New frontiers. Part 2 of 2 : modern perspectives on our solar system / taught by Professor Frank Summers.

Title:

ISBN:

9781598034363

Publication Information:

Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2008]

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (66 pages) ; 19 cm.

General Note:

Lectures 13-24 of 24 lectures on 2 discs.

Course no. 1823.

DVD format.

Contents:

Part 2: -- Lecture13: -- Weather on other worlds -- Lecture 14: -- Solar storms and planetary consequences -- Lecture 15: -- A myriad of moons -- Lecture 16: -- Intricate ring systems of the giant planets -- Lecture 17: Comets: the interplanetary nomads -- Lecture 18: -- New outer realms: Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud -- Lecture 19: Pluto and the definition of planet -- Lecture 20: Formation of the Solar System -- Lecture 21: Birthplaces of stars and planets -- Lecture 22: Detecting planets around other stars -- Lecture 23: Extrasolar planetary systems -- Lecture 24: Life in our Solar System and beyond.

Geographic Term:

Solar system -- Study and teaching.

Solar system -- Origin

Subject Term:

Planets -- Study and teaching.

Added Author:

Summers, Frank

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company

Series Title:

Great courses (DVD)

Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.