Mare humorum
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| position | 24.48 ° S , 38.57 ° W | |
| diameter | 420 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Mare Humorum ( Latin for "sea of moisture") is a low plain of the earth's moon .
It is located on the side of the moon facing the earth at the selenographic coordinates 24 ° S; 39 ° W and has a mean diameter of 420 km.
The rock of the Mare is around 3.9 billion years old. The basalt layer is sometimes over 3 km thick. In the north it borders on the Gassendi crater , which at the time was considered as a possible landing site for Apollo 17 .
Web links
Commons : Mare Humorum - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Lunar.arc.nasa.gov: Mare Humorum (English)
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: Mare Humorum (English)
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Mare Humorum on a 19th century astronomical drawing ( Trouvelot , 1881)