- Docente: Andrea Cimatti
- Credits: 3
- SSD: FIS/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Mathematics (cod. 8010)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide a general view of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Course contents
- The celestial sphere. Coordinates and the motion of celestial bodies
- Time. The calendar and its evolution
- The size of the Earth
- Tolemaic and Copernican systems
- The lunar parallax
- The stellar parallax
- Kepler's laws and the newtonian gravity
- The solar system
- Extrasolar planets and the search for extraterrestrial life
- Radiative processes
- Telescopes and astronomical observations
Readings/Bibliography
“Essentials of Astronomy” Lloyd Motz & Anneta
Duveen
Columbia University Press
“Fundamental Astronomy” H. Karttunen, P. Kroger, H. Oja, M.
Poutanen, K.J. Donne
r. Springer
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Teaching tools
Powerpoint slides and traditional blackboard.
Office hours
See the website of Andrea Cimatti