ASTR435

Astrophysics of Exoplanets

Prerequisite: ASTR121; and (PHYS273; or (PHYS270 and PHYS271)). Or permission of CMNS-Astronomy department. Credit only granted for: ASTR 498X or ASTR 435. Formerly: ASTR 498X. Introduction to exoplanets. Topics include historical development, advantages, and limitations of detection methods, the statistics of exoplanet characteristics, the bulk properties of known expolanets, and remote sensing for characterization of exoplanets.

Spring 2025

Eliza Kempton

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Thaddeus Komacek

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Past Semesters

Thaddeus Komacek

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Eliza Kempton

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Leo Deming

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.22 between 74 students*

A-: 10.81%

A: 29.73%

A+: 6.76%

B-: 6.76%

B: 12.16%

B+: 10.81%

C-: 2.7%

C: 4.05%

C+: 6.76%

F: 1.35%

W: 2.7%

other: 5.41%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.