12.425 | Fall 2007 | Undergraduate

Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques

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1 Exoplanet overview

2 Transiting planets I

3 Transiting planets II

4 Radial velocities I Assignment 1 due
5 Radial velocities II

6 Radial velocities and transiting planets III Assignment 2 due
7 Planet interiors I

8 Planet interiors II

9 Planet interiors III

10 Planet temperatures Assignment 3 due
11 Planet albedos

12 Direct imaging Assignment 4 due
13 Atmospheres I

14 Atmospheres II

15 Atmospheres III Assignment 5 due
16 Astrometry and gravitational lensing

17 Habitable planets I

18 Habitable planets II Assignment 6 due

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