areography

British

/ ˌɛərɪˈɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

the description of the physical features, such as the surface, atmosphere, etc, of the planet Mars

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Etymology

Origin of areography

C19: from Greek Areos Mars + _-graphy

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But it was not before 1877 that a fundamentally new discovery in areography gave a truly sensational turn to speculation about life on ``the red planet.''

From Curiosities of the Sky by Serviss, Garrett Putman

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