selenodesy
Meanings
noun
- The science of studying and mapping the Moon's size, shape and surface topography, and its gravitational and magnetic fields.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek selene, Moon, + daiein, to divide, by analogy with geodesy.
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