Lecture Schedule

#	Title	OpenStax Astronomy 2e Reading	Paired Lab/PS
01	Introduction to Planetary Science and Comparative Planetology	Ch. 7	Lab 01 / PS 01
02	The Solar Nebula, Condensation, and Planet Formation	Sec. 7.2, 8.5 (frost-line derivation extends beyond OpenStax)
03	Planetary Differentiation and Interior Structure	Sec. 9.1 (moment-of-inertia formalism extends beyond OpenStax)	Lab 02 / PS 02
04	Planetary Heat Budgets, Radiogenic Heating, and Convection	Sec. 9.1–9.2
05	Plate Tectonics and Comparative Surface Geology	Sec. 9.3–9.4	Lab 03 / PS 03
06	Impact Cratering and Surface Age Dating	Sec. 9.5–9.6
07	Planetary Atmospheres I: Hydrostatic Structure and Scale Height	Sec. 10.1–10.2 (hydrostatic derivation extends beyond OpenStax)	Lab 04 / PS 04
08	Planetary Atmospheres II: Radiative Equilibrium and the Greenhouse Effect	Sec. 10.4 (equilibrium-temperature derivation extends beyond OpenStax)
09	Atmospheric Escape and Long-Term Climate Evolution	Sec. 10.5 (Jeans-escape derivation extends beyond OpenStax)	Lab 05 / PS 05
10	Planetary Magnetic Fields and Dynamo Theory	Sec. 10.3 (magnetopause pressure-balance derivation extends beyond OpenStax)
11	Giant Planet Interiors: Gas Giants and Ice Giants	Ch. 11	Lab 06 / PS 06
12	Planetary Rings and the Roche Limit	Sec. 11.4 (Roche-limit derivation extends beyond OpenStax)
13	Icy Satellites, Tidal Heating, and Subsurface Oceans	Sec. 11.5 (tidal-heating derivation extends beyond OpenStax)	Lab 07 / PS 07
14	Exoplanets: Detection, Characterization, and Comparative Planetology Beyond the Solar System	Ch. 13

Lab Schedule

Lab	Title	Real Data Source
01	Testing the Condensation Sequence with Ceres and Vesta	Dawn-mission Ceres/Vesta mass, radius, and orbital parameters (published, flagged for spot-check)
02	Moment of Inertia and Radiogenic Heat Budget: Earth versus Mars	Earth, Mars, and Moon moment-of-inertia factors and heat-flow values (published, flagged for spot-check)
03	Crater-Count Chronology Using Real Lunar Calibration Data	Lunar crater-density/chronology-function values and Apollo radiometric ages (published, flagged for spot-check)
04	Scale Height and Equilibrium Temperature for Titan	Cassini-Huygens Titan mass, radius, and surface-temperature values (published, flagged for spot-check)
05	Jeans Escape and Magnetopause Standoff: Earth versus Jupiter	Jupiter's and Earth's equatorial magnetic-field strengths, incl. Juno-derived values (published, flagged for spot-check)
06	Giant Planet Density and the Roche Limit at Uranus	Uranus ring radii from Voyager 2/stellar-occultation measurements (published, flagged for spot-check)
07	Capstone: Tidal Heating and Habitability Synthesis for TRAPPIST-1e	TRAPPIST-1 system parameters (live-verified this session)