Introduction to the Space Environment
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
The environment through which space probes and vehicles travel and orbit. Survey of physical phenomena in the sun, solar wind, magnetospheres, ionospheres, and upper atmospheres of objects in the solar system. Introduction to the physical processes governing space plasmas, solar-terrestrial interactions, and ionized and neutral media surrounding the Earth and other solar system bodies. Prerequisite: AA 244A.
AA 251
Units: 3
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Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Letter (ABCD/NP)
Class Level
Graduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None