(TA notes) Fundamental Planetary Science

Sep 1, 2023 · 1 min read

Here are the class notes I prepared while serving as a Teaching Assistant for Fundamental Planetary Science during the Fall 2023 semester.

  • Instructor: Prof. Jun Yang
  • Teaching Assistants: Ruizhi Zhan, Xinyi Song

The document provides a comprehensive mathematical derivation of Kepler’s laws and orbital dynamics from Newtonian mechanics, utilizing polar coordinates and the reduced two-body problem. More content will be added systematically over time.

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TA Notes Planetary Science
Ruizhi Zhan
Authors
Ruizhi Zhan (she/her)
PhD Student