Re:What three new USGS maps reveal about Mars
by kingcobraninja on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:21AM
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Is geography on another celestial body still called geography?
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Re:What three new USGS maps reveal about Mars
by pc86 on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:27AM
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I would think maybe astrogeography?
Re:What three new USGS maps reveal about Mars
by messe on Saturday January 14, 2023 @09:13AM
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Areography in this case.
Re:What three new USGS maps reveal about Mars
by sbuk on Saturday January 14, 2023 @09:22AM
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Yes. 'Geo', or in modern Greek γη (gi), means earth in the sense of land, not as the planet. Hence 'geology' is literally translated to 'earth/land study'. The science of geology is largely concerned with the structural study of the planet Earth, however it doesn't preclude the study of other celestial/astronomical objects. Geologists, for instance, will be studying data from the samples taken on Mars.