Talk:Planetary geology

message: Astrogeology → Planetary Geology
The term "astrogeology" is an outdated term that hasn't been in common use since the Apollo lunar exploration era.  Those of us in the field refer to ourselves as planetary geologists, not astrogeologists, probably because we study planets and not stars.IntrplnetSarah 20:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm no expert, but the USGS calls it 'astrogeology' - are they important in the field?  The Singing Badger 00:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, look at that. No, the USGS is not really very involved in planetary stuff anymore, not since the Apollo days.  Maybe "astrogeology" vs "planetary geology" is like Beta vs VHS, USGS used astrogeology and NASA used planetary geology and when the Moon dust settled, NASA won, but USGS won't let go? Just speculating. IntrplnetSarah 14:07, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

text:  I've never heard anyone use "Interplanetary Geology", but if you want to add a redirect, it probably wouldn't hurt. IntrplnetSarah 18:48, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  My online research suggests that it is still used occasionally as a popular term, which surprised me, but it shows up in media articles and once on a National Parks Service document about NASA training courses. I'll add a redirect for now, to bring people to the proper term. --  Denstat 18:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested Move 

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*Support - Planetary Geology is the academically accepted term. IntrplnetSarah 20:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

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*I'm a planetary geologist and have been for quite some time, and I've never once heard the field referred to as "astrogeology".  Within the planetary science community, we all call it "planetary geology" - probably because we study planets, and not stars, as "astro" implies.  Could we flipflop the page and the redirect? IntrplnetSarah 14:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm no expert, but the USGS calls it 'astrogeology' - are they important in the field?  The Singing Badger 00:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, look at that. No, the USGS is not really very involved in planetary stuff anymore, not since the Apollo days.  Maybe "astrogeology" vs "planetary geology" is like Beta vs VHS, USGS used astrogeology and NASA used planetary geology and when the Moon dust settled, NASA won, but USGS won't let go? Just speculating. IntrplnetSarah 14:07, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

text:  I've never heard anyone use "Interplanetary Geology", but if you want to add a redirect, it probably wouldn't hurt. IntrplnetSarah 18:48, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  My online research suggests that it is still used occasionally as a popular term, which surprised me, but it shows up in media articles and once on a National Parks Service document about NASA training courses. I'll add a redirect for now, to bring people to the proper term. --  Denstat 18:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: I somehow think that the information about the Barringer crater visitor center should be removed. It doesn't seem central to the topic of planetary geology. Besides the visitor center is also described in the Meteor crater article. It anyway seems difficult to justify such a short article not to be merged with the Planetary science article. --Tobias1984 (talk) 21:25, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove Barringer crater from this article 

message: Having just seen the latest map of the informal names which are being given to leatures on Pluto, I think it would be good to have a definition of the different types, such as:  
 Caves, Colles, Crater, Dorsa, Fossa, Linea, Macula, Mare, Montes, Planum, Regio, Rilles, Rupes, Terra, Vallis, etc.
I know that 'Crater' is fairly obvious, but the basic meaning of the other terms should perhaps be included on this page, rather than on the individual planet/moon pages.
Murfas (talk) 15:49, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Good call. Table found elsewhere; inserted; added lead-in text. Feels like it unbalances the article right now, but only because this thing is in DESPERATE need of further loving expansion! DanHobley (talk) 06:02, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Planetary Feature Suggestion 

message: ... is missing. --Gereon K. (talk) 09:34, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lobus ...