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The instructor’s research explores the integration of computational modeling and astrophysics to understanding the interactions between asteroids and exoplanets. He has taught an introductory astrophysics courses at the Harvard Summer School for the last 5 years.
The instructor’s research explores the integration of computational modeling and astrophysics to understanding the interactions between asteroids and exoplanets. He has taught an introductory astrophysics courses at the Harvard Summer School for the last 5 years.
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AlgoEd offers scholarships for this course to ensure educational access for students.
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1-3 hours of homework each week.
Computing features prominently in science today, and running numerical simulations of complex systems is a critical part of modern science, including chemistry, meteorology and astronomy. In this course, we will explore the basic physics of orbits. Starting with high-school physics, we will explore the use of vectors and show how they help us solve physical problems and how problems in physics can be converted to coding problems. We will then write code in the popular programming language Python to test our approaches.Students will have the opportunity to gain a basic understanding of scientific computing and explore the basics of the orbital mechanics that shapes our solar system .
After this course, students who are interested in this area can pursue Mentored Advanced Research (MAP) on topics such as:
1. Improving orbital simulations for greater accuracy and speed.
2. N-body simulations (these are simulations of many bodies each influencing each other!)
3. Simulating temperatures and conditions on planets with complex orbits.
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