selenography

noun

sel·​e·​nog·​ra·​phy

ˌseləˈnägrəfē

plural -es

1

: the science of the physical features of the moon

attention of astronomers was directed to other fields, and selenography … made no further progress

—R. B. Baldwin

2

: the physical geography of the moon

the first major treatise on descriptive selenography to appear in English for a quarter-century

—Joseph Ashbrook

Word History

Etymology

selen- entry 1 + -graphy

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