Mare Fecunditatis
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| position | 7.83 ° S , 53.67 ° E | |
| diameter | 840 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Mare Fecunditatis ( Latin for "sea of fertility") is one of the large " lunar seas " on the Earth-facing side of the earth's moon .
It lies on the selenographic coordinates 8 ° S, 54 ° E and has a diameter of 850 km.
The Soviet lunar probe Luna 16 and the orbiter Chang'e-1 landed in its northeast area . To the north of it, close to the Mare, Luna 18 and Luna 20 .
Web links
Commons : Mare Fecunditatis - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Mare Fecunditatis (English)
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: Mare Fecunditatis (English)
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1] [2] [3]