marsquake
nounEtymology From Mars + quake, after the pattern of earthquake.
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A quake on the planet Mars, perhaps caused by land tides, volcanic eruptions, or meteorite strikes.
- It recorded several impulsive signals that might have been marsquakes...2003, Cliff Frohlich, Scott D Davis, Texas Earthquakes:
- After more than four years, 1,300 marsquakes, and countless scientific discoveries, our @NASAInSight lander has reached the end of its mission.2022 December 21, @NASA, twitter, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2022:
- Hypernyms
- planetquake