Don Wilhelms | |
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| Born | Don Edward Wilhelms July 5, 1930 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Pomona College |
| Awards | G.K. Gilbert Award (1988) Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | geology |
| Institutions | United States Geological Survey |
Don Edward Wilhelms (born July 5, 1930) is a former United States Geological Survey geologist who contributed to geologic mapping of the Earth's moon and to the geologic training of the Apollo astronauts.[1] He is the author of To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (1993),[2] The geologic history of the Moon (1987),[3] and he co-authored the Geologic Map of the Near Side of the Moon (1971) with John F. McCauley.[4] Wilhelms also contributed to Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit (NASA SP-362).[5] He has also contributed to the study of Mars (including Mariner 9), Mercury, and Ganymede.
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- ^ "Don Wilhelms". 6 May 2015.
- ^ To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration. Don E. Wilhelms, University of Arizona Press (1993). ISBN 978-0816510658
- ^ The geologic history of the Moon, 1987, Wilhelms, Don E.; with sections by McCauley, John F.; Trask, Newell J. USGS Professional Paper: 1348. (online)
- ^ Geologic Map of the Near Side of the Moon, USGS I-703, Don E. Wilhelms and John F. McCauley, 1971 (L&PI web version)
- ^ Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit (online version) (NASA SP-362), 1978