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Internal structure. Planetary differentiation. Heat production. Heat transport. Geological activity.
Please read the following in Carroll & Ostlie.
| 20.1 | Mercury |
| The 3-to-2 Spin-Orbit Coupling of Mercury — The Surface of the Planet — The Interior — Mercury's Weak Magnetic Field | |
| 20.2 | Venus |
| Retrograde Rotation — The Lack of a Magnetic Field — The Hot, Thick Atmosphere of Venus — Studying the Surface | |
| 20.3 | Earth |
| Our Atmosphere — The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming — Seismology and Earth's Interior — Plate Tectonics — Sources of Internal Heat — Earth's Variable Magnetic Field | |
| 20.4 | The Moon |
| The Moon's Internal Structure — The Absence of a Global Magnetic Field — Moon Rocks — Radioactive Dating — Late Heavy Bombardment — The Formation of the Moon | |
| 20.5 | Mars |
| Exploration of the Red Planet — Evidence of Water on Mars — ALH84001, A Martian Meteorite — The Polar Caps — Chaotic Fluctuations in Mars's Rotation Axis — The Thin Atmosphere of Mars — Dust Storms — The Abundance of Iron — Evidence of Past Geological Activity — Two Tiny Moons | |
Terrestrial Planets, 20 September 2012
Problem Set #5: Due 4 October 2012
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Joshua E. Barnes
(barnes at ifa.hawaii.edu)
Updated:
5 October 2012
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