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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mare Serenitatis
Clean Name Mare Serenitatis
Feature ID 3686
Target Moon
Feature Type Mare, maria

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 37.81 °
Southmost Latitude 16.13 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.92 °
Westmost Longitude 6.59 °
Diameter 674.28 km
Center Latitude 27.29 °
Center Longitude 18.36 °
Northmost Latitude 37.81 °
Southmost Latitude 16.13 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.92 °
Westmost Longitude 6.72 °
Diameter 674.28 km
Center Latitude 27.29 °
Center Longitude 18.36 °
Northmost Latitude 27.70 °
Southmost Latitude 26.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 31.80 °
Westmost Longitude 7.20 °
Diameter 707.00 km
Center Latitude 28.00 °
Center Longitude 17.50 °
Quad LAC-42 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin "Sea of Serenity."
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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