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    In planetary geology, an arcus (pl. arcũs) is an arc-shaped type of landform. Arcus is the Latin word for arc. As of 2022 the only named arcus are Hotei...
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  • Look up arcus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Arcus may refer to: ARCUS, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, supporting Arctic policy...
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    Planetary geology, alternatively known as astrogeology or exogeology, is a planetary science discipline concerned with the geology of celestial bodies...
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    Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is a system of uniquely identifying features on the surface of a planet or natural satellite so...
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    of Planetary Nomenclature. Retrieved 14 March 2020. "Melanesian Mythology | Encyclopedia.com". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15. "Titan arcus". USGS...
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    "Akasa Linea". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. "Kaʼan Arcus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology...
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    through geological processes. In 2008 Jeffrey Moore (planetary geologist of Ames Research Center) proposed an alternate view of Titan's geology. Noting...
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    Weather (redirect from Planetary weather)
    existed for at least 300 years. However, the weather is not limited to planetary bodies. A star's corona is constantly being lost to space, creating what...
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    are important. Atmospheric science has been extended to the field of planetary science and the study of the atmospheres of the planets and natural satellites...
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  • Virgil L. Sharpton (category American planetary scientists)
    (Buck) Sharpton is the Associate Director for Science at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, Texas. Prior to joining the LPI in 2011, he...
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    no longer considered as the cause and the monsoon is now considered a planetary-scale phenomenon involving the annual migration of the Intertropical Convergence...
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  • large meander, or wave, within the jet stream is known as a Rossby wave (planetary wave). Rossby waves are caused by changes in the Coriolis effect with...
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    "the global spread of these four PFAAs in the atmosphere has led to the planetary boundary for chemical pollution being exceeded". It had been thought that...
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    Teanby, Nicholas A.; Ball, Emily R. (December 2021). "Polar Vortices in Planetary Atmospheres". Reviews of Geophysics. 59 (4). Bibcode:2021RvGeo..5900723M...
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    frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the...
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    original on November 4, 2017. Rinnert, K. (1995). "9: Lighting Within Planetary Atmospheres". In Hans Volland (ed.). Handbook of Atmospheric Electrodynamics...
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    Forecast models show significant sensitivity to humidity levels within the planetary boundary layer, or in the lowest levels of the atmosphere, which decreases...
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    such winds are diurnal in character. apparent temperature See heat index. arcus cloud Arctic cyclone Atlantic hurricane A tropical cyclone (locally known...
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    temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study". The Lancet Planetary Health. 5 (7): e415–e425. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00081-4. hdl:2158/1285803...
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    boundary at the Selong Xishan section, southern Tibet, China". Global and Planetary Change. 161: 194–210. Bibcode:2018GPC...161..194Y. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha...
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