L - The Outer Solar System
Jonathan Karl Hillier, Paula Dewey, Maryse Napoleoni
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The room where the course will be taken is D214.
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Qualification objectives: Students have basic knowledge of the evolution of the outer solar system, from Jupiter to the Oort Cloud, including the systems of the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn, as well as the ice giants Uranus and Neptune, dwarf planets such as Pluto, small bodies (e.g., comets), and the heliopause. They can describe the physical and dynamical properties of bodies and processes and know multidisciplinary techniques for studying the physical properties of these objects. They can successfully complete tasks in groups and present the results appropriately.
Contents: Students work out, sometimes in groups, the physical and dynamical properties of bodies and processes occurring in the outer solar system, from Jupiter to the Oort Cloud, and present their results. Systems in the outer solar system include the moons, some with active volcanism, cryovolcanism, and atmospheres, and the smaller bodies beyond Neptune, some of the most pristine objects known. A solid understanding of the current state of the outer solar system bodies, as well as their formation and evolution, is provided, and multidisciplinary techniques such as telescopic observations or in situ analyses used to study the broad range of physical properties of objects are taught.
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