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\"Geologic<\/a>
H. H. Schmitt, N. J. Trask and E. M. Shoemaker, \u201cGeologic Map of the Copernicus Quadrangle of the Moon,\u201d 1967. USGS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Planetary geologist David Rothery writes about the early attempts to map the Moon’s geology<\/a>, both before and after the Apollo program. There was a symbiotic relationship between the map and the mission: maps suggested where landings might be most profitable from a geological perspective; and field work by the astronauts informed later moon maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Planetary geologist David Rothery writes about the early attempts to map the Moon’s geology, both before and after the Apollo program. There was a symbiotic relationship between the map and the mission: maps suggested where… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32],"tags":[1342,63],"class_list":["post-1787540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-astronomy","category-geology","tag-apollo-program","tag-moon","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1788310,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/01\/unified-geologic-map-of-the-moon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787540,"position":0},"title":"Unified Geologic Map of the Moon","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"31 January 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"A new unified geologic map of the Moon, based on digital renovations that updated 1970s-era geologic maps to match more recent topographic and image data gathered by lunar orbiters, was released by the USGS last month. 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