarkable moons of the largest Jovian planets.