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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mare Tranquillitatis
Clean Name Mare Tranquillitatis
Feature ID 3691
Target Moon
Feature Type Mare, maria

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 19.37 °
Southmost Latitude -4.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.49 °
Westmost Longitude 16.92 °
Diameter 875.75 km
Center Latitude 8.35 °
Center Longitude 30.83 °
Northmost Latitude 19.37 °
Southmost Latitude -4.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.68 °
Westmost Longitude 16.92 °
Diameter 875.75 km
Center Latitude 8.35 °
Center Longitude 30.83 °
Northmost Latitude 8.80 °
Southmost Latitude 8.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 45.20 °
Westmost Longitude 17.50 °
Diameter 873.00 km
Center Latitude 8.50 °
Center Longitude 31.40 °
Quad LAC-61 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture Latin
Origin "Sea of Tranquility."
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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