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Assistant Professor of Astronomy David Charbonneau, who announced last month that he and a team of researchers had found a new planet named TrES-2, now finds himself with the fifth largest course on campus, Science A-47, “Cosmic Connections...
That course’s enrollment fell from 335 last fall to 293 this September, but the subject matter, according to Charbonneau, enjoys wide appeal. “That question of whether of not the stars of the night sky have solar systems and life on those planets extends beyond astronomers. It’s a question everyone has asked at some point or another,” he said...
Despite the size, Charbonneau said he tries to “teach the course interactively,” because a similar “classically lectured course in the sciences would be rather dry.” Students in the class use remote-control voting devices to express their views on questions that Charbonneau poses...
...Charbonneau said his students will have the chance to view the transit of Mercury, when the planet passes between the earth...
...Jupiter”—a significant discovery in its own right. Both breakthroughs came with the aid of small amateur telescopes. The smaller and less-publicized of the pair. TrES-2, is still 30 percent larger in size and mass than Jupiter. Assistant Professor of Astronomy David Charbonneau designed the telescopes that facilitated the discovery, and he also co-authored the report disclosing the planet’s existence. He’s better known on campus as the instructor of Science A-47, “Cosmic Connections,” the fourth-largest class...