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Detection of extra-solar planets. Other planetary systems. Cloud collapse. Rotation of proto-solar nebula. Condensation of solids. Terrestrial planet formation. The frost line. Giant planet formation. Impacts.
Please read the following in Carroll & Ostlie.
| 23.1 | Characteristics of Extrasolar Planetary Systems |
| Detections through Reflex Radial Velocity Technique — Multi-Planet Systems — The Mass Distribution of Extrasolar Planets — The Distribution of Orbital Eccentricities — The Trend toward Higher Metallicity — Measuring Radii and Densities Using Transits — The Detection of an Extrasolar Planet Atmosphere — Distinguishing Extrasolar Planets from Brown Dwarfs — An Image of an Extrasolar Planet Future Space-Based Planet Searches | |
| 23.2 | Planetary System Formation and Evolution |
| Accretion Disks and Debris Disks* — Angular Momentum Distribution in the Solar System* — Composition Trends throughout the Solar System — The Temperature Gradient in the Solar Nebula — Consequences of Heavy Bombardment — The Distribution of Mass within Planetary Systems — Formation Timescales — The Gravitational Instability Formation Mechanism — The Accretion Formation Mechanism — The Formation of the Solar System: An Example — The Hill Radius — The Formation of the Gas and Ice Giants — The Formation of the Terrestrial Planets and the Asteroids — The Process of Migration — Resonance Effects in the Early Solar System — The Formation of CAIs and Chondrules | |
| * These sections depend on earlier chapters and can be skipped. | |
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Joshua E. Barnes
(barnes at ifa.hawaii.edu)
Updated:
16 November 2012
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