PHY103 - Stars and Galaxies

Dr Susan Cartwright

Contact details

Phone: 0114 22 24572
Fax: 0114 22 23555
Room: D22

email : s.cartwright@sheffield.ac.uk

Aims/Description

1. Provides a brief survey of the characteristics, composition and origin of the various planets, their satellites, the asteroids and comets and the motions and interactions of these bodies.
2. Discusses the internal structures of the planets, the Moon and other major bodies.
3. Is concerned with their surfaces and the processes that shape them, impacts, erosion, plate tectonics etc.
4. Discusses planetary atmospheres and ionospheres, their origins and why they differ from one planet to another.
5. Is concerned with planetary magnetism and its origins.

Timetable

Timetable information for this module can be found listed here

Examination papers

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