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Elevation map of Humboldtianum basin Oblique view from Apollo 16. 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.
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).
The crew on the surface explored the area using the first lunar rover and returned to Earth with 77 kilograms (170 lb) of lunar surface material. Samples were collected from Mons Hadley Delta, believed to be a fault block of pre-Imbrian (Nectarian or Pre-Nectarian) lunar crust, including the "Genesis Rock." This was also the only Apollo mission ...
The Mid-Autumn Festival (for other names, see § Etymology) is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture.It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
The crater area in a Selenochromatic Image (Si) Rimae Plato (Lunar Orbiter 4 image) The age of Plato is about 3.84 billion years, only slightly younger than the Mare Imbrium to the south. The rim is irregular with 2-km-tall jagged peaks that project prominent shadows across the crater floor when the Sun is at a low angle.
Oblique view of Fra Mauro taken from lunar orbit on the Apollo 12 mission. The Fra Mauro formation (or Fra Mauro Highlands) is a formation on the near side of Earth's Moon that served as the landing site for the American Apollo 14 mission in 1971. It is named after the 80-kilometer-diameter crater Fra Mauro, located within it.
Oblique view from Lunar Orbiter 5 Close up of Schrödinger G, the low-albedo area within Schrödinger, which is interpreted as a volcanic vent, similar to those in Alphonsus on the near side. Schrödinger is a large lunar impact crater of the form traditionally called a walled plain and is named after Erwin Schrödinger .
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.