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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Planetary science

lithosphere

Astronomy; Planetary science

Layer in a planetary body consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG)

Astronomy; Planetary science

A synthetic crystalline compound used as the active medium for certain solid-state lasers.

meteor

Astronomy; Planetary science

The visible light in the sky produced when a meteoroid passes through Earth's atmosphere (can also refer to the glowing meteoroid itself).

asteroid

Astronomy; Planetary science

A small, mostly rocky body orbiting the Sun. Asteroids range in size from 1000 kilometers in diameter to tiny objects you could hold in your hand. Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and ...

Scientist who studies Earth, its structure, its materials, the physical and chemical processes and changes that occur on the surface and in the interior, and the history of the planet and its life ...

presolar grain

Astronomy; Planetary science

Preserved in primitive meteorites, presolar grains are stardust that formed in stellar outflows or ejecta in the molecular cloud, out of which our Solar System formed.

meteoroid

Astronomy; Planetary science

A 10 µm to 1-meter-size natural solid object moving in interplanetary space. Meteoroids may be primary objects or derived by the fragmentation of larger celestial bodies, not limited to asteroids. ...