ASTRONOMY 161 - INTRODUCTION
TO SOLAR SYSTEM ASTRONOMY

Formation of the Solar System Slides from lecture given to Dr. Capriotti's class, 30 November 2004, in PDF format (readable with Adobe Acrobat Reader).

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earth In a highway service station
Over the month of June
Was a photograph of the Earth
Taken coming back from the Moon.
And you couldn't see a city
On that marbled bowling ball
Or a forest or a highway
Or me here least of all.

"Refuge of the Roads"
by Joni Mitchell
Hejira, © 1976

Photograph ©NASA.
Photo ID No. AS17-148-22727,
taken on 7 December 1972,
by Apollo 17 astronauts (who
were actually on their way to the
Moon at the time).

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Updated 19 March 2004
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	In a highway service station Over the month of June Was a photograph of the Earth Taken coming back from the Moon. And you couldn't see a city On that marbled bowling ball Or a forest or a highway Or me here least of all. "Refuge of the Roads" by Joni Mitchell Hejira, © 1976
Photograph ©NASA. Photo ID No. AS17-148-22727, taken on 7 December 1972, by Apollo 17 astronauts (who were actually on their way to the Moon at the time).

ASTRONOMY 161 - INTRODUCTION TO SOLAR SYSTEM ASTRONOMY

ASTRONOMY 161 - INTRODUCTION
TO SOLAR SYSTEM ASTRONOMY