Selenography

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.

Details

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• sel·​e·​nog·​ra·​phy | \ ˌseləˈnägrəfē \ [2]
• Hear the pronunciation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lFfFBkSDhs)

Lunar maps and atlases

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)
• Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS) (https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Moon1to1MAtlas)
• Consolidated Lunar Atlas (LPI) (https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/cla/)
• Virtual Moon Atlas (http://ap-i.net/avl/en/start)
• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon (LPI) (https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/)
• Visit-the-Moon Lunar Atlas (https://www.visit-the-moon.com/lunar-atlas)

Contributors

Ben Smith at Lunar Homestead.

Sources

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

Resources (not used but potentially relevant)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography_of_the_Moon
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography