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Course No.
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Course Title
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No. of Units
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Pre-requisites
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Th.
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Pr.
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Credit
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Astr 371
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Physics of the Solar System
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2
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2
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Astr 202
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Objectives of the course :
The aim of this course is to concentrate the student knowledge on the solar system by studying the physics of the planets and their structure, atmospheres, and components .
Course Description:
This course contains the following subjects : Origin and evolution of the solar system. The Planets and their satellites (motions, masses, densities , atmospheres, compositions). The planetary medium. The effects of the solar phenomenon and, he Solar winds on Earth (Van Allen belts, Aurora, Geomagnetic disturbances, Zodiacal light).
Main text and subsidiary books:
- New Solar System, Beaty and Chaikin , 1990, 2nd eddition .
- Dynamic Universe, Snow, 1987 .
- Physics of Planetary Rings, A.M. Fridman, N.N. Gorkavyi. Springer (1999) .
- Contemporary Astronomy, Pasachoff, 1984 .
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