Outline and Class Schedule

Ge151: Spring 2008

Introduction, Orbital Dynamics

• Orbital Dynamics 1 & 2

Remote Sensing

• Reflection of Light from Natural Surfaces
• Remote Sensing (A. Albee) 
• Remote sensing in the field

Vacuum Environments & HEAT

• Vacuum Environments 1&2: Properties and Consequences,
  Quantitative Modeling, Evidence for Ice on Moon and Mercury

Wind and Water

• Wind on Mars and Venus
• Water and Ice on Mars

Planetary Volcanism

• Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets

Impact Cratering

• Impact Cratering

Crustal Scale Features

• Gravity and Topography
• Planetary-Scale Crustal Structure, Tectonics and Gravity Modification

The Moon and Mercury

• The Lunar Rocks (2 lectures)
• History of the Moon  
• History of Mercury

Mars and Venus

• History of Venus
• History of Mars

Student Presentations

• Oral Presentations

(Finals Week)

• Written Research Reports (in lieu of Final Examination)

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