Topics for Exam 3


The general topics to be emphasized on Exam 3 include:

Runaway Greenhouse Effect

Reverse Runaway Greenhouse Effect

Magnetic Fields of Terrestrial versus Jovian Planets

What Average Density tells us about Structure/Composition

Location of Planetary Rings (Roche Limit)

Existence of Small Satellites inside the Roche Limit

Nature and Origin of Martian Meteorite

Differentiation in (a) Planets, (b) Moon Systems, and (c) the Solar System

Evidence for Water on Ancient Mars

Mechanisms for Powering the Extra Emission from Jupiter and Saturn

Major Constituents of the Planetary Atmospheres

Densities of the Planets

Mechanisms for Generating Planetary Magnetic Fields

Formation of the Mariner Valley on Mars

Ages of Lunar Maria and Highlands

Origin of Gaps in Saturn's Rings

Radio and Radar Observations of Venus and Mercury

Evolution of Atmospheres of Venus and Mars

Role of Methane on Neptune and Uranus

Formation of Earth's Moon

Differential Rotation

Effects of Helium Rain on Saturn

Properties of Jovian Moons

I will also expect you to be able to do calculations involving:

Determining the Age of a Substance using Radioactive Dating