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Apr 18, 2024
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2016-2017 HillBook (Class of 2020) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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PHY 328 - Planetary AstrophysicsThree Credits
Offered Periodically
Rocky planets, icy planets, giants; solar nebula and planets’ formation by core accretion and planets’ migration; present data frequency of planets around stars; dust to planetesimals to planets; comparative analysis of rocky planets in solar system; plate tectonics, stagnant lid describing Mars, Venus and Earth; whole planet heat structure models of planets in solar system; modeling of super-Earths other solar systems; outer moons tides; search for life on planets and moons; habitable zone around stars.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 221 .
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