Об этом курсе: Learn about the science behind the current exploration of the solar system in this free class. Use principles from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology to understand the latest from Mars, comprehend the outer solar system, ponder planets outside our solar system, and search for habitability in our neighborhood and beyond. This course is generally taught at an advanced level assuming a prior knowledge of undergraduate math and physics, but the majority of the concepts and lectures can be understood without these prerequisites. The quizzes and final exam are designed to make you think critically about the material you have learned rather than to simply make you memorize facts. The class is expected to be challenging but rewarding.
Автор: Caltech
Преподаватели: Mike Brown, Professor
Planetary Astronomy
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Программа курса
НЕДЕЛЯ 1
Unit 1: Water on Mars (week 1)
11 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Discussion Prompt: Welcome! Please introduce yourself.
- Видео: Lecture 1.01: Early views of Mars
- Discussion Prompt: What's in the sky right now?
- Видео: Lecture 1.02: Mars has canals!
- Видео: Lecture 1.03: Taking the temperature of Mars
- Видео: Lecture 1.04: Mars DOES have water (in the atmosphere)!
- Reading: Note on the next lecture
- Видео: Lecture 1.05: Heating and composition of the polar caps
- Видео: Lecture 1.06: Let's fly to Mars
- Видео: Lecture 1.07: The first missions to Mars
- Видео: Lecture 1.08: Water on earth
- Видео: Lecture 1.09: Mariner 9 -- Mars had FLOWING water!
- Discussion Prompt: Groundwater sapping or not?
- Видео: Lecture 1.10: Viking and the start of modern Martian science
Оцениваемый: Quiz 1
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
Unit 1: Water on Mars (week 2)
10 видео
- Видео: Lecture 1.12: Outflow channels
- Видео: Lecture 1.13:Valley Networks
- Видео: Lecture 1.14: Climate cycles on Mars
- Discussion Prompt: Polar layered terrains?
- Видео: Lecture 1.15: Was early Mars warmer and wetter?
- Видео: Lecture 1.16: Atmospheric escape
- Видео: Lecture 1.17 Martian topography
- Видео: Lecture 1.18: Gamma ray spectroscopy and subsurface water
- Видео: Lecture 1.19: Glaciers on Mars!
- Видео: Lecture 1.20 Origin of low latitude ice
Оцениваемый: Quiz 2
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
Unit 1: Water on Mars (week 3)
10 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: Lecture 1.22: Thermal spectroscopy and mineral identification
- Видео: Lecture 1.23: Geology from the Opportunity rover
- Видео: Lecture 1.24: Geochemistry from the Opportunity rover
- Видео: Lecture 1.25: Introduction to guest lecturers
- Reading: Note on the next lectures
- Видео: Lecture 1.26: Mineralogy on Mars, Part 1
- Видео: Lecture 1.27: Mineralogy on Mars, Part 2
- Видео: Lecture 1.28: Results from the Curiosity Rover, Part 1
- Видео: lecture 1.29: Results from the Curiosity Rover, Part 2
- Видео: Lecture 1.30: Where was the water on Mars?
- Discussion Prompt: Where was the water on Mars?
Оцениваемый: Quiz 3
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
Unit 2: The insides of giant planets (week 1)
11 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Note on the next section
- Видео: Lecture 2.02: Measuring density
- Discussion Prompt: Transit of Venus!
- Видео: Lecture 2.03: Using density
- Видео: Lecture 2.04: Hydrostatic equilibrium
- Видео: Lecture 2.05: Hydrogen equation of state
- Видео: Lecture 2.06: Heat transport
- Видео: Lecture 2.07: Theoretical internal structure
- Видео: Lecture 2.08: A core from gravity?
- Видео: Lecture 2.09: Magnetic fields
- Видео: Lecture 2.10: The upper atmosphere and the Galileo probe
- Видео: Lecture 2.11: Picture models
Оцениваемый: Quiz 4
НЕДЕЛЯ 5
Unit 2: The insides of giant planets (week 2)
10 видео
- Видео: Lecture 2.13: Core formation
- Видео: Lecture 2.14: Core-collapse vs. Disk instability
- Discussion Prompt: Core collapse vs. disk instability?
- Видео: Lecture 2.15: Saturn and the ice giants
- Видео: Lecture 2.16: Discovering hot Jupiters
- Видео: Lecture 2.17: Densities of hot Jupiters
- Видео: Lecture 2.18: Inflating hot Jupiters
- Видео: Lecture 2.19: Kepler and the sub-Neptunes
- Видео: Lecture 2.20: Exoplanet spectroscopy
- Видео: Lecture 2.21: Juno and future exploration
- Discussion Prompt: Juno results?
Оцениваемый: Quiz 5
НЕДЕЛЯ 6
Unit 3: Big questions from small bodies (week 1)
12 видео
- Видео: Lecture 3.02: The formation of small bodies
- Видео: Lecture 3.03: The formation of terrestrial planets
- Видео: Lecture 3.04: The surface density of the solar system
- Видео: Lecture 3.05: An ode to comets
- Видео: Lecture 3.06: The composition of comets
- Видео: Lecture 3.07: Where do comets come from?
- Видео: Lecture 3.08: The formation of the Oort cloud
- Видео: Lecture 3.09: Meteorites and the beginning of the solar system
- Discussion Prompt: Lead-lead dating
- Видео: Lecture 3.10: Types of meteorites: Chondrites
- Видео: Lecture 3.11: Types of meteorites: Achondrites
- Видео: Lecture 3.12: Asteroids and meteorite delivery
Оцениваемый: Quiz 6
НЕДЕЛЯ 7
Unit 3: Big questions from small bodies (week 2)
9 видео
- Видео: Lecture 3.14 : Pictures of asteroids
- Видео: Lecture 3.15: Asteroid hazards
- Видео: Lecture 3.16: The Kuiper belt
- Видео: Lecture 3.17: Properties of dwarf planets
- Видео: Lecture 3.18: Dynamical instabilities
- Discussion Prompt: Lucy!
- Видео: Lecture 3.19:The Grand Tack
- Видео: Lecture 3.20: Planet Nine
- Видео: Lecture 3.21: A trip to the Subaru telescope
Оцениваемый: Quiz 7
НЕДЕЛЯ 8
Unit 4: Life in the solar system (week 1)
10 видео
- Discussion Prompt: Life as we do (or don't) know it
- Видео: Lecture 4.02: Photosynthesis
- Видео: Lecture 4.03: Water
- Видео: Lecture 4.04: Alternative energy sources
- Видео: Lecture 4.05: History of life on Earth
- Видео: Lecture 4.06: Mars -- The Viking experiement
- Видео: Lecture 4.07: Mars -- Microbial hitchhikers
- Видео: Lecture 4.08: Mars -- Methane?
- Видео: Lecture 4.09: Mars -- Methane!!
- Видео: Lecture 4.10: Mars -- a habitable environment
Оцениваемый: Quiz 8
НЕДЕЛЯ 9
Unit 4: Life in the solar system and beyond (week 2)
11 видео
- Видео: Lecture 4.12: Energy on Europa
- Видео: Lecture 4.13: Exploring Europa
- Discussion Prompt: Europa Clipper!
- Видео: Lecture 4.14: Enceladus
- Видео: Lecture 4.15: Introduction to Titan
- Видео: Lecture 4.16: Weird life on Titan
- Видео: Lecture 4.17: Habitable zones
- Видео: Lecture 4.18: Detecting exo-life
- Видео: Lecture 4.19: Looking around M-dwarfs
- Discussion Prompt: Planets!
- Видео: Lecture 4.20: A mission to find life in the solar system
- Видео: Lecture 4.21: All good things must come to an end
Оцениваемый: Quiz 9
НЕДЕЛЯ 10
Final exam
4 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Reading: Bonus material
- Видео: Bonus: What we used to think about Sedna (before we knew about Planet Nine!)
- Видео: Bonus: Seasons on Titan
- Видео: Bonus: Why Pluto had to die
Оцениваемый: Final exam
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I have taken and taught many online courses using various platforms. This is by far the best courses I have taken. It is well organized and the content cover is beyond my expectations. Excellent course!
Excellent course and instruction. I would highly recommend this challenging course to anyone wanting a solid science update on our solar system.
Fantastic course from start to finish. Very insightful, engaging and thorough. The material was excellent and of the right level of difficulty. Would highly recommend.
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I find this course presented quite exciting with Prof Brown; but at times the mathematical calculations leave me far behind.
The fact that this course is a preliminary for graduates to Caltech is the reason for this.