Course code

MLR6008.LT

old course code

MLR6008

Course title in Estonian

Astronoomia

Course title in English

Astronomy

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

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

lecturer of 2024/2025 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

Celestial coordinates. Calendar and chronology. Movement of the planets and satellites. The Kepler laws. Physical parameters of the Sun, planets and moons. Solar and lunar eclipses. Tides and ebbs. Evolution of stars. Structure of galaxies. Position of the Solar system in the Meta-galaxy. Cosmological hypotheses, Big Bang.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Loengud, seminarid, kodutööd.

Teacher

dots Ain Ainsaar, assist Erkki Soika

Prerequisite course 1

Mechanics (MLR6003.LT)

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Physics (with Minor Field of Study) (MLFB/08.LT)