Lecture 18 outline and notes

Finish astrobiology!

0) Review: The greenhouse effect and climate change

1) Habitability

2) Comparative planetology: bulk compositions

3) Comparative planetology: volcanos, plate tectonics, magnetic fields, craters

4) Comparative planetology: atmospheres

5) Comparative planetology: Titan's methane cycle

Case studies: Europa

6) Welcome to Europa

7) Europa: Basic parameters

8) Europa: History

9) Europa: What do we know?

10) Europa: How thick is the water ice layer? Liquid or solid?

11) Europa: Astrobiology

12) The once and future Europa orbiter


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