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Planetary cosmogony  

Description

Historical models of the formation of the Solar System. Nucleogenesis of chemical elements and their cosmic abundances. Gravitational collapse and the Jeans criterion. Solar System formation, standard model, chemical condensation equilibrium theory of dust formation. Turbulence in protoplanetary disks, collisional growth of planetesimals. Protoplanetary disk structure. Massive disk model - gaseous planets, planet migration. Chronology of the formation of Solar System bodies. Other planetary systems, circumstellar dust disks, the cycle of matter in interstellar clouds. Outcome: The graduate of the course will gain theoretical knowledge of models of the origin and development of planetary systems and will have an overview in the most recent publications in the field of planetary science.

Delivery mode

Presential
English

Name

Planetary cosmogony
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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