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
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\nLecture 1<\/a> – 8\/22\/2016 (Course overview, scope of planetary sciences)
\nLecture 2<\/a> – 8\/24\/2016 (Solar system survey: Sun, giant planets)
\nLecture 3<\/a> – 8\/26\/2016 (Solar system survey: terrestrial & minor planets)
\nLecture 4<\/a> – 8\/29\/2016 (Solar system survey: satellites\/rings; Solar system formation intro)
\nLecture 5 – 8\/31\/2016 (Ellipses, Kepler’s laws, Newton’s laws)
\nLecture 6 – 9\/2\/2016 (Bound\/unbound orbits, orbital elements)
\nLecture 7 – 9\/7\/2016 (Hohmann transfer, restricted 3-body problem, Lagrange points<\/a>, tadpole\/horseshoe orbits, Hill sphere)
\nLecture 8 – 9\/9\/2016 (Axisymmetric gravity fields, tides)
\nLecture 9 – 9\/12\/2016 (Roche limit, resonances, radiation pressure)
\nLecture 10<\/a> – 9\/14\/2016 (Illustrations of tidal forces & torques, Poynting-Robertson drag)
\nLecture 11<\/a> – 9\/16\/2016 (Electromagnetic spectrum, blackbody radiation, solid angle)
\nLecture 12 – 9\/19\/2016 (Integrating Planck\u2019s radiation law, Stefan-Boltzmann law, luminosity, Bond albedo, emissivity, phase angle)
\nLecture 13 – 9\/21\/2016 (Equilibrium temperature, greenhouse effect; Conduction: Fourier\u2019s law, thermal skin depth, thermal inertia)
\nLectures 14-16<\/a> – 9\/23,26,28\/2016 (Zachary Meeks<\/em> – Plasma physics, solar wind, interplanetary magnetic field, planetary magnetospheres)
\nLecture 17 – 10\/3\/2016 (Electron energy levels)
\nLecture 18 – 10\/5\/2016 (Radiative transfer, electron energy levels of the elements<\/a>, Intro to electronic transitions in solids<\/a>)
\nLecture 19 – 10\/7\/2016 (Hydrostatic equilibirum, isothermal atmospheres, convection)
\nLecture 20<\/a> – 10\/12\/2016 (Atmospheric scale height, constraints on thermal structure)
\nLecture 21<\/a> – 10\/14\/2016 (Atmospheric thermal structure, constraining composition with spectra [including Mars methane])
\nLecture 22<\/a> – 10\/17\/2016 (Atmospheric composition, clouds)
\nLecture 23<\/a> – 10\/19\/2016 (ExoMars arrival at Mars; clouds, photochemistry)
\nLecture 24<\/a> – 10\/21\/2016 (Meteorology, where do atmospheres come from?)
\nLecture 25<\/a> – 10\/24\/2016 (Atmospheric sources and losses)
\nLecture 26<\/a> – 10\/26\/2016 (Zachary Meeks<\/em> – Icy moons)
\nLecture 27 – 10\/28\/2016 (Zachary Meeks<\/em> – Midterm review)
\nLecture 28<\/a> – 10\/31\/2016 (Surfaces intro; impact cratering)
\nLecture 29<\/a> – 11\/2\/2016 (Impact cratering Part 2)
\nLecture 30<\/a> – 11\/4\/2016 (Impact cratering Part 3, crater count ages)
\nLecture 31<\/a> – 11\/7\/2016 (Gravity-driven processes)
\nLecture 32<\/a> – 11\/11\/2016 (Tectonic processes)
\nLecture 33<\/a> – 11\/14\/2016 (Aeolian processes)
\nLecture 34<\/a> – 11\/16\/2016 (Volcanic, fluvial, & glacial processes)
\nLecture 35<\/a> – 11\/18\/2016 (Planetary bulk densities, Earth’s interior structure, hydrostatic equilibrium; worksheet<\/a> on estimating central pressure)
\nLecture 36<\/a> – 11\/21\/2016 (Interiors: moment of inertia, equation of state, heat sources, constituent relations, gravity fields)
\nLecture 37<\/a> – 11\/28\/2016 (Isostasy; cloud collapse and planetary accretion)
\nLecture 38<\/a> – 12\/5\/2016 (Giant planet growth, migration; moon formation)<\/p>\n
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