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GSCI 7014T The Solar System
(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as GSCI 604.14.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)
45 hours asynchronous online instruction; 3 credits
Solar System: components, origins and evolution. Current space missions, profiles of space scientists, experimental techniques applicable to the investigation of celestial bodies. The Sun, nuclear fusion, energy, gravity and electromagnetism, conditions and processes that shaped the early Universe. Examination of the rocky and gaseous bodies that orbit the Sun. Terrestrial and extra-terrestrial atmospheres and magnetospheres. Classification of planets, comets, asteroids and other objects in space. Search for extra-solar star systems and life. Offered in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History Seminars on Science. Asynchronous online. (Not open to students who have taken Geology 7012T [612].)
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