Lacus Felicitatis
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| Lacus Felicitatis ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 18.52 ° N , 5.36 ° E | |
| diameter | 98 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
Lacus Felicitatis, recorded in 1994 by the Clementine space probe . On the right a part of Lacus Odii .
The Lacus Felicitatis is a frozen lava lake on the moon . His name was given to him in 1976, is Latin and means "lake of happiness". Like all lowlands on the moon, the Lacus Felicitatis consists of basaltic magma . It measures around 90 km and lies at 19 ° N and 5 ° E, between the Montes Apenninus , the Mare Serenitatis and the Mare Vaporum .