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Fix review findings from adversarial review of L5-L8 slides
1. L6 recap: add missing m_u in scale height formula H = kT/(μ m_u g) (was dimensionally wrong without it) 2. L8: fix Mars crust thickness from "25-45 km" to "24-72 km" to match InSight results cited in the lecture notes and the earlier L8 slide 3. L5: fix "Next lecture" subtitle from "Climate, Habitability, & the Runaway Greenhouse" to correct "Clouds, Weather, & Climate" 4. L7: fix recap that incorrectly attributed L5 topics (greenhouse, escape) to L6; now covers both L5 and L6 correctly 5. L6: fix GRS observation claim from "continuously for >350 years" to "first recorded 1664; continuous observations since ~1830" (matching the more precise statement in the lecture notes)
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slides/lecture05/lecture05.tex

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{\color{white}\Large\bfseries Questions?}
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{\color{ipsLightFill}\normalsize Next: \textbf{Lecture~6 --- Atmospheres II: Climate, Habitability, \& the Runaway Greenhouse}}
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{\color{ipsLightFill}\normalsize Next: \textbf{Lecture~6 --- Atmospheres II: Clouds, Weather, \& Climate}}
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{\color{ipsLightFill!70}\small Lecture notes: \texttt{formingworlds.github.io/IntroductionToPlanetaryScience}}
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slides/lecture06/lecture06.tex

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\item Atmospheric types: primary ($\mathrm{H_2/He}$), secondary (outgassed), tertiary (modified)
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\item Hydrostatic equilibrium: $\dd P = -\rho g \, \dd z$
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\item Scale height: $H = \kB T / (\mu g)$
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\item Scale height: $H = \kB T / (\mu\,m_u\,g)$
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\item Radiative equilibrium: $T_{\mathrm{eq}} = T_\odot (R_\odot / 2a)^{1/2} (1 - A)^{1/4}$
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\item Greenhouse effect: surface temperature exceeds equilibrium temperature
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\item Adiabatic lapse rate: $\Gamma_d = g / c_p$
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\item \textbf{Largest storm in the solar system}
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\item Anticyclonic vortex, larger than Earth
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\item Winds: $\sim$120~m\,s$^{-1}$ at periphery
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\item Observed continuously for $>$350~years
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\item First recorded 1664; continuous observations since $\sim$1830
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\item Confined between two opposing zonal jets
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\item Sustained by absorbing smaller vortices + deep $\mathrm{H_2O}$ latent heat
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\item Slowly \textbf{shrinking} over the past century

slides/lecture07/lecture07.tex

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% ── Recap ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
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\begin{frame}{Recap: Lecture 6}
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\begin{frame}{Recap: Lectures 5 \& 6}
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\item Greenhouse effect: $T_s > T_{\mathrm{eq}}$ from IR absorption by $\mathrm{CO_2}$, $\mathrm{H_2O}$
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\item Earth's energy balance: 240~W\,m$^{-2}$ in, 240~W\,m$^{-2}$ out
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\item Carbonate-silicate cycle: long-term thermostat for Earth's climate
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\item Runaway greenhouse on Venus; faint young Sun on early Mars
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\item Atmospheric escape: Jeans escape, hydrodynamic loss, solar wind stripping
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\item Atmospheric structure: hydrostatic equilibrium, scale height, vertical layers
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\item Energy balance and greenhouse effect: $T_s > T_{\mathrm{eff}}$ from IR absorption
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\item Clausius-Clapeyron equation: cloud formation across the solar system
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\item Atmospheric dynamics: Hadley cells, Coriolis effect, jet streams
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\item Carbonate-silicate cycle: Earth's long-term climate thermostat
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\item Faint young Sun paradox; Venus runaway greenhouse; Mars climate puzzle
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\textbf{Today:} What shapes the \textit{surfaces} of planets and moons?

slides/lecture08/lecture08.tex

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\item Detected hundreds of marsquakes with the SEIS instrument
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\item \textbf{Liquid iron-alloy core:} $R_c \sim 1830$~km (Stähler et al.\ 2021)
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\item \textbf{Thick lithosphere:} $\sim$500~km, with transition zone at $\sim$1100~km (Khan et al.\ 2021)
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\item \textbf{Crust:} 25--45~km average thickness
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\item \textbf{Crust:} 24--72~km thick (thin in north, thick in south)
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\item Confirmed that Mars is differentiated but has a proportionally larger, less dense core than expected from simple two-layer models
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