MWF 1-1:50 PM . Henn 301

Instructor and Course Summary

TA : Justine Obidowski . Email to be posted.

OFFICE HOURS

TBD

Course Summary (REVISED) (pdf file)

TOPIC OUTLINE

-Dynamics
-Planetary Shapes and gravity fields
-Tidal interactions
-Meteoritical and other constraints on planetary formation
-Cosmochemisty
-Protoplanetary disks and planet formation processes
-Solar System small bodies
	- Observational techniques
	- Size distributions
-Planetary atmospheres
	- physical structure
	- radiative equilibrium
-Impact cratering
	- processes and chronology
-Extrasolar planets
	- Detection
	- Properties
 

Textbook.