{
  "course": {
    "courseNumber": "ASTR 310",
    "courseCode": "ASTR310",
    "title": "Astrophysics I: Radiation, Matter, and Orbits",
    "credits": 4,
    "term": "Fall",
    "yearInCurriculum": 3,
    "prerequisites": "ASTR 230; MATH 251; PHYS 172",
    "description": "Covers radiative processes, blackbody radiation, spectra, hydrostatic equilibrium, gravitational potentials, two-body motion, tidal effects, virial arguments, and the physical interpretation of astronomical measurements."
  },
  "status": {
    "stage": "approved for review release",
    "reviewStatus": "Approved for review release; not yet approved for instructional use",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-09-24"
  },
  "counts": {
    "slides": 14,
    "notes": 14,
    "labs": 7,
    "problemSets": 7,
    "solutionKeys": 7,
    "assessmentInstructions": 7
  },
  "cadence": {
    "lectures": 14,
    "labs": 7,
    "problemSets": 7,
    "rationale": "Matched 1:1 biweekly cadence, following the ASTR210 precedent of a similarly credit-weighted (4-credit) 14-lecture course, but paired lab/problem-set-per-unit like ASTR230 rather than ASTR210's uneven capstone cadence, because ASTR310's units build one cumulative derivation toolkit toward a single capstone (Lab/PS 07). See syllabus.html Lecture, Lab, and Problem-Set Cadence."
  },
  "dataProvenance": {
    "src": "materials/ASTR310/src/generate_astr310_content.py and generate_astr310_labs_psets.py generate all worked examples, lecture slides/notes, labs, and problem sets programmatically from shared constants.",
    "realData": [
      "Alpha Centauri A and B stellar parameters and AB orbital elements - live-verified via direct web fetch this session (Wikipedia \"Alpha Centauri\", citing Akeson et al. 2021, AJ 162, 14 and the Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars).",
      "Proxima Centauri's orbit about the Alpha Centauri AB barycenter - live-verified via the same fetch this session (citing Kervella, Thevenin & Lovis 2017, A&A 598, L7).",
      "Sirius A/B parameters and Sirius AB orbital elements (Problem Sets 01, 04, 05, 07) - Sirius B independently verified in ASTR230's production (Bond et al. 2017, ApJ 840, 70); Sirius A and the AB orbital elements are standard published Hipparcos-era/visual-binary literature values, not independently re-verified this session - flagged for human spot-check.",
      "M15 and 47 Tucanae globular-cluster velocity dispersions, half-light radii, and dynamical masses (Lecture 06/Lab 03, PS 03) - standard published literature values, not independently re-verified this session - flagged for spot-check against the Harris (1996, 2010 revision) Galactic globular cluster catalog.",
      "Io, Europa, and Jupiter parameters (Lecture 10/Lab 05, PS 05) - standard published solar-system values, not independently re-verified this session - flagged for spot-check.",
      "Standard solar-model central pressure and core temperature (Lecture 05-06/Lab 03) - standard published values, not independently re-verified this session - flagged for spot-check."
    ]
  }
}