Planetology
General data
Course ID: | 1103-4`Planet |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
13.204
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Course title: | Planetology |
Name in Polish: | Planetologia |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Physics |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Przedmioty do wyboru dla doktorantów; (in Polish) Przedmioty obieralne na studiach drugiego stopnia na kierunku bioinformatyka Physics (1st level); elective courses Physics (2nd level); elective courses Physics, 2nd level; Geophysics |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
6.00
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Language: | Polish |
Short description: |
The course presents physics of the Solar System bodies (planets, satellites, comets, asteroids, small bodies) including results of recent researches. |
Full description: |
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. |
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. |
Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) 1. Znajomość podstawowych własności ciał Układu Słonecznego. 2. Znajomość podstaw mechniki nieba i efektów związanych z oddziaływaniem grawitacyjnym (precesja, pływy). 3. Zrozumienie pochodzenie równań i umiejętność ich praktycznego stosowania. 4. Znajomosć metod badań kosmicznych, stosowanych technik i rodzaju uzyskiwanych przy ich pomocy wyników. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
(in Polish) Egzamin ustny, 5 pytań; do uzyskania oceny dostatecznej wymagane są 3 poprawne odpowiedzi. |
Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)
Time span: | 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16 |
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Type of class: |
Classes, 30 hours, 20 places
Lecture, 30 hours, 20 places
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Coordinators: | Konrad Kossacki | |
Group instructors: | Konrad Kossacki | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
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