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Selenography is the study of Lunar geography. Currently, Selenography focuses on the visible Lunar surface features and the Lunar natural environment; where they are located and how they interact with each other. Selenography is closely linked to selenology, the study of the composition and processes of the solid material that makes up Luna, and often overlap each other. Eventually, with permanent human habitation, selenography will encompass the full range of topics covered by geology: studying people, communities, cultures, economies and their interactions with their location and environment.
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Selenography is the study of Lunar geography. Selenography is deeper and more complex than the study of maps ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography cartography]) and place names ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy toponymy]). Currently, Selenography focuses on the visible Lunar surface features and the Lunar natural environment; where they are located and how they interact with each other (physical selenography). Selenography is closely linked to [[selenology]], the study of the composition and processes of the solid material that makes up Luna, and often overlap each other.
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Eventually, with permanent human habitation, selenography will encompass the full range of topics covered by geology: studying people, communities, cultures, economies and their interactions with their location and environment (human selenography). The third sub-discipline, environmental (or integrated) geography, is concerned with the interaction between the environment and humans. The four broad areas of geographical, and selenographical, research are: [1]
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* Spatial analyses of human and natural phenomena
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* Studies of human-land relationships
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* Studies of places and regions
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* Earth sciences (or Lunar sciences in this case)
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A short history of selenography, along with historical Lunar maps, can be found at Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_the_Moon).
  
 
=='''Details'''==
 
=='''Details'''==
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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Σελήνη ''Selene (Greek goddess of the Moon) + γράφω graphō (Greek for "I write") [1]''
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Σελήνη ''Selene (Greek goddess of the Moon) + γράφω graphō (Greek for "I write")'' [1]
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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=='''Selenography pages'''==
 
=='''Selenography pages'''==
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* Lunar Atlas
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* Coordinate Systems
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* Lunar Topography
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* Near side
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* Far side
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* North Pole
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* South Pole
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* [[Mare]]
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* [[Terra]]
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* Mountains
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* Craters
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* Domes
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* [[Lava Tubes|Lava tubes]]
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* Landing sites
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Lunar environment has it's own category in Lunarpedia but technically falls under selenography.
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* Lunar Atmosphere
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* [[Gravity|Lunar Gravity]]
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* [[Radiation Problem|Lunar Radiation Environment]]
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* [[Dust|Lunar Regolith Dust]]
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* Lunar Thermal Environment
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* Lunar Impactors
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* [[Solar wind]]
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Astronomy also has it's own Lunarpedia category but, again, really falls under selenography (if it pertains to Luna).
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* [[Lunar orbit|Lunar Orbit]]
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* [[Lunar phases|Lunar Phases]]
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* [[Orbits|Orbits to and around the Moon]]
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* Lunar Time Measures
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* [[Tidal lock|Tidal Lock]]
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* [[Binoculars for Lunar observing|Binoculars for Lunar Observing]]
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* [[Telescopes for Lunar observing|Telescopes for Lunar Observing]]
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* [[Viewing conditions|Viewing Conditions]]
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* [[Man in The Moon]]
  
 
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=='''Lunar maps and atlases'''==
 
=='''Lunar maps and atlases'''==
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The long-term plan is to have a fully interactive Lunar Atlas on Lunarpedia. However, we’re not there yet. For now, here are some links:
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Spatial interrelationships are at the core of selenography and maps are a key tool. The long-term plan is to have a fully interactive Lunar Atlas on Lunarpedia. However, we’re not there yet. For now, here are some links:
  
 
* Online edition of Antonin Rukl’s ATLAS OF THE MOON (https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_Index_Map)
 
* Online edition of Antonin Rukl’s ATLAS OF THE MOON (https://the-moon.us/wiki/R%C3%BCkl_Index_Map)
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=='''Contributors'''==
 
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Ben Smith at [http://lunarhomestead.com/ Lunar Homestead.]     
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[[User:BenLH|Ben Smith]] at [http://lunarhomestead.com/ Lunar Homestead.]     
  
 
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#https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_the_Moon
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# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography
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#https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selenography
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# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_the_Moon
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# https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selenography
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=='''Resources (not used but potentially relevant)'''==
 
=='''Resources (not used but potentially relevant)'''==
  
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*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_the_Moon
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 31 August 2020

Selenography is the study of Lunar geography. Selenography is deeper and more complex than the study of maps (cartography) and place names (toponymy). Currently, Selenography focuses on the visible Lunar surface features and the Lunar natural environment; where they are located and how they interact with each other (physical selenography). Selenography is closely linked to selenology, the study of the composition and processes of the solid material that makes up Luna, and often overlap each other.

Eventually, with permanent human habitation, selenography will encompass the full range of topics covered by geology: studying people, communities, cultures, economies and their interactions with their location and environment (human selenography). The third sub-discipline, environmental (or integrated) geography, is concerned with the interaction between the environment and humans. The four broad areas of geographical, and selenographical, research are: [1]

  • Spatial analyses of human and natural phenomena
  • Studies of human-land relationships
  • Studies of places and regions
  • Earth sciences (or Lunar sciences in this case)

A short history of selenography, along with historical Lunar maps, can be found at Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_the_Moon).

Details

Noun

Etymology

Σελήνη Selene (Greek goddess of the Moon) + γράφω graphō (Greek for "I write") [1]

Pronunciation

Selenography pages

  • Lunar Atlas
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Lunar Topography
  • Near side
  • Far side
  • North Pole
  • South Pole
  • Mare
  • Terra
  • Mountains
  • Craters
  • Domes
  • Lava tubes
  • Landing sites

Lunar environment has it's own category in Lunarpedia but technically falls under selenography.

Astronomy also has it's own Lunarpedia category but, again, really falls under selenography (if it pertains to Luna).

Lunar maps and atlases

Spatial interrelationships are at the core of selenography and maps are a key tool. The long-term plan is to have a fully interactive Lunar Atlas on Lunarpedia. However, we’re not there yet. For now, here are some links:

Contributors

Ben Smith at Lunar Homestead.

Sources

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_the_Moon
  3. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selenography

Resources (not used but potentially relevant)

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