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Planetary Sciences are out of this World!
| AGU's Planetary Sciences Section
encompasses basic
research into the nature of planets and how they work, as
well as the planning and implementation of space missions
for exploration and discovery. Members of the Section are
interested in understanding both the current properties of
the known planets and the
formation and evolution of each planetary body and its
environment from the core through the magnetosphere.
Small bodies, that is, rings, satellites, comets, asteroids
and Kuiper Belt Objects are also within our purview.
The area of Astrobiology
seeks to understand the
conditions and environments that might have been
conducive to the origin and evolution of life, and to the
formation, detection and characterization of extra-solar planets.
Approaches to planetary research
include acquisition and analysis of data accumulated from
spacecraft and telescopes, analytical and experimental
laboratory analyses, and the formulation and testing of
analytical and numerical models of natural systems.
Geophysical and geochemical principles from all sections of AGU
are tested and applied
as new discoveries are made that illuminate complex
planetary processes. |
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| These pages are sponsored by the American Geophysical Union. Last updated July 11, 2008. |
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