Planetary geology 1109114 216873053 2008-06-03T16:37:26Z Epbr123 1395162 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/151.199.195.177|151.199.195.177]] ([[User talk:151.199.195.177|talk]]) to last version by Foxunix {{Merge|Geology of solar terrestrial planets|Talk:Planetary geology#Merger proposal|date=August 2007}} [[Image:schmitt moonwalk.jpg|thumb|300px|Planetary [[geologist]] and [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] [[Harrison Schmitt|Harrison "Jack" Schmitt]] collecting [[lunar sample]]s during the [[Apollo 17]] mission]] '''Planetary geology''', alternatively known as '''astrogeology''' or '''exogeology''', is a [[planetary science]] discipline concerned with the [[geology]] of the [[celestial bodies]] such as the [[planet]]s and their [[moon]]s, [[asteroid]]s, [[comet]]s, and [[meteorite]]s. The study of these [[Rock (geology)|rocks]] is similar to [[Earth]]-based geology. [[Eugene Shoemaker]] is credited with creating the Branch of Astrogeology (now called the [[Astrogeology Research Program]]) within the [[U.S. Geological Survey]]. He made important contributions to the field and the study of [[impact crater]]s, [[lunar science]], asteroids, and comets. The Visitor Center at [[Barringer Crater|Barringer Meteor Crater]] near [[Winslow, Arizona|Winslow]], [[Arizona]] includes a Museum of Astrogeology. ==See also== *[[Geology of Mercury]] *[[Geology of Venus]] *[[Geology of the Moon]] *[[Geology of Mars]] *[[Geology of Callisto]] *[[Geology of Europa]] *[[Geology of Ganymede]] *[[Geology of Io]] *[[Geology of Titan]] *[[Geology of Triton]] *[[Pluto#Composition|Geology of Pluto]] ==References== * {{cite book | author=J. F. Bell III, B. A. Campbell, M. S. Robinson | title=Remote Sensing for the Earth Sciences: Manual of Remote Sensing | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | edition = 3rd | year=2004 | url = http://marswatch.tn.cornell.edu/rsm.html | accessdate = 2006-08-23 }} * {{cite web | last = Roberge | first = Aki | date = 1998-04-21 | url = http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/akir/Seminar/internal.html | title = The Planets After Formation | publisher = Department of Terrestrial Magnetism | language = English | accessdate = 2006-08-23 }} == See also == *[[Geological features of the solar system]] *[[Planetary science]] *[[Geological history of Earth]] *[[Impact gardening]] *[[Astrogeology Research Program]] [[Category:Space science]] [[Category:Planetary geology| ]] {{astronomy-stub}} {{geol-stub}} [[ca:Astrogeologia]] [[de:Astrogeologie]] [[et:Planeetide geoloogia]] [[es:Astrogeología]] [[it:Esogeologia]] [[pt:Astrogeologia]] [[fi:Planetaarinen geologia]] [[tr:Astrojeoloji]] [[uk:Астрогеологія]]