Physics 21 reading list for the week of 1/24/2005

This week you have readings about the two Voyager missions, and about a few Python techniques (some of which you have already met) that you will need to complete the assignment.

1. Voyager

- Read Voyager's 25th anniversary coverage at the Planetary Society website, including an interview with Mission Design Manager Charley Kohlhase.

- Browse Voyager's mission description in the Planetary Data System.

- Have a look at a heliocentric view of the trajectories of the two Voyagers. Because in our assignment we make several simplifying assumptions, you won't be able to replicate these trajectories eactly.

2. Python

- From Guido van Rossum's tutorial, using classes and OOP techniques in Python.

- Again from GvR's tutorial, using packages in Python.

- The Python time module can be useful to convert from days from an epoch to actual dates.