ASTR 8850 - Planetary Science

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ASTR 6000 or equivalent.
Description
Introduction to the field of planetary science; formation of the solar system, terrestrial, and Jovian planets; detailed discussion of Mars, Jupiter, Europa and Titan; discovery and characterization of extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs; overview of detection methods and analysis of recent discoveries of other solar systems. Three lecture hours a week.