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L02 + L03 + L06: fold in physics-review fixes
Three corrections from the L01-L06 adversarial physics review: 1. CRITICAL: L06 fig_psat_curves H2SO4 latent heat 720 kJ/kg -> 540 kJ/kg. The lecture's own worked-example table in atmospheres_2.md gives L_v/R_v = 6400 K for H2SO4, which implies L_v = 540 kJ/kg with R_v = 84.8 J/kg/K. The previous 720 kJ/kg gave a 33% steeper slope on the H2SO4 psat curve than the in-lecture table predicts; students recomputing the curve would have got a different answer than the rendered figure. 2. L02 fig_roche_geometry docstring Stated 'the crossing defines the fluid Roche limit at 2.17 R_p' - actually the curve crossing is the *rigid* Roche limit at 1.11 R_p (d = R_p (2 rho_p / rho_s)^(1/3)). The fluid Roche limit at 2.17 R_p is correctly drawn as a separate dotted vertical line. Plot was right; only the docstring was wrong. 3. L03 short_lived_radionuclides.json: 26Al DOI corrected The sidecar pointed to 10.1016/0016-7037(94)90419-7 (wrong paper); now matches book/references.bib at 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00405-X (Lugmair & Galer 2003). H2SO4 curve regenerated; geomagnetic-polarity AVIF unchanged but restaged due to seed-deterministic PNG bit-tweak.
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scripts/figures/L02_formation_orbits/fig_roche_geometry.py

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line). Annotates the fluid Roche-limit formula.
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(b) Tidal acceleration across a 200 km icy body and the body's
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surface self-gravity, plotted against orbital distance from
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Saturn (in units of R_p). The crossing defines the fluid Roche
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limit at d_R ≈ 2.17 R_p for ρ_s = 1000 kg/m^3.
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Saturn (in units of R_p). The curve crossing defines the
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*rigid* Roche limit at d_R ≈ 1.11 R_p for ρ_s = 1000 kg/m^3
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(i.e. d = R_p (2 ρ_p / ρ_s)^(1/3)). The *fluid* Roche limit at
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d_R ≈ 2.17 R_p (using the 2.46 prefactor) is drawn as a
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separate dotted vertical line; tidal stretching of a fluid body
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becomes catastrophic well before the rigid-body crossover.
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Saturn primary used as a concrete example so the figure is consistent
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with the body text. All values derived from public physical

scripts/figures/L03_heat_energy/data/short_lived_radionuclides.json

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"value_Myr": 0.717,
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"uncertainty_Myr": 0.024,
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"reference": "Lugmair & Galer (2003)",
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"doi": "10.1016/0016-7037(94)90419-7"
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"doi": "10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00405-X"
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},
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"60Fe": {
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"value_Myr": 2.62,

scripts/figures/L06_atmospheres_2/fig_psat_curves.py

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Reference values (literature):
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- H2O: L_vap = 2.50e6 J/kg, T_ref = 373.15 K, P_ref = 101325 Pa
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(boiling point at 1 atm)
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- H2SO4: L_vap = 7.2e5 J/kg, T_ref = 610 K, P_ref = 101325 Pa
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(boiling point at 1 atm; Pruppacher & Klett 1997)
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- H2SO4: L_vap = 5.40e5 J/kg, T_ref = 610 K, P_ref = 101325 Pa
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(boiling point at 1 atm; matches the worked-example table in
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book/06_atmospheres_2/atmospheres_2.md, which gives
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L_v / R_v = 6400 K for H2SO4)
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- NH3: L_vap = 1.371e6 J/kg, T_ref = 239.7 K, P_ref = 101325 Pa
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- CH4: L_vap = 5.10e5 J/kg, T_ref = 111.7 K, P_ref = 101325 Pa
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- CO2: L_sub = 5.71e5 J/kg, T_ref = 194.7 K, P_ref = 101325 Pa
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# (label, M [kg/mol], L [J/kg], T_ref [K], P_ref [Pa], color, condensation_T_band [K, K])
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SPECIES = [
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(r"H$_2$O", 18.015e-3, 2.50e6, 373.15, 101325.0, "#1f77b4", (250, 320)),
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(r"H$_2$SO$_4$", 98.08e-3, 7.2e5, 610.0, 101325.0, "#d62728", (300, 420)),
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(r"H$_2$SO$_4$", 98.08e-3, 5.40e5, 610.0, 101325.0, "#d62728", (300, 420)),
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(r"NH$_3$", 17.031e-3, 1.371e6, 239.7, 101325.0, "#2ca02c", (130, 180)),
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(r"CH$_4$", 16.043e-3, 5.10e5, 111.7, 101325.0, "#ff7f0e", (90, 150)),
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(r"CO$_2$ (subl.)", 44.01e-3, 5.71e5, 194.7, 101325.0, "#9467bd", (110, 180)),

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