Don Wilhelms
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. He is the author of To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration (1993), The geologic history of the Moon (1987), and he co-authored the Geologic Map of the Near Side of the Moon (1971) with John F. McCauley. Wilhelms also contributed to Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit (NASA SP-362). He has also contributed to the study of Mars (including Mariner 9), Mercury, and Ganymede.
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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, Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award |
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| Fields | geology |
| Institutions | United States Geological Survey |
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