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Mare Humboldtianum / h ʌ m b oʊ l t i ˈ eɪ n ə m / (Latin humboldtiānum, the "Sea of Alexander von Humboldt") is a lunar mare located just to the east of Mare Frigoris, in the center of Humboldtianum basin. It is located along the northeastern limb of the Moon, and continues on to the far side.
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Mare Serenitatis / s ɪ ˌ r ɛ n ɪ ˈ t eɪ t ɪ s / (Latin serēnitātis, the "Sea of Serenity") is a lunar mare located to the east of Mare Imbrium on the Moon. Its diameter is 674 km (419 mi). Its diameter is 674 km (419 mi).
Mare Tranquillitatis / t r æ ŋ ˌ k w ɪ l ɪ ˈ t eɪ t ɪ s / (Latin for Sea of Tranquillity or Sea of Tranquility) [a] is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It contains Tranquility Base , the first location on another celestial body to be visited by humans.
The ages of the mare basalts have been determined both by direct radiometric dating and by the technique of crater counting.The radiometric ages range from about 3.16 to 4.2 billion years old (Ga), [4] whereas the youngest ages determined from crater counting are about 1.2 Ga. [5] Updated measurements of samples collected by the Chang’e-5 mission show that some lunar basalts could be as ...
Mare Crisium is used as the location for Arthur C. Clarke's 1948 seminal short-story "The Sentinel". In the story, a mysterious structure is found in one of the mountains surrounding the Mare. Clarke describes Mare Crisium as follows: [9] It is the great walled plain, one of the finest on the Moon, known as the Mare Crisium - the Sea of Crises.
A related set of features are the Lunar lacus / ˈ l eɪ k ə s / (singular also lacus, Latin for "lake"), [a] which are smaller basaltic plains of similar origin. A related set of features are the sinus / ˈ s aɪ n ə s / (singular sinus , Latin for "bay") [ b ] and paludes / p ə ˈ l uː d iː z / (singular palus / ˈ p eɪ l ə s / , Latin ...
Mare Imbrium / ˈ ɪ m b r i ə m / (Latin imbrium, the "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains") is a vast lava plain within the Imbrium Basin on the Moon and is one of the larger craters in the Solar System. The Imbrium Basin formed from the collision of a proto-planet during the Late Heavy Bombardment.