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The individual names of details of relief are important part of the cartographic information. The history of the names shows us cultural background of the period when they were given. The appearance of names of different forms of relief is intimately connected with the process of compilation of maps of planetary bodies, and as such it is logical here to examine the history of lunar cartography. The lunar craters are given the names of astronomers, primarily researchers of the Moon, and the names of prominent scientists and explorers. The names of classes of morphologic structures on the Moon, such as seas and lakes, are constructed either from names of phenomena connected with the weather or with emotional states. Some formations have names which are analogous with number of features on the Earth. A new epoch of development of lunar toponymy began almost simultaneously with the start of the space age. In hundreds of years, our descendants will look back on our time, understanding it, in part, from this source of information.
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Shevchenko, V., Rodionova, Z., Michael, G. (2016). Essays on Lunar Toponymy. Events and People Reflected in the Names on Lunar Maps. In: Lunar and Planetary Cartography in Russia. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 425. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21039-1_5
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