selenographer

selenographer
a) A person who charts the moons surface.
b) A person who studies selenography.

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  • Selenographer — Sel e*nog ra*pher, n. One skilled in selenography. Wright. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • selenographer — See selenography. * * * …   Universalium

  • selenographer — n. one who studies the geography of the surface of the moon …   English contemporary dictionary

  • selenographer — sel·e·nog·ra·pher …   English syllables

  • selenographer — ˌseləˈnägrəfə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: selenography + er : a specialist in selenography …   Useful english dictionary

  • selenography — selenographer, n. selenographic /si lee neuh graf ik/, adj. /sel euh nog reuh fee/, n. the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon s surface. [1640 50; SELENO + GRAPHY] * * * …   Universalium

  • Thomas Gwyn Elger — Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (October 27, 1836 ndash; January 9, 1897) was an English lunar mapper and the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association (BAA).He was born in Bedford, where the family had been established… …   Wikipedia

  • Johann Nepomuk Krieger — (1865 ndash;1902) was a draftsman and selenographer. Krieger crater on the Moon was named in his honor.Krieger was born in Bavaria, the son of a master brewer. At an early age he gained an interest in astronomy. He only received school education… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Jesuit scientists — Members of the Society of Jesus have a historical and occasionally controversial role in the history of science. This is relational to the List of Christian thinkers in science, but different in that it is not required the person be of any… …   Wikipedia

  • sel|e|nog|ra|phist — «SEHL uh NOG ruh fihst», noun. = selenographer. (Cf. ↑selenographer) …   Useful english dictionary

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