MSL landing site: Gale Crater |
MSL landing site: Gale Crater |
Jun 23 2011, 05:13 AM
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May 19 2012, 12:07 AM
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Huh. The usage of "Mount Sharp" is already pretty ingrained among mission scientists. Do you think they'll make the switch? I did think it was weird that they press-released the informal name; I figured the IAU wouldn't take that too kindly.
It seems weird that they went with Aeolis Mons and Aeolis Palus. It's certainly not the only mound in Aeolis planum. But I haven't studied place-naming on Mars that closely. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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May 23 2012, 07:43 PM
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On a linguistic note, Aeolis strikingly resembles the scientific term aoelian, of or made by wind, which is highly relevant to the formation hypotheses for the mound -- but this near-homonym is coincidental. Aeolis is a Greek location name from Asia Minor. That is to say, we can anticipate some linguistic gems which use both words in the same sentence. Maybe even an adjectival form aeolisian to sweeten the pot.
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