ASTR 407/507, Jan-Apr 2018

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Instructor

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

A 13-week survey course in comparative planetary science.

- Astronomical context of planet formation
- Meteorites and other constraints on planet formation
- Isotopic cosmochemistry
- Planetary interior structure
- Planetary atmospheres
- Solar System Processes (Tides, impacts, climate)

Textbook.

Fundamental Planetary Science, by J. Lissauer and I. de Pater

Useful references:
Solar System Evolution, 2nd edition, by S.R. Taylor
Meteorites and their Parent Planets, by H. McSween Jr
Geochemistry, by F. Albarede