Lecture | Links | PDF version | Animations | Podcast |
1. Introduction to the Solar System; The Earth as a
planet
We set the scene, showing where we are in the universe, and discuss
the Earth as a planet. |
Lecture 1
links |
planets1.pdf (15 Mb) |
Tsunami generation (7.7
Mb)
Original from http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/tsunami.html
Earth topography (8.2
Mb)
Original from http://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/Land/etopo2.html
Continental drift (17 Mb)
Original from http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html |
no podcast of this lecture |
2. The Moon, our nearest neighbour; Spaceflight
We look at the Moon as the only other solar system body humans have
set foot on. Then we discuss the basics of space flight, looking at
how we get to other planets. |
Lecture 2 links |
planets2.pdf (9.4 Mb) |
Earth and Moon from Deep
Impact (1.1 Mb)
Original from http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/epoxi_transit.html
Libration of the moon (484 kb)
Original from http://www.astrosurf.com/cidadao/animations.htm
Lunar rotation (15.5 Mb)
Original from http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/EPO/Educator/educatorsvideos.php
Moon-forming impact (2.8 Mb)
Original from http://www.swri.edu/press/impact.htm
Lagrange-point impactor (308 kb)
Original from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_impact_theory
LRO Apollo site movie (35 Mb)
Original from http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/apollo-sites.html
Orbit animations all together on one page.
Aerobraking (5.2 Mb)
Original from http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/gallery/video/2001-2004.html |
podcast (151 Mb)
high-res podcast (243 Mb) |
3. The inner planets: Mercury and Venus
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Lecture 3 links |
planets3.pdf (8.5 Mb) |
Mercury rotation (1.3 Mb)
Venus rotation (1.7 Mb)
South polar vortex (314 kb)
Original from http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39671 |
podcast (160 Mb)
high-res podcast (227 Mb)
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4. Mars, the Red Planet
We look at what we've learned about Mars, and discuss the prospects
and problems of possible manned missions to Mars. |
Lecture 4 links |
planets4.pdf (16 Mb)
Labelled map: mola-names.pdf (11
Mb) |
Spirit view of Phobos and Deimos (762 kb)
Original from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06340
Dust devils (6 Mb)
Original from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09260
Valles Marineris movie (35.8
Mb)
Original from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02892
Mars impact animation (805 kb)
Original from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11387
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podcast (154 Mb)
high-res podcast (251 Mb)
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5. Rocks in space: asteroids, comets and meteorites
We look at the various smaller bodies in the Solar System, and discuss
their effects on the planets. |
Lecture 5 links |
planets5.pdf (6 Mb)
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Eros rotation: movie 1 (1.1 Mb),
movie 2 (3.9 Mb),
movie 3 (1.3 Mb)
Originals from http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mission/near/near_eros_anim.html
Mathilde encounter (500 kb)
Original from http://near.jhuapl.edu/Images/Anim.html
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podcast (163 Mb)
seems to have lost sound halfway through
high-res podcast (230 Mb)
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5. Jupiter
We look at Jupiter and its satellite systems, revealed in all their
glory by the Voyager missions and Galileo. |
Lecture 6 links |
planets6.pdf (11 Mb) |
Jupiter rotation movie (3.4 Mb)
Original from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02863
Europa Tide Movie (4.1 Mb)
Original from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10149
Cycloid formation (140 kb)
Original from http://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~hoppa/science.html
Io rotation (125 kb)
Original from http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/jovian_moons/io.html |
podcast (151 Mb)
high-res podcast (242 Mb) |
7. Saturn
We look at the latest results from Cassini-Huygens and what they tell
us about the ringed planet. |
Lecture 7 links |
planets7.pdf (11 Mb) |
Cassini orbit (10.7
Mb)
Original from http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/video-details.cfm?videoID=85
Saturn rotation (5.7 Mb)
Original from http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/solar-system/2007/13/
Cassini ring-plane crossing (38.4
Mb)
Original from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08356
Huygens landing (6.3
Mb)
Original from http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/videos/video-details.cfm?videoID=79
Hyperion fly-by (67.8 Mb)
Original from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07742 |
podcast (153 Mb)
high-res podcast (213 Mb) |
8. The outer solar system: Uranus, Neptune and (minor) planets beyond
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Lecture 8 links |
planets8.pdf (5.7 Mb) |
Rotating Uranus (18 Mb)
Original from http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/1999/11/
Uranus magnetic field (5.2 Mb)
Original from http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/uranus/surface.html
Rotating Neptune (484 kb)
Original from http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/1996/33/
Rotating Pluto (616 kb)
Original from http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/1996/09/
New Horizons trajectory (8.7 Mb)
Original from http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/index.htm |
podcast (149 Mb)
high-res podcast (204 Mb) |
9. Formation of the solar system
We look at how the solar system formed from the original cloud of
interstellar gas and dust. |
Lecture 9 links |
planets9.pdf (8.2 Mb) |
Moon-forming impact (2.8 Mb)
Original from http://www.swri.edu/press/impact.htm
Scattering of Uranus and Neptune (90.4 Mb)
Original from http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~hal/talks.html
WARNING! this file is HUGE. |
podcast (155 Mb)
high-res podcast (215 Mb) |
10. Extrasolar planets
We discuss the large number of planets now being discovered in other
star systems, and discuss how these discoveries affect what we know
about our own Solar System. |
Lecture 10 links |
planets10.pdf (5.2 Mb) |
Transit animation (1 Mb)
Original from http://kepler.nasa.gov/multimedia/animations/?ImageID=38
HAT-P-7 lightcurve (26 Mb)
Original from http://kepler.nasa.gov/multimedia/animations/?ImageID=84
Kepler-16b (2.2 Mb)
Original from http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=111428821
Kepler-11 animation (36 Mb)
Original from http://kepler.nasa.gov/multimedia/animations/artistsconcepts/?ImageID=119
Migration simulation (8.5 Mb)
Original from http://www.astro.su.se/~pawel/planets/movies.html
Planet-planet scattering (29.3 Mb)
Original from http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/rasio/movies.html
Transit of HD 209458 b (8.4 Mb)
Original from http://www2.iap.fr/exoplanetes/images_hd209458_en.html
SWEEPS-10 transiting planet (7 Mb)
Original from http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/exoplanet_transit.html
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podcast (155 Mb)
high-res podcast (198 Mb) |