Part of Comet: Components and history of IPM research, spatial distribution of IPM components, orbits, observation methods; Comets and Centauri: classification, observations, discoveries, physical properties, construction and evolution of comets, processes of approach to the Sun, models, active areas, dust, photometry, changes in brightness and aging of comets, decays, non-gravitational effects, Oort cloud, Kuiper belt, missions to comets.
Part of Asteroids: Orbits, main belt and bodies on special orbits, resonances, families, orbital evolution, non-gravitational perturbation, Yarkovsky phenomenon, YORP effect, collisions, impacts, tidal decays, rotation of asteroids - spin barrier, binary asteroids, asteroid composition, asteroid research - astrometry, photometry, spectroscopy, polarimetry, radar, eclipses. NEOs, collisions with the Earth and the risk of impact, survey projects, discoveries, missions to asteroids, the latest findings.
Part Transneptunian bodies: Kuiper belt, discoveries, classification, resonant groups, scattered disk and distant bodies, physical characteristics, spectra, sizes, Pluto, missions.
Outcome:
The student will gain basic knowledge in the field of asteroids, comets and transneptunian bodies and an overview of current research.
