Unit PLANETOLOGY
- Course
- Geology for energy resources
- Study-unit Code
- A005683
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- 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 explores the geology of Solar System bodies through comparative analysis of data obtained from planetary missions, focusing on the internal and surface processes that shape planets and moons. It provides in-depth coverage of the geological features of Mercury, Venus, Mars, the Moon, the gas giants, and selected minor bodies, integrating orbital observations, in situ data, and experimental results.
- Reference texts
- Materials provided by the instructor available on Unistudium
- Educational objectives
- The course provides the tools to understand the geological processes that shape planetary bodies, with particular emphasis on the interpretation of data from space missions and on the comparative geological approach between Earth and other planets and satellites in the Solar System. Students will develop skills in critically reading scientific literature and in analyzing planetary geological data.
- Prerequisites
- Introduction to Planetology or equivalent background knowledge
- Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination
- Extended program
- - Introduction to comparative planetary geology - Data analysis techniques from space missions - Mercury and the geology of terrestrial planets - Venus: tectonics and volcanism - Mars: water and the search for life - Lunar geology - Jupiter and its satellites - Minor bodies - Life in the Solar System - Exoplanets