The lava flowed through cracks in the moons crust and cooled on its surface.
Maria name for the moon. 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. As we mentioned the first thing that youll notice when you look at the moons surface are the dark and light areas. These dark regions -- Latin for seas -- are solidified lava flows from between 3-35 billion years ago.
The lunar maria are dark spots on the Moon. Illustrations of the surface of the Moon have been found dating before 3000 BCE but the first true map of the Moon was produced by Michel Florent van Langren in 1645. Join Facebook to connect with Maria Moon and others you may know.
Before the advent of the space age only the near side of the Moon. Facebook gives people the power to share. For example Mars is.
Mare are the dark spots on the Moon. The dark areas are called maria. The dark smooth maria are named for weather or states of mind Sea of Rains Sea of Tranquility while many of the abundant craters of the Moon are named for famous scientists philosophers mathematicians and explorers.
Instead they are the remnants of lava flows on the moons surface. A billion years younger than the majority of the lunar surface. Mare plural maria any flat dark plain of lower elevation on the Moon.
The Moon is remarkable for the variety and unusual nature of the names of its surface features. 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. The light areas of the Moon are known as the highlands.