Building Earth-like Planets: From Nebular Gas to Ocean Worlds

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS / ASSIGNMENTS	NOTES
1	Introduction
2	Dust clouds, star formation	Discuss chambers (2004)
3	What is a good question?	Material given in class
4	Stars and disks
5	Dust accretion	Discuss Dominik, et al. (2007)
6	Accretion signatures, T-Tauri disks, lifetimes, compositions	Safronov (1969) introduction
7	Orderly and runaway growth	Discuss Lodders (2003)
8	Integrated model of the planetary disk
9	Efforts to model accretion	Raymond, et al. (2006)
10	Differentiation I	Discuss Hillgren, et al. (1994)
11	Differentiation II	Discuss Jacobsen (2003)	Practice questions due
12	Planetesimals	Discuss Hevey and Sanders
13	Planetesimals: compositions and distributions	Discuss Scott (2007)
14	Effects of the star	Discuss Ribas, et al. (2005)
15	Moons	Discuss Canup (2004)
16			Cancelled
17	Melting from the outside and the inside
18	Magma ocean processes	Discuss Elkins-Tanton (2008)
19	Exoplanet systems
20			No class
21	Volatiles	Discuss Jewitt, et al. (2007)
22	Planetary crusts	Presentations
23	Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars — surfaces
24	Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars — interiors	Albarede and Blichert Toft (2007)
25			No class
26	Habitability and biosignatures	Kasting and Catling (2003)	Qs and As due
27	Ocean worlds	Spiegel, et al. (2008)	Review article due
28	Desert worlds