Date   Chapters  HW   Topics
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 1/13   8.1-8.4         Central Force Problem
 1/16     MLK Day 
 1/18   8.5-8.6 
 1/20   8.6       1     Kepler orbits  
 1/23   8.8             Transfer orbits
 1/25   9.1             Noninertial frames
 1/27   9.2       2     Tides
 1/30   9.3-9.5         Rotating reference frames
 2/01   9.6             Centrifugal force
 2/03   9.7       3     Coriolis force
 2/06   8,9             Review for test
 2/08   *** TEST # 1 ***  
 2/10   10.1            Angular momentum and energy
 2/13   10.2            Moments of Inertia   
 2/15   10.3            Inertia Tensor             
 2/17   10.4-5          Principal Axes
 2/20   10.7            Euler's Equations
 2/22   10.8            Free precession
 2/24   10.9            Euler's angles, spinning top
 2/27   10              Review for test 
 3/01    *** TEST # 2 ***                        
 3/03   
         SPRING BREAK
 3/13   
 3/15   
 3/17   
 3/20   
 3/22   
 3/24  
 3/27  
 3/29  
 3/31  
 4/03  
 4/05
 4/07   
 4/10  
 4/12 
 4/14      EASTER BREAK
 4/18
 4/20   
 4/22   
 4/25  
 4/27                   Jean's instability
 4/29                   review all course material
 5/09                 FINAL EXAM @ 8am