Selenology
Selenology ( Greek "moon research") is the branch of astrogeology that deals with the earth's moon , i.e. with the formation, the internal structure, the forming processes and the composition of the moon. As an alternative to selenology is also called Lunar geology , lunar geology or simply geology of the moon .
The term was formed in the 19th century based on the distinction between geography and geology , at that time still purely earth-related sciences. One spoke of selenology as the equivalent of terrestrial geology, in contrast to selenography , which, according to geography, dealt with the investigation of the surface structures of the moon and the creation of lunar maps. Today the term is rarely used. In addition, it also describes "lunar science" or "lunar science" in general, especially in the Anglo-Saxon region, Selenology is used in this more general meaning ( lunar sciences ).
See also: selenodesia
literature
- Wolf von Engelhardt: The geology of the moon. In: Natural Sciences. Vol. 69, No. 9 (September 1982). Springer, Berlin & Heidelberg 1982. pp. 405-419, ISSN 0028-1042
Web links
- Eric Douglass: Geologic Processes on the Moon.
- Don Wilhelms: Geologic History of the Moon. US Geological Survey
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herbert Bucksch: Dictionary Geotechnical Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering Dictionary. Vol. 2: German - English. Gabler, 1998, p. 453, online
- ^ Heinrich Wilhelm Josias Thiersch : The physiognomy of the moon. Attempt to interpret the same following the work of Mädler, Nasmyth and Carpenter Nördlingen 1879, p. 5