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Structure and dynamics of planets - NGEO099

Title:	Struktura a dynamika planet
Guaranteed by:	Department of Geophysics (32-KG)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech, English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time

Guarantor:	doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D.

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Annotation -

Last update: prof. RNDr. František Gallovič, Ph.D. (10.01.2019)

The lecture gives basic overview of characteristics and evolution of moons and terrestrial planets inside and outside of the solar system.

Aim of the course -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

The students learn a basic description of processes shaping planetary bodies, emphasizing their coupled orbital and internal evolutions.

Course completion requirements - Czech

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

Účast a diskuse na přednášce. Prezentace (20-30 min) nebo vypracování krátké zprávy (1-2 strany) na vybrané téma odpovídající sylabu předmětu.

Literature -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

R. Barnes: Formation and Evolution of Exoplanets. Wiley-VCH, Berlin, 2010.

B. Bertotti, P. Farinella, D. Vokrouhlický. Physics of the Solar System: Dynamics and Evolution, Space Physics, and Spacetime Structure, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

G. Boué and M. Efroimsky. Tidal evolution of the Keplerian elements. Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron., 131(7):30, 2019.

D. Brouwer, G.M. Clemence. Methods of Celestial Mechanics. Academic Press, 1961.

I. dePater, J.J. Lissauer. Planetary Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2001.

M. Efroimsky. Tidal Dissipation Compared to Seismic Dissipation: In Small Bodies, Earths and Super-Earths. Astrophys. J., 746(2):150, 2012.

M. Efroimsky and V. V. Makarov. Tidal Dissipation in a Homogeneous Spherical Body. I. Methods. Astrophys. J., 795(1):19, 2014.

M.S. Gudipati, J. Castillo-Rogez: The Science of Solar System Ices. Springer, 2013.

W. M. Kaula. Analysis of Gravitational and Geometric Aspects of Geodetic Utilization of Satellites. Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc., 5(2):104–133, 1961.

W. M. Kaula. Tidal dissipation by solid friction and the resulting orbital evolution. Rev. Geophys., 2(4):661–685, 1964.

C.D. Murray, S.F. Dermott. Solar System Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 1999.

G. Schubert, D.T. Turcotte, P. Olson: Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.

G. Schubert et al. Treatise on Geophysics. Elsevier, 2007.

Teaching methods -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

Lecture

Requirements to the exam - Czech

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

Prezentace (20-30 min) nebo vypracování krátké zprávy (1-2 strany) na vybrané téma odpovídající sylabu předmětu.

Syllabus -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

1) Basic planetary properties: mass, size and shape, internal structure, and gravity field. Data collection, planetary missions. Planet classification.

2) Structure of the solar system. Orbital elements. Kepler's laws. Equations of motion. Perturbations, third-body perturbations, and effect of planetary oblateness.

3) Darwin-Kaula expansion. Tidal loading. Description of tidal response. Rheological models and compliance. Tidal torque and tidal dissipation.

4) Tidal-internal coupling. Spin-orbital interaction. Despinning. Resonances. Forced libration.

5) Planetary structure. An overview of thermodynamic properties. Structure from observations. Properties of ices and silicates.

6) Extrasolar planets: detection, characterization and statistics.