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单词 palus
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palus

Astronomy
  • A mottled area on a planetary surface; pl. paludes. The name, which means ‘marsh’ or ’swamp’, was first used for features on the Moon in the seventeenth century. It is not a geological term but is used in the nomenclature of individual features, for example Palus Putredinis on the Moon and Cerberus Palus on Mars.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • From the Latin palus meaning ‘marsh’, a term introduced by Giovanni B. Riccioli in 1651 for small patches of lunar mare basalt. The Apollo 15 mission landed in Palus Putredinis, the ‘Marsh of Decay’.


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