Lecture 11: Comets and Meteors

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:01 pm

The lecture video is embedded below but also available here in MP4 format.
Additionally, slides used in the lecture are embedded below but also are available here in Powerpoint format.
Questions after the lecture? Please ask them in here.

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Wikipedia entries:

Comet
Meteoroid
Meteor shower

DaveBone · Post by **DaveBone** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:07 pm

In going through the APOD's, You made a comment about the interstellar dust being "burned away" by the bright stars. This surely doesn't mean burned as in combined with oxygen. Exactly how is the dust eliminated?

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:23 pm

You are correct that the dust does not "burn" like a fire on Earth, which is the rapid acquisition of oxygen. Mostly, the very energetic light of massive stars is powerful enough to break up the dust. - RJN

orion_29 · Post by **orion_29** » Tue May 24, 2011 9:56 am

sir i cant download the power presentations of lectures 10,11, and 21. can i have a better link? thank you sir for the lectures.

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Tue May 24, 2011 10:08 am

Please try again; I've fixed those links.

Thanks!

objetivonocturno · Post by **objetivonocturno** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:50 am

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