Official description

The course may be offered 2025-26

This course investigates the physical processes occurring in planets and moons. Specific topics will vary but will be related to:

- evolution of terrestrial objects (e.g. planets, moons)

-  planetary heat sources & thermal evolution (e.g. convection and its surface manifestations)

- effects of high temperature and pressure in planetary interiors (e.g., phase changes, stress-strain relationships)

- planetary structure and global shape (e.g. gravity, rotation, composition)

- regional effects on topography (e.g., lithospheric elasticity)

Research articles and a focus on numerical modelling studies will be used to illustrate recent advances in the field.