The following table lists all lunar maria seas and oceani oceans.

Maria name for the moon. The light areas of the Moon are known as the highlands. The remainder of the lunar surface consists of. The International Astronomical Union IAU has approved Chinas application for naming eight new features on the moon around the landing site of the Change-5 probe totaling 35 features on the moon with Chinese names.

Facebook gives people the power to share. The maria are roughly 1 to 4 kilometers 062 to 25 miles thick. Mare are the dark spots on the Moon.

Join Facebook to connect with Maria Moon and others you may know. Maria means seas in Latin and the lunar maria have their name due to their ocean-like appearance in contrast to the lighter spots on the Moon. 24 rows This is a list of maria large dark basaltic plains on the MoonIt includes other basaltic plains including the one oceanus as well as features known by the names lacus palus and sinusThe modern system of lunar nomenclature was introduced in 1651 by Giovanni Battista Riccioli.

See more Encyclopedia articles on. This map portrayed lunar maria craters and mountain peaks. The term which in Latin means sea was erroneously applied to such features by telescopic observers of the 17th century.

The lunar maria. Chinas Change-5 probe launched last November and landed December 1 collected lunar samples and returned to Earth on. Instead they are the remnants of lava flows on the moons surface.

Despite the name they are are not water though just a darker type of rock. Longitude in red indicates a far-side object. The dark areas are called maria.