Planetology 1103-4`Planet
Program:
1. Origin of the Solar System. Abundances of elements (in meteorites, planets, stars). Accretion of planets, satellites and comets. Impact phenomena.
2. Introduction to celestial mechanics and spherical astronomy (tropics, polar circles, seasons); resonances; synchronous rotation.
3. Gravitational field: precession, tides, Roche limit.
4. Models of the planetary interiors and of the Earth; density, pressure, temperature, composition, phase boundaries. Solar constant and internal heat production. Stability of the atmospheres.
5. Properties of the Solar System bodies.
6. Surfaces of the Solar System bodies and their evolution: volcanism, erosion, cratering
7. Isotope dating. Crater records; ages of surface structures.
8. Habitability of planets and extrasolar planets
9. Methods of planetary researches.
10. The recent results of space missions
Description by Konrad Kossacki, 2010.
Course coordinators
Bibliography
1. Imke de Pater and Jack Lisauer, Planetary Sciences. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001.
2. R. J. Teysseyre, J. Leliwa-Kopystyński, B. Lang, Evolution of the Earth and other Planetary Bodies. PWN-Elsewier, 1992.
3. F. D. Stacey, Physics of the Earth. Brookfield Press, wydanie 1992, lub nowsze.
4. P. Artymowicz, Astrofizyka układów planetarnych.
5. N.G. Barlow, Mars, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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