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Cydonia

Cydonia \Cydonia\ n. a genus of plants including the quince.

Syn: genus Cydonia.

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cydonia

n. An ancient city-state on the Greek island of Crete.

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Cydonia (region of Mars)

Cydonia (, ) is a region on the planet Mars that has attracted both scientific and popular interest. The name originally referred to the albedo feature (distinctively coloured area) that was visible from Earthbound telescopes. The area borders plains of Acidalia Planitia and the Arabia Terra highlands. The area includes the regions: "Cydonia Mensae", an area of flat-topped mesa-like features, "Cydonia Colles", a region of small hills or knobs, and "Cydonia Labyrinthus", a complex of intersecting valleys. As with other albedo features on Mars, the name Cydonia was drawn from classical antiquity, in this case from Kydonia, a historic polis (or "city-state") on the island of Crete. Cydonia contains the "Face on Mars" featurelocated about half-way between Arandas Crater and Bamberg Crater.

Cydonia (album)

Cydonia is the fifth studio album by the Orb, released on Island Records in the UK and MCA Records in the US. Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann, along with usual collaborators Andy Hughes, Nick Burton, and Simon Phillips, wrote and produced Cydonia for a planned 1999 release. Featured on the album are Robert Fripp, John Roome, and Fil Le Gonidec, who had previously only worked with the Orb in live performances.

Usage examples of "cydonia".

But the reasons for the first missions had more to do with international politics than scientific inquiry, and the Cydonia enigma remained a low-priority assignment.

Both Arsia and Cydonia commands will be apprised of the unfortunate circumstances for the delay.

Look, Ben, there was a science team assembled for Cydonia that was supposed to be on this flight, but it was bumped back to make way for Steeple Chase .

The Mars tractors which brought the second expedition to Cydonia were Russian-made, but the leaders of the Arsia Station science team, Shin-ichi Kawakami and Paul Verduin, were Japanese and Dutch, while the co-supervisors of the newly established Cydonia BaseArthur Johnson, Sasha Kulejan, and Miho Sasakiwere American, Russian, and Japanese.

Sasaki and Johnson had been effusive in their greetingsquite understandable, considering it had been almost ten months since the last cycleship lander had touched down at Cydonia Basebut Jessup had brusquely demanded that they accompany him to the habitat.

Four of the Cydonia Base habitat was a wardroom which served jointly as the galley, dining area, conference room, and recreation area.

Russian aggression on Mars which threatened the lives of the scientific team at Cydonia Base.

Several Russian scientists are also involved in the Cydonia expedition.

White is satisfied with the withdrawal of Russian scientists and mission support members from Cydonia Base.

City, spacecraft were prohibited from making planetfall directly to Cydonia, save for the occasional parachute-drop of a cargo pod from orbit.

Security Council resolution which ended the conflict, the United States was allowed to place unarmed military observers at Cydonia Base as a token peacekeeping force to prevent farther shipments of Russian munitions to the base.

Although this was not in keeping with the initial demands made by the science team at Cydonia Base, they reluctantly agreed to the stipulation.

Several other members of the Cydonia expedition followed him off the base, reducing the science team to four persons, with no American members among them.

American co-supervisor, with the reluctant compliance of the European and Japanese members of the Cydonia science team.

Pyramid to an unexplored area beneath the central cluster of pyramids near Cydonia Base.