Tentative Schedule
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AST 381 Schedule |
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Topic |
Reading Assignment |
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28 Aug 2013 |
Wednesday |
first day of classes |
Course Overview |
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30 Aug 2013 |
Friday |
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Overview of Solar System and Exoplanets |
Arm Ch. I; dP&L Ch. 1 |
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2 Sep 2013 |
Monday |
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Labor Day - no classes |
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4 Sep 2013 |
Wednesday |
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Protoplanetary Disks I |
Arm Ch. II A-B; dP&L Ch. 13.1-13.4.1 |
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6 Sep 2013 |
Friday |
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Protoplanetary Disks II |
Arm Ch. II C-D; |
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9 Sep 2013 |
Monday |
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Planetesimal Formation and Growth |
Arm Ch. III A-B; dP&L Ch 13.5-13.6 |
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11 Sep 2013 |
Wednesday |
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Giant Planet Formation |
Arm Ch. III C; dP&L Ch. 13.7 |
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13 Sep 2013 |
Friday |
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Dynamics - 2 body problem |
dP&L Ch. 2.1 |
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16 Sep 2013 |
Monday |
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Dynamics – 3 body problem |
dP&L Ch. 2.2 |
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18 Sep 2013 |
Wednesday |
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Dynamics – Perturbation theory and orbital stability |
dP&L Ch. 2.3-2.5 |
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20 Sep 2013 |
Friday |
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Planet Scattering and Tidal Evolution |
Arm Ch. IV C-E; dP&L Ch. 2.6 |
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23 Sep 2013 |
Monday |
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Planet Migration |
Arm Ch. IV A-B; dP&L Ch. 13.8 |
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25 Sep 2013 |
Wednesday |
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Radiation Pressure, PR drag, YORP |
dP&L Ch. 2.7 |
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27 Sep 2013 |
Friday |
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Meteoritics |
dP&L Ch. 8 |
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30 Sep 2013 |
Monday |
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Meteoritics |
dP&L Ch. 8 |
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2 Oct 2013 |
Wednesday |
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student presentations |
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4 Oct 2013 |
Friday |
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student presentations |
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7 Oct 2013 |
Monday |
WDC at AAS/DPS |
Planetary Surfaces I |
dP&L Ch. 5.1-5.3 |
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9 Oct 2013 |
Wednesday |
WDC at AAS/DPS |
Planetary Surfaces II |
dP&L Ch. 5.4 |
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11 Oct 2013 |
Friday |
WDC at AAS/DPS |
Planetary Surfaces III |
dP&L Ch. 5.5 |
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14 Oct 2013 |
Monday |
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Solar Heating and Energy Transport |
dP&L Ch. 3 |
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16 Oct 2013 |
Wednesday |
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Planetary Atmospheres I |
dP&L Ch. 4.1-4.3 |
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18 Oct 2013 |
Friday |
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Planetary Atmospheres II |
dP&L Ch. 4.4-4.5 |
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21 Oct 2013 |
Monday |
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Planetary Atmospheres III |
dP&L Ch. 4.6-4.7 |
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23 Oct 2013 |
Wednesday |
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Atmospheric Hydrodynamics |
dP&L Ch. 4.8-4.9 |
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25 Oct 2013 |
Friday |
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Exoplanet Atmospheres |
Seager & Deming 2012 |
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28 Oct 2013 |
Monday |
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Exoplanet Atmospheres |
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30 Oct 2013 |
Wednesday |
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Solar Wind |
dP&L Ch. 7.1 |
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1 Nov 2013 |
Friday |
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Asteroids I |
dP&L Ch. 9.1-9.3 |
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4 Nov 2013 |
Monday |
WDC at Kepler Sci Conf |
Asteroids II |
dP&L Ch. 9.4-9.6 |
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6 Nov 2013 |
Wednesday |
WDC at Kepler Sci Conf |
Planetary Interiors I |
dP&L Ch. 6.1-6.2 |
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8 Nov 2013 |
Friday |
WDC at Kepler Sci Conf |
Planetary Interiors II |
dP&L Ch. 6.3-6.4 |
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11 Nov 2013 |
Monday |
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Comets I |
dP&L Ch. 10.1-10.3 |
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13 Nov 2013 |
Wednesday |
WDC at AAAC |
Comets II |
dP&L Ch. 10.4-10,7 |
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15 Nov 2013 |
Friday |
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Comets III |
A’Hearn 2011, |
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18 Nov 2013 |
Monday |
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Planetary Satellites |
dP&L Ch. 5.5.5-5.5.8 |
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20 Nov 2013 |
Wednesday |
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Planetary Rings |
dP&L Ch. 11 |
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22 Nov 2013 |
Friday |
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Planets, Life and Habitability |
dP&L Ch. 12.5-12.6 |
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25 Nov 2013 |
Monday |
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student presentations |
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27 Nov 2013 |
Wednesday |
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student presentations |
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29 Nov 2013 |
Friday |
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Thanksgiving - no classes |
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2 Dec 2013 |
Monday |
review |
review |
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4 Dec 2013 |
Wednesday |
review |
review |
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6 Dec 2013 |
Friday |
last day of classes |
review & Course Instructor Survey |
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NOTES: |
dP&L |
de Pater & Lissauer |
"Planetary Sciences" Second Edition |
course textbook |
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Arm |
Armitage |
"Lecture Notes on the Formation and Early Evolution of Planetary Systems" |
on Blackboard as Armitage.pdf |
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Seager & Deming 2012 |
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Exoplanet Atmospheres |
on Blackboard as |
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A'Hearn 2011 |
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Comets as Building Blocks |
on Blackboard as |
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Mumma & Chamley 2012 |
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The Chemical Composition of Comets—Emerging Taxonomies and Natal Heritage |
on Blackboard as |
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