Astrogeology

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The Planetary Geology or Planetary Geology is the science of geological structure and the evolution of non-stellar solid celestial bodies ; these are

The term planetology, on the other hand, includes not only astro- or planetary geology, but also aspects of planet -related astronomy that are not tied to a solid crust, e.g. B. in the case of gas planets . The mutual delimitation of the terms planetary geology and planetology is not precisely defined.

Methods of astrogeology are:

literature

  • Claudio Vita-Finzi: Planetary geology - an introduction. Terra, Harpenden 2005, ISBN 1-903544-20-3
  • Kathryn E. Fishbaugh: Geology and habitability of terrestrial planets. Springer, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-74287-8

Web links

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