- Platform
- FutureLearn
- Provider
- The Open University
- Effort
- 3 hours/week
- Length
- 8 weeks
- Language
- English
- Credentials
- Paid Certificate Available
- Course Link
Overview
Discover the amazing diversity of moons in our Solar System
There are lots of moons in our Solar System. The Earth is the only planet with just a single moon. Some are bigger than ours. Many are much smaller. Some moons have ongoing volcanic eruptions. Others have rivers of liquid methane. A small handful may even be home to primitive life.
This online course will allow you to explore the rich diversity of moons in our Solar System. With experts from The Open University, you’ll explore the fundamental processes that have shaped them, and the relationship between our Moon and the Earth.
The course was produced with the kind support of Dangoor Education.
An interest in learning about the moons of our Solar System and the methods used to understand them. Prior knowledge of astronomy is not expected.
What topics will you cover?
Taught by
David Rothery
Discover the amazing diversity of moons in our Solar System
There are lots of moons in our Solar System. The Earth is the only planet with just a single moon. Some are bigger than ours. Many are much smaller. Some moons have ongoing volcanic eruptions. Others have rivers of liquid methane. A small handful may even be home to primitive life.
This online course will allow you to explore the rich diversity of moons in our Solar System. With experts from The Open University, you’ll explore the fundamental processes that have shaped them, and the relationship between our Moon and the Earth.
The course was produced with the kind support of Dangoor Education.
An interest in learning about the moons of our Solar System and the methods used to understand them. Prior knowledge of astronomy is not expected.
What topics will you cover?
- What are moons?
- Moons and what they are made of; craters and cratering
- Volcanism on moons, Europa, small moons
- Our Moon and how it has been explored
- What we have learned from the Moon
- Water on the Moon, and the future of lunar exploration
- Exploring other moons:
- Moons and the future; how many of them host life?
Taught by
David Rothery