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Astrogeology is a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of the celestial bodies such as the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteorites. Alternatively known as planetary geology or exogeology. Image File history File links USGS reprint of NASA photo showing Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Jack Schmitt during EVA on the lunar surface. ...
Image File history File links USGS reprint of NASA photo showing Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Jack Schmitt during EVA on the lunar surface. ...
Schmitts famous photograph of Earth taken from Apollo 17 as he travelled to the Moon Harrison Jack Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is a geologist, astronaut, and senator. ...
Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program, and was the sixth and last mission to date to land on the Moon. ...
Planetary science, also known as planetology or planetary astronomy, is the science of planets and the solar system, and incorporates an interdisciplinary approach drawing from diverse sciences. ...
Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason)) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shape it. ...
A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planētēs which means wanderer or more forcefully vagrant, tramp) is an object in orbit around a star that is not a star in its own right. ...
Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ...
An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ...
Comet Hale-Bopp, showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997) A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the sun and (at least occasionally) exhibits a coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail -- both due primarily to the effects of solar radiation...
Bacubirito in Culiacan, Mexico is the second largest meteorite in the Americas, and fifth largest in the world A meteorite is a small extraterrestrial body that reaches the Earths surface. ...
Eugene Shoemaker is credited with inventing the branch of Astrogeology within the U.S. Geological Survey. He made important contributions to the field and the study of impact craters, lunar science, asteroids, and comets. Eugene Shoemaker at a stereoscopic microscope used for asteroid discovery Eugene Merle Shoemaker (or Gene Shoemaker) (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science and is best known for co-discovering the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn Shoemaker...
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ...
The Visitor Center at Barringer Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona includes a Museum of Astrogeology. The Barringer Crater, also known as the Meteor Crater, is a famous impact crater created by a meteorite, located about 55 kilometers east of Flagstaff in the northern Arizona desert (USA). ...
Winslow (Navajo Béésh Sinil or Béésinil) is a city located in Navajo County, Arizona. ...
State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 km² (6th) - Land 294,312 km² - Water 942 km² (0. ...
Of all the planets in the Solar System, the geology of Mercury is the least understood. ...
A global view of Venus made from a mosaic of radar images from the Magellan spacecraft, centered at 90 degrees longitude. ...
Exploring Shorty crater during the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon. ...
Mars, with polar ice caps visible. ...
Considering no crafts have ever landed on Pluto, not much is known about its geology. ...
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