Prerequisites: MATH 007B or MATH 009B or MATH 09HB; PHYS 040B or PHYS 002B; PHYS 117 or GEO 111; Restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor
Description: Covers the rapid expansion of the subject of exoplanets, the discoveries of which now number in the thousands and include planets smaller than Earth. Topics include solar system formation, the history of exoplanetary science, orbital mechanics, detection methods, orbital ephemerides, host stars, and future exoplanet space missions.