This group is lead by Gunther Kletetschka. We are interested in meteorite impacts, meteorites, planetary geology and geophysics, composition of asteroids and comets, gravity and magnetic anomalies. Impacts are growing concern of our civilization because the technology for diverting the comet or asteroid impact is immature. In meteorites we dwell if asteroids can possess their own magnetic dynamo, and what is the nature of geophysical fields on planets like Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, including some of their moons. Growing interest is about fall of meteorites on our planet, and what change this makes to terrestrial environment. Another focus is on possible ways how to design mining of asteroids, how to navigates this cargo back to Earth and how to safely deliver it to the surface of Moon or Earth. We also explore the degree influence of terrestrial conditions on the pristine meteorite composition once they land on the surface. This allows to search for extraterrestrial evidence in terrestrial sedimentary records.

 

Recent discovery of the interaction of the plasma on the Moon surface allows development of a new way of search of water on the Moon based on the search of any evidence of electrostatic discharge occurrences on the Lunar surface.

 

Plans to send astronaut to the south pole of Moon creates new sets of questions how the astronauts handle the radiation environment and the absence of geomagnetic field. Recent discovery of magnetic nanoparticles in human brain allow to create an unexpected link between the brain function and electromagnetic radiation.

 

More details about this group can be found here: https://mountain-lakes.org/pageo/index.php