Aeolis
Americannoun
noun
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The central peak of Gale is Aeolis Mons, an 18,000 foot mountain.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2022
In ancient Greece, Tinos was reputed to be the home of Aeolis, the king of the winds, who whipped around the mountains and carved giant sculptures from the dark granite.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2019
In the coming years, as the rover trundles up the side of Aeolis Mons, it will pass rocks that, seen from orbit, seem to host mysteriously intermittent dark streaks—perhaps marking seasonal water seeps.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2017
After communications resume, Grotzinger says, Curiosity will try drilling into John Klein again before packing up and starting the 10-kilometer drive to its ultimate destination, a 5-kilometer-tall peak known as Aeolis Mons.
From Scientific American • Mar. 13, 2013
At the time of the barbarian invasion under Datis and Artaphernes, he had deserted the cause of Greece and had been rewarded with the lordship of four towns in Aeolis.
From Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
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