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Mare Serenitatis is an example of a mascon, an anomalous gravitational region on the Moon. A mass concentration (mascon), or gravitational high, was identified in the center of Mare Serenitatis from Doppler tracking of the five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft in 1968. [ 5 ]
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 ...
Menelaus (/ ˌ m ɛ n ɪ ˈ l eɪ ə s /) is a young lunar impact crater located on the southern shore of Mare Serenitatis near the eastern end of the Montes Hæmus mountain range. Its diameter is 27 km. [1] To the southwest is the small crater Auwers, and to the west-southwest is the even smaller Daubrée.
The Luna 2 probe created a crater when it touched down on the moon between the lunar regions of Mare Imbrium and Mare Serenitatis, according to NASA. ... The moon, however, is littered with the ...
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.
Linné is a small lunar impact crater located in the western Mare Serenitatis. It was named after Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. [1] The mare around this feature is virtually devoid of other features of interest. The nearest named crater is Banting to the east-southeast.
Banting is a small, bowl-shaped lunar impact crater located near the middle of the Mare Serenitatis on the Earth's moon. Originally named Linné E, in 1973 the crater was renamed for Sir Frederick Banting [1] in honour of his outstanding medical contributions – the most famous being his discovery of insulin. [2]
Bessel is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the southern half of the Mare Serenitatis. The crater was named after the German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel in 1935. [1] Despite its small size, this is the largest crater to lie entirely within the mare. It lies to the north-northeast of the crater Menelaus.