HUOM! OPINTOJAKSOJEN TIETOJEN TÄYTTÄMISTÄ KOORDINOIVAT KOULUTUSSUUNNITTELIJAT HANNA-MARI PEURALA JA TIINA HASARI
1. Course title
Aurinkokunnan pienkappaleet
Small Bodies in the Solar System
Small Bodies in the Solar System
2. Course code
PAP311
Aikaisemmat leikkaavat opintojaksot 53856 Aurinkokunnan pienkappaleet I, 5 op
3. Course status: optional
-Which degree programme is responsible for the course?
Master’s Programme in Particle Physics and Astrophysical Sciences
-Which module does the course belong to?
PAP3001 Advanced Studies in Astrophysical Sciences (optional for Study Track in Astrophysical Sciences)
-Is the course available to students from other degree programmes?
Yes
4. Course level (first-, second-, third-cycle/EQF levels 6, 7 and 8)
Master’s level, degree programmes in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine = secondcycle
degree/EQF level 7
Doctoral level = third-cycle (doctoral) degree/EQF level 8
-Does the course belong to basic, intermediate or advanced studies (cf. Government Decree
on University Degrees)?
Advanced studies
5. Recommended time/stage of studies for completion
The recommended time for completion is after completing Solar System Physics and Celestial Mechanics.
6. Term/teaching period when the course will be offered
The course will be offered every odd year (that is, every other year) in the autumn term, in I and II periods.
7. Scope of the course in credits
5 cr
8. Teacher coordinating the course
Mikael Granvik, Eric MacLennan
9. Course learning outcomes
The student knows where and how to find astronomical literature. The student is able to read and understand scientific literature, and can summarise the contents of scientific articles. The student can discuss scientific articles with his/her colleagues. The student understands the major research topics and their interconnections in small-body research and can provide an in-depth summary of the current status of asteroid research.
10. Course completion methods
The course is primarily offered in the form of contact teaching to enable discussion, but virtual participation is also possible. Successful completion requires attending at least 12 lectures and that learning logs are returned for 13 out of 14 lectures. The final exam is a home exam and/or oral exam.
11. Prerequisites
Solar System Physics (FYS2051), Mechanics (FYS2027), and Celestial Mechanics (FYS2055)
12. Recommended optional studies
Recommended optional studies include Advanced Dynamics in Astronomy (PAP317) and Electromagnetic Scattering I-II (PAP315 and PAP316).
13. Course content
Thereafter, the discussion turns to dynamical, thermal, and collisional evolutionary processes affecting individual asteroids and groups of asteroids.
Towards the end of the course, we consider interrelations between asteroids and other types of bodies in the Solar System including a discussion of asteroid families, relation of asteroids to meteoroid streams, evolution of comets into asteroids, main-belt comets, as well as the origins of the various populations of asteroids.
14. Recommended and required literature
The literature used during the course includes both review articles and peer-reviewed original research reports.
The set reading list includes selected chapters from the books Asteroids III (W. F. Bottke, A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi & R. P. Binzel, eds, The Univ of Arizona Press, 2002), Asteroids IV (P. Michel, F. DeMeo & W. F. Bottke, eds, The Univ of Arizona Press, 2015), and The Solar System Beyond Neptune (M. A. Barucci, H. Boehnhardt, D. P. Cruikshank & A. Morbidelli, eds, The Univ of Arizona Press, 2008) as well as a few review articles from other sources. In addition, up-to-date peer-reviewed research reports are agreed upon on a case-by-case basis.
15. Activities and teaching methods in support of learning
Students read the material and return a learning log prior to attending a lecture. The students prepare slides based on the reading material and present them during the lecture.
16. Assessment practices and criteria, grading scale
To pass with a grade 1/5 requires 43.3% of the maximum exam points, for the highest grade 5/5 the requirement is 86.7% of the maximum exam points. The maximum points from the final exam is 30.
17. Teaching language
English