ASTR 407, Jan-Apr 2025

ASTR 407/507, Jan-Apr 2025

MWF 1-1:50 PM . Henn 304

Instructor and Course Summary

Professor Brett Gladman, Physics and Astronomy, Hennings 300B --> His web page

OFFICE HOURS

Apr 21-24  14:30-15:30, Henn 310, TA Justine Obidowski 
Apr 25     08:30-11:00, A407 final examination, Buch B208

Readings

The date listed is the class date, before which you should have completed the listed reading.

Jan 6 : No pre-readings. See Assignments in Canvas to download Assignment 1, handed out today. Downloadable data file here: (MPCxyz.txt) (ASCII file)
Jan 8 : Pages 25-28. By Fri Jan 10: Chpt 1 to end of 1.4.5
Jan 10 : p29 to end of Sec 2.1. Chpt 1 material above if not read already.

Jan 13 : Sections 2.3 and 2.4 (we will return to section 2.2)
Jan 15 : No new readings
Jan 17 : Sec 2.2 - 2.2.3 (inclusive). HW2 handed out; due Jan 24.

Jan 20 : Prof did not assign readings in time.
Jan 22 : Section 2.5. Section 2.6 to end of 2.6.1
Jan 24 : 2.6.2 and 2.6.3

Jan 27 : Sec 2.7 to end of 2.7.1
Jan 29 : Sec 2.72 and 2.7.3
Jan 31 : No additional readings

Feb 3 : all of Sec 2.8 to end of 2.8.5
Feb 5: Sections 11.1-11.2
Feb 7: Sections 11.5-11.6.3

Feb 10: No additional readings
Feb 12: 11.7.3, Chpt 15 to end 15.2
Feb 14: 15.3 to end of 15.3.4 inclusive

Feb 24: All of 15.4. 15.5 to end of 15.5.2
Feb 26: No additional readings.
Feb 28: No additional readings. 15.6+15.7 discussed in class (not on midterm)

Mar 3: MIDTERM examination, in class room and time slot Mar 5: Chpt 4 to end of 4.1.2 (you may wish to just go to end of 4.1.3). Mar 7: Sec 4.1.3 and all of Sec 12.2

Mar 10: Sect 12.3 to end of 12.3.7, skipping 12.3.5
Mar 12: Sect 12.4 to end of 12.4.3
Mar 14: None

Mar 17: 3.2, 4.2-4.4, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.6 to end of 4.6.1
Mar 19: Chpt 5 to end of section 5.2.
Mar 21: 6.2, 6.4 to end of page 177.

Mar 24: Chpt 9 to end 9.3.3, skipping 9.1.4 and 9.2.4
Mar 26: No additional readings.
Mar 28: Sec 9.4 to end of 9.4.5

Mar 31: 5.7 to end 5.7.1, 5.8 to chapter end. Ch 14 to end 14.1.4
Apr 2: 14.1.5 to end 14.2, skipping 14.1.8, 14.3.2 to end 14.3.4
Apr 4: 14.3.6, 14.3.9, all of 14.4

Apr 7: 14.5 to end of chapter

A 13-week survey course in comparative planetary science.

Course Summary (REVISED) (pdf file)

TOPIC OUTLINE

-Dynamics
-Planetary Shapes and gravity fields
-Tidal interactions
-Meteoritical and other constraints on planetary formation
-Cosmochemisty
-Protoplanetary disks and planet formation processes
-Solar System small bodies
	- Observational techniques
	- Size distributions
-Planetary atmospheres
	- physical structure
	- radiative equilibrium
-Impact cratering
	- processes and chronology
-Extrasolar planets
	- Detection
	- Properties

Textbook.

REQUIRED: Fundamental Planetary Science, Updated Edition (2019), by J. Lissauer and I. de Pater