Aquastronomy is the science of water in extraterrestrial contexts.
Water is found in many extraterrestrial contexts:
- On planetary and lunar bodies.
- As an important constituent of many classes of comet.
- In the interstellar medium.
In all three cases, the water may be found in solid, liquid, or gaseous form.[1]
Etymology edit
Aquastronomy is a modern compound of the Latin prefix aqua- and the Greek astronomy, making it a hybrid word, which would formerly have been considered a barbarism. The correctly formed compound would be hydrastronomy or astrohydrology.[2]
See also edit
See also edit
Bibliography edit
- Baker, Valeciea; Dohm, James M.; Fairén, Alberto; Ferré, Ty P.A. (January 2005). "Extraterrestrial hydrogeology". Hydrogeology Journal. 13 (1): 51–68 – via ResearchGate.
- Kotwicki, V. (1 February 1991). "Water in the Universe". Hydrological Sciences Journal. 54 (5): 829–840. doi:10.1080/02626669109492484.
- Maggi, F.; Pallud, C. (2012). "The rise of hydrological science off Earth". Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/J.JHYDROL.2011.11.020.
Notes edit
- ^ Potpov, Alexey; et al. (21 September 2020). "Dust/ice mixing in cold regions and solid-state water in the diffuse interstellar medium". Nature Astronomy. 5: 78–85. arXiv:2008.10951. Bibcode:2020NatAs.tmp..188P. doi:10.1038/s41550-020-01214-x. S2CID 221292937. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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