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      1. week: Solar system, planets & space environment Folder
      Not available unless:
      • It is before end of 30 December 2021
      • Your Email address ends with @aalto.fi

      Teaching method: Live zoom lecture
      Teacher: Esa Kallio
      Lecture slides: (Monday) 1_IntroductiontoSpace-SpacePlasmaPhysics_Kallio_20210920.pdf
                               (Tuesday) Introduction_to_Space-1_Lecture_Practise_Kallio_20210921.pdf
      Contents:
      • Solar system structure and bodies, such as planets.
      • Space as an environment for satellites.


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      2. week: Plasma 1, Observations Folder
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      Teaching method: Live zoom lecture
      Teacher: Esa Kallio
      Lecture slides:  (Monday) 2-IntroductiontoSpace-SpacePlasmaPhysics_Kallio_20210927.pdf
                                (Tuesday) Introduction_to_Space-2_Lecture_Practice_Kallio_20210928.pdf
      Extra material: Suomi 100 satellite's measurements, sonified (Suomi100_Media1.wav)
      Contents:
      • Space plasma missions and instruments.


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      3. week: Plasma 2, Modelling Folder
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      • It is before end of 30 December 2021
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      Teaching method: Live zoom lecture
      Teacher: Esa Kallio
      Lecture slides: (Monday) 3-IntroductiontoSpace-SpacePlasmaPhysics_Kallio_20211004.pdf
                               (Tuesday) Introduction_to_Space-3_Lecture_Practice_Kallio_20211005.pdf
      Contents:
      • Interpretation of observations by models and simulations.


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      4. week: Coordinate systems and time Folder
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      • It is before end of 31 May 2022

      Teaching method: Preliminary work and a zoom lecture.

      Teacher: Merja Tornikoski

      There is preliminary work assigned to this material, please see the section "Preliminary work and assignments".

      Slide set 1 was self-study material, Slide sets 2 and 3 were covered in the lecture. 

      The fourth slide set includes material shown in the practise session, including solutions to the group exercises.

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      5. week: Celestial mechanics slides and lecture recording Folder
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      Teaching method: Zoom lecture and workshop

      Teacher: Jaan Praks

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      6. Week. Space Tech History, slides and video + workshop video Folder
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      Teaching method: Zoom lecture and workshop

      Teacher: Jaan Praks

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      7. & 8. weeks: Emission mechanisms (self study) Folder
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      9. week: Galactic astronomy 1 Folder
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      Teaching method: Zoom lecture and Zoom practice session

      Teacher: Anne Lähteenmäki, Irene Björklund

      For further details on magnitudes, see the book "Fundamental Astronomy" by Karttunen et al., especially Chapter 4 on Photometric concepts and magnitudes. It's a good text book for all astronomy topics in general!


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      10. week: Galactic astronomy 2 Folder
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      Teaching method: Zoom lecture and Zoom practice session

      Teacher: Anne Lähteenmäki, Irene Björklund


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      7.12. Lecture "Extragalactic astronomy". Folder
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      Teaching method: Zoom lecture

      Teacher: Merja Tornikoski