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The Technique Of The Mapping Of Planetary Surfaces And The Methods Used For The Identification Of Various Planetary Landforms Improved Much In The Last 400 Years. Until The 20th Century, Telescopic Observers Could Interpret Planetary Landforms Solely Based On Their Appearance, While Today Various Data Sets Acquired By Space Probes Can Be Used For A More Detailed Analysis On The Composition And Origin Of The Surface Features. Before The Greeks, The Earth And The Heavens Were Indisputably Of Different Origin And Nature. It Was A Major Philosophical Breakthrough - First Appeared As An A Priori Theory, Later Based On Observations - That The Heavens (planetary Bodies) And The Earth Share Common Features: Gravity, Composition And Solar Distance May Be Different, But The Nature Of The Physical Processes Shaping The Landforms Are Essentially The Same. It Has Been A Long Way Since We Have Arrived From The First Telescopic Description Of Lunar Craters To The Identification Of Various Geological Formations On Mars Or On Minor Planets. Relief Features Of The Moon Have First Been Observed By Galileo Galilee, Via His Telescope. During The Next Centuries, A Multitude Of Lunar Landforms Have Been

Author

Hargitai, Henrik; Kereszturi, Ákos

Publisher

Springer New York : Imprint: Springer

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781461492139