Extraterrestrial and Lunar Geology
Extraterrestrial geology refers to the nature of the environments on and around planets and other planetary objects. One example of extraterrestrial geology would be the characteristics of the environment on and around the moon; this is known as lunar geology. Lunar geology is unique due to the fact that man has actually walked on the surface of … Keep Reading → the moon. This up close investigation as well as the materials that were brought back to earth has enabled lunar geology to advance beyond all other extraterrestrial geology. It was discovered that the earth and moon share many similarities, but the moon is not as volatile or as dense. The most popular theory based on the evidence is that the moon resulted from a large collision earth had with some other body. Part of the earth separated from the impact. That part then orbited around the earth. It is believed that the moon is the separated part that orbits the earth.
