With TMA01 out of the way, it's time to look at TMA02. This assignment doesn't have to be submitted until Thursday 15th January, but I like to look at the questions as I proceed through the module and make a few notes. S283 isn't a particularly mathematically heavy module, but the few assessable calculations that come up in the content appear to be saved for the TMA questions. I've finished Question 1 and I'm well into Question 2 already.
Question 1 (17/75 marks)
This question requires the calculation of the temperature of a fictious planet given its dimensions and the total radiated power it gets from its nearest star and asks about the limitations of spectroscopy as a remote sensing technique. There is also a sub-question on the calculation of escape velocity.
Question 2 (20/75 marks)
This question requires the calculation of the pressure at the centre of the gas giants and the composition of their atmospheres.
Question 3 (19/75 marks)
This question requires calculations concerning the orbits of asteroids and their classification.
Question 4 (19/75 marks)
This question relates to the formation of the early Solar System.