PřF:F3170 General astronomy - Course Information
F3170 General astronomy
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2006
- Extent and Intensity
- 3/1/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Jan Janík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Mikulášek, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jan Janík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Netolický (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Mikulášek, CSc.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Mikulášek, CSc. - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–12:50 F4,03017
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
F3170/02: Wed 11:00–11:50 F4,03017, J. Janík - Prerequisites
- Graduation of first two the terms of physics. Knowledge of operations with matrices.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied Physics (programme PřF, B-AF, specialization Astrophysics)
- Physics (programme PřF, M-FY)
- Physics (programme PřF, N-FY)
- Syllabus
- The subject and aim of astronomy. The meaning of astronomical observations and astronomical instruments. The origin and main stages of the developmnet of astronomy. Egyptian, megalitic, Chinese, Babylonian, Greece and Arabian astronomy. European contemporary astronomy. Systems of coordinates, mutual transformation among them. Kartezian, cylindric, spherical CS, astronomical CS: eqautorial, ecliptical, galactic. Motions of planets and stars on the cellestial sphere. Geocentric and heliocentric systems, their substantiation. The asset of Aristotle, Ptolemaios, Copernicus, Kepler. The Newton gravitational law, laws of motion. The problem of two bodies, generalized Kepler laws. The geometry of the trajectory, the position, the motion of the body on the trajectory. Orbital elements, the motion of satelites of planets, the determination of mass of bodis of the Solar system. The problem of 3 bodies. Lagrange and Roche surfaces, Lagrangian points and their meaning. Gravitational disturbances, spheres of ativity, tides. The Earth, its shape, mass, gravitational field, rotation, Corriolis force. The revolution of the Earth around the Sun, diurnal and annual aberation, parallax. Types of years, seasons. Sun dials, time equatin, zonal time, summer time. Solar and lunar calendars. Lunisolar precession, its causes, consequences. Nutation.
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- 3 hodiny klasických přednášek na hvězdárně + 1 hodina cvičení Předpokladem pro zkoušku je zápočet za aktivní účast na cvičení. V případě zájmu budou i konzultace. Při zkoušce si zkoušený vylosuje dvě otázky a má 60 minut na přípravu, během níž může používat libovolné pomůcky včetně vlastních poznámek a skript. Vlastní zkouška. jež trvá 30 minut, je individuální a poměrně náročná, jejím cílem je zjistit do jaké míry zkoušený učivu porozuměl.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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