selenodesy

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek selene, Moon, + daiein, to divide, by analogy with geodesy.

Noun

selenodesy (uncountable)

  1. The science of studying and mapping the Moon's size, shape and surface topography, and its gravitational and magnetic fields.