Professor Manuel Grande

Postal Address

Head of Solar System Physics
Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
University of Wales Aberystwyth
Ceredigion SY23 3BZ
Wales UK

Telephone UK: (0)1970-622624
Fax UK: (0)1970-622826
Email: m.grande@aber.ac.uk
Room Number 306

Personal Profile

Head of Solar Systems Physics in Aberystwyth
Visiting Research Professor: Plantetary and Space Sciences Research Institue, Open University
Honarary Professor, Astrophysics Group, University of Warwick

Research interests

  • Lunar and Martian exploration
  • Planetary Magnetospheres
  • Geomagnetic Storms and Substorms
  • Principal Investigator of C1XS on Chandrayaan-1 and D-CIXS on SMART-1
  • Co-PI of the SIXS solar monitor on the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter
  • Co-I on Cassini, Huygens, Rosetta, Mars Express, Venus Express, Selene, BepiColombo, Cluster, Polar and others


Recent Lectures


Aberystwyth in Space - The Moon


Physical Optics 2008 1
Physical Optics 2008 2
Physical Optics 2008 3
Physical Optics 2008 4
Physical Optics 2008 5
Physical Optics 2008 6
Physical Optics 2008 7
Physical Optics Assesed Problems 2008

Magnetospheres 1
Magnetospheres 2
Magnetospheres 3

Astronomy 1 Introduction
Astronomy 2 Framework
Planets 1 - Terrestrial Planets and Moons
Planets 2 - Terrestrial Planets - Atmospheres
Planets 2 - Terrestrial Planets - Atmospheres- Venus Comet movie
Planets 3- Magnetospheres and Gas Giants
Planets 4 - Outer Solar System
Planets 5 - Solar System Formation
Planets 6 - Exoplanets
Planets 7 - Exobiology

Visualisation 1
Visualisation problems1
Visualisation 2
Visualisation problems2
Visualisation 3
Visualisation problems3


Material for Visualisation Problems:
Cloud Movie 1
Cloud Movie 2
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Publications

Refereed Publications Click Here