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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--selenography This week's theme: eponyms. selenography (sel-uh-NOG-ruh-fee) noun The branch of astronomy dealing with the physical features of the moon. [From Greek seleno-, from Selene (goddess of the moon in Greek mythology) + -graphy (writing).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Two centuries ago, the art of pastel and the science of selenography were united in the person of John Russell. Rarely, if ever, have art and astronomy united with such clarity of form." Clifford J Cunningham; Lunar Reality; Mercury (San Francisco); Jul/Aug 2004. X-Bonus Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want. It isn't charity to give away things you want to get rid of and it isn't a sacrifice to do things you don't mind doing. -Myrtle Reed, author (1874-1911)

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