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ASTR-3040: Astrobiology

ASTR-3040: Astrobiology. Syllabus and all that rot Resources Grading Project Expectations Who are we?. Background: Sunset on Mars from Spirit. Why & How Study Astrobiology?. Folk Lore Martian canals UFOs Astronomy Planetary Sciences Geology Atmospheres & Oceans Biology.

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ASTR-3040: Astrobiology

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  1. ASTR-3040: Astrobiology • Syllabus and all that rot • Resources • Grading • Project • Expectations • Who are we? Background: Sunset on Mars from Spirit

  2. Why & How Study Astrobiology? • Folk Lore • Martian canals • UFOs • Astronomy • Planetary Sciences • Geology • Atmospheres & Oceans • Biology

  3. Where do we Look? • Earth - extremophiles • In the Solar System • Planets – sizes, distance from Sun • Mars • Moons – sizes, water & water ice • Jupiter – Europa, Ganymede, Callisto • Saturn – Titan, Enceladus • Neptune - Triton

  4. Exoplanets • > 148 stars; > 335 planets (14 Jan. 2009)‏ • How find them? • Pulsar Timing • Radial Velocity • Astrometry • Gravitational Lensing • Photometry

  5. Where do we Look? • Beyond the Solar System • Distances to stars, travel time • SETI

  6. But First ... • What is Life? • If you're going to find it, you have to know what you're looking for. • Carbon based? (or Silicon)‏ • Liquid water? • Simple or complex • Communicating? • Cyborgs?

  7. Homework -1 • Due Thursday, Jan 20 • Chapter 2: • 1, 3, 16 • 23, 24, 26 • 29, 30, 33 • 44 • 53, 54, 56 • The appendices will be useful

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