Areography, the Glossary
Areography, also known as the geography of Mars, is a subfield of planetary science that entails the delineation and characterization of regions on Mars.[1]
Table of Contents
110 relations: Aeolis quadrangle, Airy-0, Albedo, Amazonis Planitia, Angelo Secchi, Apsis, Arabia Terra, Arcadia quadrangle, Aurorae Sinus, Ausonia Montes, Bible, Carbonates on Mars, Cartography, Chloride-bearing deposits on Mars, Chryse Planitia, Classical albedo features on Mars, Colonization of Mars, Columbia Hills (Mars), Composition of Mars, Coordinate system, Curiosity (rover), Emirates Mars Mission, Ephemeris, Equipotential, Fretted terrain, Geodetic control network, Geodetic datum, Geography, Geoid, Geology of Mars, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Glaciers on Mars, Google Maps, Gravity of Mars, Greek mythology, Groundwater on Mars, Gullies on Mars, Hellas Planitia, Herschel (Martian crater), Impact crater, International Astronomical Union, Ismenius Lacus quadrangle, Italy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Lakes on Mars, Libya Montes, Life on Mars, List of craters on Mars, List of mountains on Mars, ... Expand index (60 more) »
- Geography of Mars
Aeolis quadrangle
The Aeolis quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program.
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Airy-0
Airy-0 is a crater inside the larger Airy Crater on Mars, whose location historically defined the Martian prime meridian.
Albedo
Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.
Amazonis Planitia
Amazonis Planitia (Latin Amāzŏnis) is one of the smoothest plains on Mars.
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Angelo Secchi
Angelo Secchi (28 June 1818 – 26 February 1878) was an Italian Catholic priest and astronomer from the Italian region of Emilia.
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Apsis
An apsis is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body.
Arabia Terra
Arabia Terra is a large upland region in the north of Mars that lies mostly in the Arabia quadrangle, but a small part is in the Mare Acidalium quadrangle.
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Arcadia quadrangle
The Arcadia quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program.
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Aurorae Sinus
Aurorae Sinus is a dark feature in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mars.
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Ausonia Montes
Ausonia Montes is a mountain (officially mountains) in the Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle of Mars, at 25.42° south latitude and 99.04° east longitude.
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Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Carbonates on Mars
The formation of carbonates on Mars have been suggested based on evidence of the presence of liquid water and atmospheric carbon dioxide in the planet's early stages.
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Cartography
Cartography (from χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps.
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Chloride-bearing deposits on Mars
Across the southern highlands of Mars, approximately 640 sites of chloride-bearing deposits have been identified using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS).
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Chryse Planitia
Chryse Planitia (Greek, "Golden Plain") is a smooth circular plain in the northern equatorial region of Mars close to the Tharsis region to the west, centered at.
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Classical albedo features on Mars
The classical albedo features of Mars are the light and dark features that can be seen on the planet Mars through an Earth-based telescope.
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Colonization of Mars
The colonization of Mars is the proposed process of establishing and maintaining control of Martian land for exploitation and the possible settlement of Mars.
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Columbia Hills (Mars)
The Columbia Hills are a range of low hills inside Gusev crater on Mars.
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Composition of Mars
The composition of Mars covers the branch of the geology of Mars that describes the make-up of the planet Mars.
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Coordinate system
In geometry, a coordinate system is a system that uses one or more numbers, or coordinates, to uniquely determine the position of the points or other geometric elements on a manifold such as Euclidean space.
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Curiosity (rover)
Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.
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Emirates Mars Mission
The Emirates Mars Mission (mašrū' al-Imārāt l-āstikšāf al-Murīkh) is a United Arab Emirates Space Agency uncrewed space exploration mission to Mars.
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Ephemeris
In astronomy and celestial navigation, an ephemeris (pl. ephemerides) is a book with tables that gives the trajectory of naturally occurring astronomical objects as well as artificial satellites in the sky, i.e., the position (and possibly velocity) over time.
Equipotential
In mathematics and physics, an equipotential or isopotential refers to a region in space where every point is at the same potential.
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Fretted terrain
Fretted terrain is a type of surface feature common to certain areas of Mars and was discovered in Mariner 9 images.
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Geodetic control network
A geodetic control network is a network, often of triangles, that are measured precisely by techniques of control surveying, such as terrestrial surveying or satellite geodesy.
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Geodetic datum
A geodetic datum or geodetic system (also: geodetic reference datum, geodetic reference system, or geodetic reference frame) is a global datum reference or reference frame for precisely representing the position of locations on Earth or other planetary bodies by means of geodetic coordinates.
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Geography
Geography (from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία; combining 'Earth' and 'write') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.
Geoid
The geoid is the shape that the ocean surface would take under the influence of the gravity of Earth, including gravitational attraction and Earth's rotation, if other influences such as winds and tides were absent.
Geology of Mars
The geology of Mars is the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars. Areography and geology of Mars are geography of Mars.
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Giovanni Schiaparelli
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian.
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Glaciers on Mars
Glaciers, loosely defined as patches of currently or recently flowing ice, are thought to be present across large but restricted areas of the modern Martian surface, and are inferred to have been more widely distributed at times in the past.
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Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google.
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Gravity of Mars
The gravity of Mars is a natural phenomenon, due to the law of gravity, or gravitation, by which all things with mass around the planet Mars are brought towards it.
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Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
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Groundwater on Mars
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Gullies on Mars
Martian gullies are small, incised networks of narrow channels and their associated downslope sediment deposits, found on the planet of Mars.
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Hellas Planitia
Hellas Planitia is a plain located within the huge, roughly circular impact basin Hellas located in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mars.
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Herschel (Martian crater)
Herschel is an impact crater in Mars's southern hemisphere.
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Impact crater
An impact crater is a depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object.
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.
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Ismenius Lacus quadrangle
The Ismenius Lacus quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.
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Johann Heinrich von Mädler
Johann Heinrich von Mädler (29 May 1794, Berlin – 14 March 1874, Hannover) was a German astronomer.
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Lakes on Mars
In summer 1965, the first close-up images from Mars showed a cratered desert with no signs of water.
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Libya Montes
The Libya Montes are a highland terrain on Mars up-lifted by the giant impact that created the Isidis basin to the north.
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Life on Mars
The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth.
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List of craters on Mars
This is a list of craters on Mars.
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List of mountains on Mars
comparison of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons) to three Earth peaks This is a list of all named mountains on Mars.
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Lobate debris apron
Lobate debris aprons (LDAs) are geological features on Mars, first seen by the Viking Orbiters, consisting of piles of rock debris below cliffs.
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Magnetic field of Mars
The magnetic field of Mars is the magnetic field generated from Mars's interior.
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Map projection
In cartography, a map projection is any of a broad set of transformations employed to represent the curved two-dimensional surface of a globe on a plane.
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Mare Erythraeum
Mare Erythraeum is a very large dark dusky region of Mars that can be viewed by even a small telescope.
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Mariana Trench
The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth.
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Mariner 9
Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was a robotic spacecraft that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the NASA Mariner program. Areography and Mariner 9 are geography of Mars.
Mariner program
The Mariner program was conducted by the American space agency NASA to explore other planets.
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
Mars Exploration Rover
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.
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Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. Areography and Mars Global Surveyor are geography of Mars.
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Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
MOLA topographic images of the two hemispheres of Mars. This image appeared on the cover of ''Science'' magazine in May 1999. The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) was one of five instruments on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft, which operated in Mars orbit from September 1997 to November 2006.
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Martian canals
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was erroneously believed that there were "canals" on the planet Mars.
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Martian Craters
There are a number of different types of craters that have been observed and studied on Mars.
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Martian dichotomy
The most conspicuous feature of Mars is a sharp contrast, known as the Martian dichotomy, between the Southern and the Northern hemispheres.
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Martian regolith
Martian regolith is the fine blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering the surface of Mars.
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Memnonia quadrangle
The Memnonia quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program.
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Merton E. Davies
Merton E. Davies (September 13, 1917 – April 17, 2001) was a pioneer of America's space program, first in earth reconnaissance and later in planetary exploration and mapping.
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Mineralogy of Mars
The mineralogy of Mars is the chemical composition of rocks and soil that encompass the surface of Mars.
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Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
Noachian
The Noachian is a geologic system and early time period on the planet Mars characterized by high rates of meteorite and asteroid impacts and the possible presence of abundant surface water.
Olympus Mons
Olympus Mons (Mount Olympus) is a large shield volcano on Mars.
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Ophir Chasma
Ophir Chasma is a canyon in the Coprates quadrangle of Mars at 4° south latitude and 72.5° west longitude.
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Opposition (astronomy)
In positional astronomy, two astronomical objects are said to be in opposition when they are on opposite sides of the celestial sphere, as observed from a given body (usually Earth).
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Optical illusion
In visual perception, an optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is an illusion caused by the visual system and characterized by a visual percept that arguably appears to differ from reality.
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Orbit of Mars
Mars has an orbit with a semimajor axis of 1.524 astronomical units (228 million km) (12.673 light minutes), and an eccentricity of 0.0934.
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Ore resources on Mars
Mars may contain ores that would be very useful to potential colonists.
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Outflow channels
Outflow channels are extremely long, wide swathes of scoured ground on Mars.
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Physical geography
Physical geography (also known as physiography) is one of the three main branches of geography.
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Planet
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself.
Planetary science
Planetary science (or more rarely, planetology) is the scientific study of planets (including Earth), celestial bodies (such as moons, asteroids, comets) and planetary systems (in particular those of the Solar System) and the processes of their formation.
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Planum Australe
Planum Australe (Latin: "the southern plain") is the southern polar plain on Mars.
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Planum Boreum
Planum Boreum (Latin: "the northern plain") is the northern polar plain on Mars.
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Prime meridian
A prime meridian is an arbitrarily-chosen meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
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RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank, research institute, and public sector consulting firm.
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Richard A. Proctor
Richard Anthony Proctor FRAS (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer.
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SciTech (magazine)
SciTechDaily is a popular science website, containing sections on space, physics, biology, technology and chemistry.
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.
Selenography
Selenography is the study of the surface and physical features of the Moon (also known as geography of the Moon, or selenodesy).
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Shield volcano
A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a shield lying on the ground.
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Sinus Meridiani
Sinus Meridiani (Latin Sinus meridiani, "Meridian Bay") is an albedo feature on Mars stretching east-west just south of the planet's equator.
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Solis Lacus
Solis Lacus, (Latin, "lake of the sun") is a dark feature on Mars.
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Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board.
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Spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space.
Syrtis Major Planum
Syrtis Major Planum (formerly Syrtis Major Planitia) is a massive shield volcano in the eastern hemisphere of Mars.
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Telescope
A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation.
Terraforming of Mars
The terraforming of Mars or the terraformation of Mars is a hypothetical procedure that would consist of a planetary engineering project or concurrent projects aspiring to transform Mars from a planet hostile to terrestrial life to one that could sustainably host humans and other lifeforms free of protection or mediation.
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Tharsis
Tharsis is a vast volcanic plateau centered near the equator in the western hemisphere of Mars.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Triple point
In thermodynamics, the triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which the three phases (gas, liquid, and solid) of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.
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Valles Marineris
Valles Marineris (Latin for Mariner Valleys, named after the Mariner 9 Mars orbiter of 1971–72 which discovered it) is a system of canyons that runs along the Martian surface east of the Tharsis region.
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Valley network (Mars)
Valley networks are branching networks of valleys on Mars that superficially resemble terrestrial river drainage basins.
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Vertical datum
In geodesy, surveying, hydrography and navigation, vertical datum or altimetric datum is a reference coordinate surface used for vertical positions, such as the elevations of Earth-bound features (terrain, bathymetry, water level, and built structures) and altitudes of satellite orbits and in aviation.
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Water on Mars
Almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere.
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Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March 191216 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect.
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Wilhelm Beer
Wilhelm Wolff Beer (4 January 1797 – 27 March 1850) was a banker and astronomer from Berlin, Prussia, and the brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer.
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William Rutter Dawes
William Rutter Dawes (19 March 1799 – 15 February 1868) was an English astronomer.
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Willy Ley
Willy Otto Oskar Ley (October 2, 1906 – June 24, 1969) was a German and American science writer and proponent of cryptozoology.
See also
Geography of Mars
- 2001 Mars Odyssey
- Areography
- Geology of Mars
- Geysers on Mars
- Glenelg, Mars
- MAVEN
- Mariner 9
- Mars 2
- Mars Express
- Mars Global Surveyor
- Mars Orbiter Mission
- Mars Pocket Atlas series
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areography
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