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Hesperian epoch

Hesperian epoch proper noun: the second of the three Martian geologic epochs, approximately from 3,500 million years ago to 1,800 million years ago, marked by lava flows, preceded by the Noachian epoch, and followed by the Amazonian epoch.

Proper noun

Hesperian epoch

  1. The second of the three Martian geologic epochs, approximately from 3,500 million years ago to 1,800 million years ago, marked by lava flows, preceded by the Noachian epoch, and followed by the Amazonian epoch.

Origin of Hesperian epoch

Named for the Hesperia Planum

Questions about Hesperian epoch

What does Hesperian epoch mean?
Hesperian epoch means the second of the three Martian geologic epochs, approximately from 3,500 million years ago to 1,800 million years ago, marked by lava flows, preceded by the Noachian epoch, and followed by the Amazonian epoch.
What part of speech is Hesperian epoch?
Hesperian epoch is a proper noun.

Words near Hesperian epoch in the dictionary

  1. Hespera
  2. hesperadin
  3. hesperetin
  4. Hesperia
  5. hesperian
  6. Hesperian epoch
  7. hesperians
  8. Hesperid
  9. Hesperidean
  10. hesperidene
  11. Hesperides

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