ASP1022 Detailed Comprehensive HD (93) Notes

Description

Covers 12 weeks of content. Topics covered (plus many more): - Attractions of Masses - Collapse and Accretion - Stars - Kepler’s Law - Newton’s Laws - Planetary Orbits in Binary Systems - Solar nebula theory - Volume & Density of Planets - Habitability - The Greenhouse Effect - Venus vs Earth - Radial Velocity Method - Transit Method (photometry) - Pulsar Timing - Kepler’s Results - Formation of Earth - Formation of Earth’s Atmosphere - The Moon - Consequences of a Large Moon - Viking Experiments - Nanobacteria on Mars and Earth - Time periods