Syllabus
1) Basic planetary properties: mass, size and shape, internal structure, and gravity field. Data collection, planetary missions. Planet classification.
2) Structure of the solar system. Orbital elements. Kepler's laws. Equations of motion. Perturbations, third-body perturbations, and effect of planetary oblateness.
3) Darwin-Kaula expansion. Tidal loading. Description of tidal response. Rheological models and compliance. Tidal torque and tidal dissipation.
4) Tidal-internal coupling. Spin-orbital interaction. Despinning. Resonances. Forced libration.
5) Planetary structure. An overview of thermodynamic properties. Structure from observations. Properties of ices and silicates.
6) Extrasolar planets: detection, characterization and statistics.
Annotation
The lecture gives basic overview of characteristics and evolution of moons and terrestrial planets inside and outside of the solar system.