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This EPOXI mission image shows what an Earth-like exoplanet might look like from afar. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD/GSFC

What is Exo-cartography? Mapping the Climate and Surface of Exoplanets

April 19, 2020September 4, 2014 by Elizabeth Borneman

Exo-cartography or extrasolar cartography is the science of mapping planets that are outside of Earth’s solar system.

Categories Maps and Cartography, Planetary Geography Tags Exo-cartography, extrasolar cartography

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