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ASTR3800 Astrobiology
ASTR3800: Astrobiology
Preamble
Who are these notes for?
Introduction to Python
Introduction to Markdown
Homework Assignments
Basic Planetary Science
1. Overview of the Solar System
2. Physics and Astrophysics
3. Planetary Heating and Atmospheres
Origins of Life
4. Life and its Requirements
5. Origins of Life
6. Early Earth
Life on Habitable Worlds
7. Hadean Earth & Archean Climate
8. Gaia & Oxygen
9. Life on Mars
10. Icy Worlds
Appendix
Student Participation (Fall 2022)
Extra Topics
Binder
Colab
Live Code
repository
open issue
.ipynb
.pdf
Contents
10.1. Europa
10.1.1. Jupiter and its Satellites
10.1.2. Tidal Evolution, Resonances, and Heating
10.1.3. Europa’s Space Environment
10.1.4. Surface Composition
10.1.5. Interior Models
10.1.6. Geology
10.1.7. Heat Transport and Physics of the Ice Shell
10.1.8. Habitability of Europa
10.1.9. An Origin of Life on Europa?
10.1.10. Europa and Astrobiology
10.2. Titan
10.2.1. Place in the Solar System
10.2.2. Atmosphere
10.2.3. Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Oceans
10.2.4. Exploration: The Huygens Probe
10.2.5. Results from the Cassini-Huygens Mission
10.2.6. Future Astrobiological Exploration
Icy Worlds
Contents
10.1. Europa
10.1.1. Jupiter and its Satellites
10.1.2. Tidal Evolution, Resonances, and Heating
10.1.3. Europa’s Space Environment
10.1.4. Surface Composition
10.1.5. Interior Models
10.1.6. Geology
10.1.7. Heat Transport and Physics of the Ice Shell
10.1.8. Habitability of Europa
10.1.9. An Origin of Life on Europa?
10.1.10. Europa and Astrobiology
10.2. Titan
10.2.1. Place in the Solar System
10.2.2. Atmosphere
10.2.3. Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Oceans
10.2.4. Exploration: The Huygens Probe
10.2.5. Results from the Cassini-Huygens Mission
10.2.6. Future Astrobiological Exploration
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Icy Worlds
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10.1.
Europa
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10.1.1.
Jupiter and its Satellites
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10.1.2.
Tidal Evolution, Resonances, and Heating
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10.1.3.
Europa’s Space Environment
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10.1.4.
Surface Composition
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10.1.5.
Interior Models
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10.1.6.
Geology
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10.1.7.
Heat Transport and Physics of the Ice Shell
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10.1.8.
Habitability of Europa
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10.1.9.
An Origin of Life on Europa?
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10.1.10.
Europa and Astrobiology
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10.2.
Titan
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10.2.1.
Place in the Solar System
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10.2.2.
Atmosphere
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10.2.3.
Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Oceans
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10.2.4.
Exploration: The Huygens Probe
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10.2.5.
Results from the Cassini-Huygens Mission
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10.2.6.
Future Astrobiological Exploration
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