Planetary geology
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[[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]]
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