{"id":31,"date":"2012-08-18T01:55:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T01:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wray.eas.gatech.edu\/physicsplanets2012\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2012-12-08T01:04:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T01:04:16","slug":"notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wray.eas.gatech.edu\/physicsplanets2012\/notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lectures will be a combination of Powerpoint presentations and whiteboard derivations. In most cases, Powerpoint slides will be posted here as PDF files after the class.<\/p>\n

These summaries and notes are not a substitute for attending lectures!<\/p>\n

In-class worksheets can be found on the Assignments page.<\/p>\n

Class Notes<\/strong>
\nLecture 1<\/a> – 8\/20\/2012 (Course overview, scope of planetary sciences)
\nLecture 2<\/a> – 8\/22\/2012 (Solar system survey: terrestrial\/minor planets)
\nLecture 3<\/a> – 8\/24\/2012 (Solar system survey: Sun, giant planets)
\nLecture 4<\/a> – 8\/27\/2012 (Solar system survey: Satellites, rings; observable vs. inferable properties)<\/p>\n

Lecture 5 – 8\/29\/2012 (Ellipses, Kepler’s and Newton’s laws)
\nLecture 6 – 8\/31\/2012 (Bound\/unbound orbits, orbital elements, Hohmann transfer)
\nLecture 7 – 9\/5\/2012 (Restricted 3-body problem, Lagrange points<\/a>)
\nLecture 8 – 9\/7\/2012 (Oberth effect, tadpole\/horseshoe orbits, Hill sphere)
\nLecture 9 – 9\/10\/2012 (Perturbation theory, axisymmetric gravity fields, tides)
\nLecture 10<\/a> – 9\/12\/2012 (Roche limit, tidal heating<\/a>, obliquity, dissipative forces)<\/p>\n

Lecture 11<\/a> – 9\/14\/2012 (Orbital resonances; blackbody radiation)
\nLecture 12 – 9\/17\/2012 (Integrating Planck’s radiation law, Stefan-Boltzmann law, luminosity, albedo)
\nLecture 13 – 9\/19\/2012 (Phase angle, equilibrium temperature, greenhouse effect)
\nLecture 14 – 9\/21\/2012 (Conduction: Fourier’s law, thermal diffusivity, thermal inertia)
\nLecture 15 – 9\/24\/2012 (Thermal skin depth, intro convection, hydrostatic equilibrium)
\nLecture 16 – 9\/26\/2012 (Convection)
\nLecture 17 – 10\/1\/2012 (Electron energy levels, emission\/absorption spectra)
\nLecture 18<\/a> – 10\/3\/2012 (Molecular and solid surface spectroscopy)
\nLecture 19 – 10\/5\/2012 (Radiative transfer)<\/p>\n

Lecture 20<\/a> – 10\/8\/2012 (Atmospheric structure)
\nLecture 21<\/a> – 10\/10\/2012 (Atmospheric composition, spectral line profiles)
\nLecture 22<\/a> – 10\/12\/2012 (Cloud formation, atmospheric photochemistry)
\nLecture 23<\/a> – 10\/17\/2012 (Ionospheric formation and structure)
\nLecture 24<\/a> – 10\/19\/2012 (Intro to magnetospheres)
\nLecture 25<\/a> – 10\/22\/2012 (Atmospheric dynamics)
\nLecture 26<\/a> – 10\/24\/2012 (Atmospheric formation and escape)<\/p>\n

Lecture 27<\/a> – 10\/26\/2012 (Surfaces intro; impact cratering)
\nLecture 28<\/a> – 10\/29\/2012 (Impact cratering Part 2)
\nLecture 29<\/a> – 10\/31\/2012 (Gravity and planetary surfaces)
\nLecture 30 – 11\/2\/2012 (More mass wasting examples<\/a>; shear stress and angle of repose)
\nLecture 33<\/a> – 11\/9\/2012 (Crater count ages; tectonics)
\nLecture 34<\/a> – 11\/12\/2012 (Aeolian and fluvial processes)
\nLecture 35<\/a> – 11\/14\/2012 (Fluvial and glacial processes)<\/p>\n

Lecture 36<\/a> – 11\/16\/2012 (Glacial processes; planetary bulk densities)
\nLecture 37<\/a> – 11\/19\/2012 (Earth’s interior structure; hydrostatic equilibrium)
\nLecture 38<\/a> – 11\/26\/2012 (Heat sources, constituent relations, gravity fields, isostasy)<\/p>\n

Lecture 39<\/a> – 11\/28\/2012 (Planet formation)
\nLecture 40<\/a> – 11\/28\/2012 (Planet migration; moon formation)<\/p>\n

Lectures 41-42<\/a> – 12\/3\/2012 and 12\/5\/2012 (Astrobiology: origins & evolution of life)
\nLecture 43<\/a> – 12\/7\/2012 (Planetary Astrobiology)<\/p>\n

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