PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 1 l Instructor: Shane Byrne – – l Lectures are Tuesday and Thursday 2pm – 3.15pm, all in this room. l ‘Office hours’ after lectures on Tue./Thur. l Class website will contain everything! n n Lectures, homework etc… Welcome to PTYS 554 Evolution of Planetary Surfaces

PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 2 l No final or mid-term exams. l ~5 homework assignments n Will use real-world spacecraft data and/or models l 1 course project n Early discussion of project topics is recommended n Mid-term LPSC-style abstract n Final writeup and oral presentation l Fieldtrip (3 days), involves camping n Oct. 4-6 th (Flagstaff area)

PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 3 l Scope? n Mostly based on processes n Historical story at the beginning and end

PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 4 l No Required Text, but the following are useful! Melosh, 2011 Anderson and Anderson 2011

PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 5 l Fieldtrip 10/4 – 10/6 l Flagstaff area l Need drivers! n Training is on September 17th

PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 6

7 Dramaticus Personae Impact cratering Volcanoes Tectonics Eolian Fluvial Glacial

PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 8 On location… Mars Titan Enceladus Mercury

PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 9 l Planetary surfaces (area) are dominated by the terrestrial planets n + Galilean Satellites n + Titan

PYTS 554 – Course Introduction 10 The Story 4.5 Billion years l We’ve seen ~400 years worth of this story 1 st hand n One ten millionth of solar system history l Equivalent to watching 1 milli-second of a three hour movie n Which we use to figure out the plot, the actors, and what plays out at each location…