Course code

MLF6036.LT

old course code

MLF6036

Course title in Estonian

Astronoomia

Course title in English

Astronomy

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2026/2027 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To provide basic knowledge of classical astronomy and problems of modern cosmology in connection with the birth and evolution of the Universe.

Brief description of the course

Modern worldview. Scales of the universe. History of astronomy. Astronomical instruments and space missions. Movement of planets, stars, the Moon and the Sun in the starry sky. Celestial coordinates. Time in astronomy. Movement of planets and satellites. Kepler's laws. Solar and lunar eclipses. Tides and accompanying physical phenomena. General properties and general structure of the solar system. Geology and atmospheres of terrestrial planets. Giant planets and their moons and rings. Small bodies of the solar system. Evolution of the solar system. Exoplanets. There are tasks to solve on various topics.

Participation in a field internship: observation of stars and the Sun.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has basic knowledge of astronomy;
- can search for and analyze information on the topic of contemporary astronomy and astrophysics and distinguish contemporary views in this field from historical ones;
- can solve problems on basic astronomy topics and assess the accuracy of the results.

Teacher

Dotsent Katrin Laas, PhD

The course is a prerequisite

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