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The objective of this course is to introduce general
principles of planet formation, dynamics of the solar
system and recent scientific progress in extra-solar
planet search. The course material will be covered in
three modules: 1) Formation of planetary systems:
general properties of a planetary system, protoplenetary
disks, formation of the central star, formation
and growth of planetesimals, evolution of planetary systems.
2) The solar system: general and dynamical properties
of our solar system, fundamental characteristics of the
major members; the Sun, eight planets and dwarf planets.
3) Extrasolar planets: a short history of their discovery,
detection techniques and observational biases,
their physical properties, their implications and
future prospects, formation of life forms on a
distant planet.
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