

SCHEDULE
Important dates to keep in mind, in addition to our anticipated learning schedule for the year, and fun hands-on activities/excursions!
(click underlined text for links to lectures and problem sets)
9/6/24: Introduction & Outline for the Year
9/13/24: Basic Math and Physics
9/20/24: Newton's Laws of Gravitation, Kepler's 1st Law
10/11/24: Kepler's 2nd & 3rd law
10/18/24: Escape Velocity, Schwarzschild Radius, Roche Limit
10/25/24: Parallax
11/8/24: Center of Mass, 2-body Problem, Lagrange Points
12/6/24: EMS, Black Body Radiation, Planck's Law: Part 1
12/13/24: EMS, Black Body Radiation, Planck's Law: Part 2 & Stefan-Boltzmann's & Wien's Law
1/1/25: USAAAO registration opens
1/17/25: Spherical Trigonometry
1/31/25: USAAAO registration closes
2/7/25: Review for the USAAAO
2/8/25: USAAAO first round exam
2/14/25: Thermodynamics
Mid~Late February, 2025: USAAAO first round results announced & cutoffs released
2/21/25: Reviewing the USAAAO exam
3/14/25: Celestial Coordinates
3/21/25: Stellar Structure
3/28/25: Neutron Star
4/12/25: NAC (USAAAO second round) exam
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Late April, 2025: IAAC qualification round
Early May, 2025: IAAC qualification round results announced
Mid May, 2025: NAC results announced & team USA decided upon
Late May, 2025: IAAC pre-final round
Early~Mid June, 2025: IAAC pre-final round results announced
Late June, 2025: IAAC final round
Early July, 2025: IAAC final round results announced
8/11-8/21, 2025: IOAA (Mumbai, India)