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Mare Imbrium

Mare Imbrium /ˈɪmbriəm/ (Latin imbrium, the "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains") is a 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 protoplanet during the Late Heavy Bombardment. Basaltic lava later flooded the crater to form the flat volcanic plain…

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Location
The Moon
Age
c. 3.922 billion years
Depth
c. 100 km (original) c. 3.5 km
Diameter
c. 1,145 km (711 mi)
Impactor diameter
c. 250 km

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Avg. degree1.97
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related to Apollo 15 · 20
Mare Imbrium → Apennine Mountains, Apollo, Command Module Pilot Alfred, Commander David Scott, Earth, EVA, Genesis Rock, Hadley Rille, Imbrian, In, Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot James, Mons Hadley Delta, Moon, Nectarian, Pre-Nectarian, Samples, The, This, Worden
related to Characteristics · 17
Mare Imbrium → At, Imbrium, Mons La Hire, Mons Pico, Montes Alpes, Montes Apenninus, Montes Archimedes, Montes Carpatus, Montes Caucasus, Montes Recti, Montes Spitzbergen, Montes Teneriffe, Much, Oceanus Procellarum, The, The Imbrium Basin, With
related to External links · 16
Mare Imbrium → Archived, Astronomy Picture, Bonnell, Day, December, June, Meteoroid Hits, Montes, Moon, Moon Mare, NASA, Phillips, Retrieved, Science, The Moon WikiNemiroff, Tony
related to Names · 10
Mare Imbrium → Ancient Greeks, Ewen, Giovanni Riccioli, Hecate, Like, Moon, Plutarch, The, The Shrine, Whitaker
related to Chinese landing · 8
Mare Imbrium → Apollo, Chang'e, December, Laplace, Luna, The, The Chang'e, Yutu
has impact · 5
Mare Imbrium → March, NASA's, On, The, This
related to Observation and exploration · 5
Mare Imbrium → Earth, In, Man, Moon, Western
related to Origin · 5
Mare Imbrium → Ejecta, Late Heavy Bombardment, Moon, The, The Moon
Age · 1
Mare Imbrium → c. 3.922 billion years
Coordinates · 1
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Mare ImbriumAgec. 3.922 billion years1.00infobox
Mare ImbriumCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Mare ImbriumDepthc. 100 km (original) c. 3.5 km1.00infobox
Mare ImbriumDiameterc. 1,145 km (711 mi)1.00infobox
Mare ImbriumImpactor diameterc. 250 km1.00infobox
Mare ImbriumLocationThe Moon1.00infobox
Lunar Prospectorinstance ofIt was confirmed and mapped at higher resolution with later orbiters0.80text
GRAIL.Shaded Relief mapGravity map based on GRAIL NamesLike most of the other maria on the Mooninstance ofIt was confirmed and mapped at higher resolution with later orbiters0.80text
Mare Imbrium was named by Giovanni Riccioliinstance ofIt was confirmed and mapped at higher resolution with later orbiters0.80text
whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.The earliest known name for the mare may beinstance ofIt was confirmed and mapped at higher resolution with later orbiters0.80text
Mare Imbriumhas impactOn0.60section
Mare Imbriumhas impactMarch0.60section

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