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12.601 Essentials of Planetary Science
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Not offered academic year 2018-2019Graduate (Fall)
(Subject meets with 12.420)
Prereq: 8.03, 18.03
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR10-11.30 (54-819)
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Reviews fundamental physical concepts pertaining to the study of the solar system, and highlights recent spacecraft results. Topics include: meteorites, orbital dynamics, asteroids, impact craters, surfaces, atmospheres, atmospheric dynamics, interiors, magnetospheres, rings, comets, formation of the solar system.
B. P. Weiss
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