Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Earth and Planetary Systems Science Program
Lecture Code WSC02000 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 太陽系進化論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
タイヨウケイシンカロン
Subject Name in
English
Evolution of the Solar System
Instructor MIYAHARA MASAAKI,YABUTA HIKARU,KOIKE MIZUHO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ミヤハラ マサアキ,ヤブタ ヒカル,コイケ ミズホ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Weds1-4:SCI B305
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive), Online (on-demand)
Text, ppt 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 04 : Earth and Planetary Science
Eligible Students
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Program
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Criterion referenced
Evaluation
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline
 The goal of this course is to understand the internal structure of each body in the solar system (Earth, Mars, Moon, asteroids, etc.), the chemical and astronomical properties of the rocks, minerals, and organic materials that compose them, and their formation processes and evolutionary history. Students will also learn about the current state of research on extraterrestrial materials using state-of-the-art analytical techniques such as atomic-resolution electron microscopy and nanodomain mass spectrometry, and discuss the latest scenarios of solar system evolution presented by these research results. In addition, the history and latest results of the recent rapid development in the exploration of small celestial bodies by spacecraft will be presented in order to develop the ability to comprehensively understand the properties and evolutionary history of celestial bodies from the viewpoints of both materials science research and astronomical observations. 
Class Schedule lesson1: Guidance
lesson2: Meteorite classification 1
lesson3: Meteorite classification 2
lesson4: Aqueous and shock metamorphism in a meteorite
lesson5: Impact phenomenon based on shock metamorphic texture
lesson6: Summary of meteoritics
lesson7: Significance of primitive small bodies in origins of life: Exogenous delivery and impact prebiotic chemistry
lesson8: Straight interpretation of chemical history in the early Solar System: organic molecules in different groups of meteorites, comets, and interplanetary dust particles
lesson9: Prospects for future analyses of the returned asteroid samples in light of the observation results from C-type asteroids Ryugu and Bennu
lesson10: Summary of astrobiology
lesson11: Impact and evolution history of the planetary system 1
lesson12: Impact and evolution history of the planetary system 2
lesson13: Mars environment and its long term transition
lesson14: Discussion
lesson15: Summary
 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Textbook, review, and paper 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Handouts, Microsoft Teams
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Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
You should read the textbook, review, and paper carefully. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Your presentations and reports. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
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