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Solar System Planets - NGEO036

Title:	Planety sluneční soustavy
Guaranteed by:	Department of Geophysics (32-KG)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2013 to 2021
Semester:	both
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester

Guarantor:	doc. RNDr. Oldřich Novotný, CSc.
Classification:	Physics > Geophysics

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Annotation -

Last update: T_KG (16.05.2001)

Physical studies of the Moon and planets by means of spacecrafts. Surface features, gravitational and magnetic fields of the planets. Comparative planetology of the terrestrial planets. (Partly in the form of lectures of external workers).

Aim of the course -

Last update: T_KG (11.04.2008)

The lecture will provide information about basic physical parameters of the planets, especially about their gravitational and magnetic fields. Differences between the Earth and the other planets will be discussed.

Literature - Czech

Last update: RNDr. Pavel Zakouřil, Ph.D. (05.08.2002)

W.B. Hubbard: Planetary Interiors. Van Nostrand Reihold Company, 1984.

V.N. Zharkov: Vnutrennee stroenie Zemli i planet. Nauka, Moskva 1983. (Internal Constitution of the Earth and Planets; rusky).

M. Burša: Země ve sluneční soustavě. VTOPÚ, Dobruška 2000.

M. Burša: Základy geodezie planet. Ministerstvo obrany České republiky, Praha 2001.

M. Burša: Základy geodezie satelitů planet sluneční soustavy. VTOPÚ, Dobruška 2001.

Teaching methods -

Last update: T_KG (11.04.2008)

Lecture

Syllabus -

Last update: T_KG (19.01.2003)

Cosmogonic hypotheses. Initial material of the Solar System; chemical composition of the Sun and meteorites. Distribution of chemical elements in the Solar System. Surfaces and comparative geology of the Earth, Moon and terrestrial planets. Differences in the tectonic evolution of the terrestrial planets. Planetary geodesy and gravitatinal fields. Tides in the Solar System; evolution of satellite orbits; Roche's problem. Planetary magnetism. Models of the internal structure.