The planets and small bodies of the Solar System thematic aims to study:

• The formation and the evolution of the Solar system
• The formation and the evolution of planets and small bodies (comets, asteroids, dwarf planets)
• The various components of the planetary bodies: Ionized environment (a matter of the " SHM " thematic), Atmosphere, Surface, Sub-surface & inside

 
On the bodies where liquid water is or was present:

• The study of the habitability of the planetary bodyThe study of the emergence of Life.
• This last objective is common with the "Exobiology" thematic.

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