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Geophysical modeling of planets - NGEO099

Title:	Geofyzikální studium planet
Guaranteed by:	Department of Geophysics (32-KG)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2013 to 2018
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)

Basic informations, characteristics and internal evolution of moons and terrestrial planets inside and outside of the Solar system. Characteristics of data sets obtained from spacecraft observations. Geophysical methods used for the exploration of the distant bodies.

Aim of the course -

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

This lecture aims at the basic properties of the moons and terrestrial bodies within the Solar system with the special emphasis to their internal evolution. The evolution and habitability of extra-solar bodies is also discussed.

Literature - Czech

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

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

M. Dougherty, L. Esposito, S. Krimigis: Saturn from Cassini-Huygens. Springer 2009.

D. Gubbins, E. Herrero-Bervera: Encyclopedia of geomagnetism and paleomagnetism. Springer 2007.

R.T. Pappalardo, W.B. McKinnon, K. Khurana: Europa. Univ. Arizona Press, Tuscon, 2009.

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

T.R. Watters: Planetary tectonics. Cabridge University Press, 2010.

Syllabus -

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

Characteristics of moons and terrestrial bodies within the Solar system. Basic characteristics: composition, internal structure, tectonics, surface and topography, gravitational and magnetic fields. Exploration of distant bodies, characteristics of data sets, past and future observations, spacecraft missions.

Extra-solar planets: detection, characteristics, basic statistics, surface temperature, habitability.

Gravitational field and angular momentum of bodies within the Solar system. Topography and geoid.

Magnetic fields of solar and extra-solar moons and terrestrial planets: presence or absence of dynamos, lithospheres magnetization, planetary magnetospheres and their interaction.

Models used for the research of the interior and internal dynamics of distant bodies: geoid inversions, thermal models, models of mantle convection, evolution of the orbital parameters, influence of the tides and tidal dissipation.