Unit INTRODUCTION TO PLANETOLOGY
- Course
- Geosciences for risk and environment management
- Study-unit Code
- A005684
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- Geologia applicata alla salvaguardia e alla pianificazione del territorio
- Teacher
- Carla Tiraboschi
- Teachers
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- Carla Tiraboschi
- Hours
- 48 ore - Carla Tiraboschi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- GEO/07
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- This course offers an introductory overview of Planetary Science, covering the origin and evolution of the Solar System, the classification of planetary bodies, and the major geological processes active on planets and satellites. Students will explore the methods used to investigate extraterrestrial bodies, including spectroscopy, remote sensing, terrestrial analogs, and laboratory experiments. The course also examines the composition of primordial materials (meteorites), planetary internal structure, and igneous processes.
- Reference texts
- Lecture notes and materials provided by the instructor available on Unistudium
- Educational objectives
- The course provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of Planetary Science, including the origin and evolution of the Solar System, the main types of planetary bodies, the composition of extraterrestrial materials, and the key geological processes observable on planets and satellites.
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Petrology and Mineralogy
- Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination
- Extended program
- - Introduction to the Solar System: classification of planetary bodies (terrestrial planets, gas giants, satellites, asteroids, comets) - Origin of Planetary Geology - Investigation methods in Planetary Science: spectroscopy, remote sensing, terrestrial analogs, and laboratory experiments - Origin of the Solar System - Meteorites and primordial materials - Internal structure of planets and planetary differentiation - Igneous activity and volcanism - Surface processes and impact cratering - Minor bodies: asteroids and comets