ASTR450

Orbital Dynamics

Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in ASTR320; or permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Vectorial mechanics, motion in a central force field, gravitational and non-gravitational forces, the two-body and three-body problems, orbital elements and orbital perturbation theory, resonances in the solar system, chaos. Intended for students majoring in any of the physical sciences.

Past Semesters

Douglas Hamilton

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Average rating: 4.00

Douglas Hamilton

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Average rating: 4.00

Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.58 between 31 students*

A-: 12.9%

A: 9.68%

A+: 12.9%

B-: 12.9%

B: 3.23%

B+: 6.45%

C-: 3.23%

C+: 3.23%

W: 19.35%

other: 16.13%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.