Actually, Mars is really the only plant who`s name is compatible with words like geology and geothermal.
Could you imagine Venu or Aphrothermal(Venus)? Mercthermal or Hermethermal(Mercury)? Titanothermal(Titan)?
Linguistics mostly lead to the areo- designations. Besides, its been in science fiction literature for a while.
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Actually, Mars is really the only plant who`s name is compatible with words like geology and geothermal. Could you imagine Venu or Aphrothermal(Venus)? Mercthermal or Hermethermal(Mercury)? Titanothermal(Titan)? Linguistics mostly lead to the areo- designations. Besides, its been in science fiction literature for a while.