Lacus Gaudii
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| Lacus Gaudii, in the center of the picture, captured by the Clementine space probe . Above right part of the Mare Serenitatis . At the bottom left of the center Lacus Lenitatis and right above it Lacus Hiemalis . | ||
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| position | 16.33 ° N , 12.27 ° E | |
| diameter | 89 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
Lacus Gaudii - Latin for lake of joy - is a solidified lava lake on the moon , which is similar in origin to the larger Maria . The name was established by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
The small, irregular sea area with indefinite delimitation has a mean diameter of 113 kilometers and is located on the moon side facing the earth at the selenographic coordinates 16 ° 12 'north and 12 ° 36' east. The lake is surrounded in the north and northeast by the Montes Haemus and the Mare Serenitatis , in the southeast by Lacus Hiemalis , in the south by Lacus Lenitatis and in the west by Lacus Doloris .
Web links
- Lacus Gaudii in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lacus Gaudii on The-Moon Wiki