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PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 1
Instructor: Shane Byrne – [email protected] – 626-0407
Lectures are Tuesday and Thursday 2pm – 3.15pm, all in this room.
‘Office hours’ after lectures on Tue./Thur.
Class website will contain everything! http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~shane/PTYS_554/ Lectures, homework etc…
Welcome to PTYS 554Evolution of Planetary Surfaces
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No final or mid-term exams.
~5 homework assignments Will use real-world spacecraft data and/or models
1 course project Early discussion of project topics is recommended Mid-term LPSC-style abstract Final writeup and oral presentation
Fieldtrip (3 days), involves camping Oct. 4-6th (Flagstaff area)
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Scope? Mostly based on
processes
Historical story at the beginning and end
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No Required Text, but the following are useful!
Melosh, 2011 Anderson and Anderson 2011
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Fieldtrip 10/4 – 10/6
Flagstaff area
Need drivers! Training is on September 17th
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PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 7
Dramaticus Personae
Impact cratering
VolcanoesTectonics
Eolian
FluvialGlacial
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On location…
Mars
Titan Enceladus
Mercury
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Planetary surfaces (area) are dominated by the terrestrial planets + Galilean Satellites + Titan
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The Story
4.5Billionyears
We’ve seen ~400 years worth of this story 1st hand One ten millionth of solar system history
Equivalent to watching 1 milli-second of a three hour movie Which we use to figure out the plot, the actors, and what plays
out at each location…