The Planetary Sciences section was established in 1962. The section is served by a President, President-Elect and Secretary each with a 2-year term and elected by the membership. Transfer of office occurs in summer of even numbered years.

Officers for 2008-2010 are: Bruce Jakosky, Univ. Colorado (Pres.), Laurie Leshin, NASA GSFC (Pres.-Elect) and W. Bruce Banerdt, Jet Propulsion Lab (Sect). The AGU maintains websites with a list of >Past Presidents and >Past Secretaries for the section.

As of June 2008 the section has 1863 members with Planetary Science as their primary affiliation, 3764 members with Planetary as a secondary affiliation, and 318 student members. One indicator of section interest and participation is the submission of abstracts to the annual spring and fall meetings. The Spring meeting shows even submissions, while the Fall meeting continues to grow. Spring 2003 was a non-AGU meeting so submission statistics were not obtained.

To Join the Section please visit the AGU Membership page.