Title:
Planetary Orbits
Speaker:
Professor Bailyn
Subject:
astronomy
Area:
Astronomy
Type of school:
university
School name:
yale university
Country:
United States
Course language:
English
Course media:
Video
Course duration:
Contributor:
pbp
Comments:
ASTR 160: Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics (Spring, 2007)Lecture 2 - Planetary Orbits
Overview:
Exoplanets are introduced and students learn how astronomers detect their presence as well as the challenges associated with it. Physics equations are explained as well as their importance in the context of the course. A number of problems are worked out to get students used to dealing with large numbers in calculating planetary masses, interplanetary distances, etc.