Planetary Sciences

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Description: A grand tour of the classical planets, minor planets, moons, asteroids, comets, the Sun and more. The course will cover the physical sciences utilized within the greater field of planetary sciences (e.g. Earth sciences, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and biology) in order to aid students' learning of course material. Within the grand tour, focus will be placed on major scientific results of telescopic and spacecraft missions, as well as laboratory and field measurements.