TA Notes | Ruizhi Zhanhttps://ruizhizhan.github.io/tags/ta-notes/TA NotesHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-usFri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://ruizhizhan.github.io/media/icon_hu_982c5d63a71b2961.pngTA Noteshttps://ruizhizhan.github.io/tags/ta-notes/(TA notes) Fundamental Planetary Sciencehttps://ruizhizhan.github.io/courses/ps/Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://ruizhizhan.github.io/courses/ps/<p>Here are the class notes I prepared while serving as a Teaching Assistant for <strong>Fundamental Planetary Science</strong> during the Fall 2023 semester.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Instructor:</strong> Prof. Jun Yang</li> <li><strong>Teaching Assistants:</strong> Ruizhi Zhan, Xinyi Song</li> </ul> <p>The document provides a comprehensive mathematical derivation of Kepler&rsquo;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.</p> <embed src="orbital_dynamics.pdf" width="100%" height="800px" type="application/pdf"> <p><em>(The preview above displays the notes. Please click the <strong>PDF</strong> button at the top of the page to read or download the file.)</em></p>