Mare Nectaris
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| position | 15.19 ° S , 34.6 ° E | |
| diameter | 339 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Mare Nectaris ( Latin for "sea of nectar") is a small lunar sea in an impact crater on the Earth's moon .
It is located on the selenographic coordinates 15 ° S; 35 ° E and has a mean diameter of 340 km. The largest crater is the Rosse crater in the central south. To the west it borders the Montes Pyrenaeus Mountains . The rock is 1 km thick. The prenectarian and nectarian periods of the lunar timescale were named after this mare.
Web links
Commons : Mare Nectaris - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Lunar.arc.nasa.gov: Mare Nectaris (English)
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: Mare Nectaris (English)
Spektrum.de : Amateur photos [1]