Our group works on a variety of research topics:
- Solar Nebula: dynamics (viscosity, turbulence, …), thermodynamics (condensation of ices and refractory materials)
- Comets (origin, morphology and evolution)
- Asteroids and TNOs (spectroscopy, photometry)
- Satellites of giant planets (origin and evolution)
- Exoplanets (detection, observation, characterization, modeling)
- Volatiles on Mars and icy bodies
- Planetary geophysics (paleomagnetism of astromaterials, crustal magnetism, dynamo modeling)
- Meteoritics
- Flux of astromaterials to the Earth (composition, intensity and their variations with time)
- Impact craters (deep structure of terrestrial craters, crater detection on planetary surfaces)
Using complementary approaches:
- Theory
- Observation from the Earth
- Space missions (Rosetta, Juice, Bepi-Colombo)
- Laboratory analyses
- Field campaigns
