Astr 1050 Fri., Dec 5, 2003
Refining the Big Bang
Implications of Slowing
Expansion Rate
Is the expansion rate
slowing?
Measuring deceleration
using supernovae
“Cosmological constant”
Tests using
the Origin of Structure
Acoustic Peaks in
Background
Cosmology
as a testing ground for physics
Chapter 15: Cosmology
Chapter 16: Origin of the
Solar System
Patterns in Motion
Spacing of Planets
Solar Nebula Model
Extra-Solar Planets
Characteristics of
“Planets”
Slide 17
Patterns in Composition
Equilibrium Condensation
Model
Growth of the
Planetisimals
Evidence of Assembly
Process? Craters
Craters evident on almost
all small “planets”
Clearing of the Nebula
Patterns and Predictions
Chapter 17: Terrestrial
Planets
“Comparative Planetology”
Four Stages of Planetary
Development
Earth’s Atmosphere: Greenhouse
Effect
The Moon and Mercury
Patterns in Geologic
Activity
What is a crater?
Formation of an impact
crater
Examples of craters on
the moon
Effects of late impacts
Moon: Giant Impact
Hypothesis
Venus