Mare Ingenii
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| position | 33.25 ° S , 164,83 ° O | |
| diameter | 282 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Mare Ingenii ( Latin for "sea of talent") is a mare on the far side of the moon .
It is located opposite the Mare Imbrium in the southern hemisphere in the so-called Ingenii Basin at the selenographic coordinates 33 ° S, 165 ° E. The Mare Ingenii has a mean diameter of 280 km and is, like all other Maria on the back of the moon, relatively small.
Light swirls stand out on its dark basalt . The region in which the Mare Ingenii is located has the strongest local crustal magnetic field of the moon.
Web links
Commons : Mare Ingenii - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Lunar.arc.nasa.gov: Mare Ingenii (English)
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: Mare Ingenii (English)