Period: first semester

Course Units Contents: 

- Physical parameters of the terrestrial planets
- Impact cratering: process and products.
- Crate Chronology
- Venus: topography, tectonism and volcanism, evolution in comparison with the Earth.
- Moon: topography, internal structure, tectonic and cratering features, basin related tectonism, surface deposits and geological units, origin and evolution, water on the Moon
- Mercury: physiographic provinces and geological units, internal structure, tectonic and volcanic features, cratering, surface composition and volatiles, origin and evolution.
- Mars: topography, internal structure, tectonism and volcanism, water and water related morphologies, surface evolution.
- Classification of the meteorites
- Geology, structure and composition of comets and asteroids
- Geology of the medicean satellites
- Planetary space mission and related payloads
- In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods: 40 h lectures and 10 h practical exercises. The frontal lectures will be dedicated to the geology of planetary and minor bodies and to the exploration techniques of planetary surface (orbital and in situ). The practical exercises will be devoted to the geological interpretation and mapping of the planetary surfaces (Inner Solar System) and the crater density age determination.

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