This study of the Solar System is primarily an exercise in planetary geology and the formation of planetary atmospheres. The input data, in most cases, consists only of images of planetary surfaces from which we attempt to reconstruct its particular geological history. Each planetary surface in our Solar System has a unique geological history and a wealth of network accessible information now exists. Well over 10,000 individual images of planetary surfaces are now available via the World Wide Web/Internet system. References to these image repositories are given under the Internet Resources heading of the main class page. These resources should be used often during this class. The main goals of this class are to: a)gain an understanding of some of the detailed properties of the various objects that make up our solar system and b)To achieve a coherent understanding of how the solar system was able to form in the Galaxy and the probability that similar formation processes occurred elsewhere. Powerpoint Course Overview