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2019-2020 Hill Book (Class of 2023) 
    
2019-2020 Hill Book (Class of 2023) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]

PHY 328 - Planetary Astrophysics

Three Credits
Not Offered 2018-2019

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)/Restriction(s): PHY 221 .