Planetary science

Planetary science

The scientific study of planets including Earth, moons, and planetary systems of the Solar System in particular and the processes that form them.

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magnetofossils

Astronomy; Planetary science

Small grains of magnetite occurring in sedimentary rocks and thought to have been produced by bacteria. (Some bacteria, called magnetobacteria, make magnetite, presumably as an aid to determining ...

The acquisition of information on some property of a target object or material without being in physical contact with it. In the broadest terms, this is done by using instruments or scanners to sense ...

electron microprobe

Astronomy; Planetary science

An instrument that analyzes the chemistry of very small spots by bombarding the sample with electrons and measuring the X-rays produced.

earthquake

Astronomy; Planetary science

Sudden motion or trembling of Earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated elastic energy in rocks.

planetesimals

Astronomy; Planetary science

Bodies ranging in size from meters up to hundreds of kilometers in diameter that formed during the process that formed the planets by accretion. Most planetesimals accreted to form the planets.