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'''Selenography''' is the study of the physical features of the [[Moon]].<ref name=f>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Selenography|title=selenography|publisher=Farlex|encyclopedia=TheFreeDictionary.com|accessdate=2011-09-05}}</ref>
'''Selenography''' is the study of the physical features of the [[Moon]].<ref name=f>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Selenography|title=selenography|publisher=Farlex|encyclopedia=TheFreeDictionary.com|accessdate=2011-09-05}}</ref>
== Selenography Media ==
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File:MoonTopoLOLA.png|The topography of the Moon referenced to a sphere with a radius of 1737.4 kilometers. Data were obtained from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) that was flown on the mission Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The color coded topography is displayed in two Lambert equal area images projected on the near and far side hemispheres.
File:Moon_elevation_2.stl|[[STL (file format)|STL 3D model]] of the [[Moon]] with 10× elevation exaggeration rendered with data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter of the [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]]
File:Old view moon.jpg|"Lunar Day," from the book ''Recreations in Astronomy'' by H. D. Warren D. D., 1879. Later study showed that the surface features are much more rounded due to a long history of impacts.
File:Hevelius Map of the Moon 1647.jpg|Map of the Moon by [[Johannes Hevelius]] (1647)
File:Micrographia Schem 38.jpg|A study of the Moon from [[Robert Hooke|Robert Hooke's]] ''[[Micrographia]]'' of 1665
File:Schröter selenotopographische fragmente beispiel karten.png|Samples of lunar maps in the ''Selenetopographische Fragmente'' by [[Johann Hieronymus Schröter]].
File:MoonMap1.jpg|Map of the Moon from the ''Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas'' (1881) by [[Richard Andree]]
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