Sinus Roris
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| Sinus Roris, captured by the Clementine spacecraft . | ||
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| position | 50.26 ° N , 50.86 ° W | |
| diameter | 195 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
Sinus Roris - Latin for Bay of Dew - is a branch of the Oceanus Procellarum on the Earth's moon . The name comes from the Italian astronomer Giovanni Riccioli (1598–1671); the official name was given by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
The dark gray basalt surface of the solidified lava lake has an average diameter of 202 kilometers. The bay is located on the moon side facing the earth at the selenographic coordinates 54 ° 00 'north and 56 ° 36' west. In the south it merges into the Oceanus Procellarum at Mons Rümker and is connected to the Mare Frigoris to the east . The narrow Rima Sharp groove runs within the bay .
See also
Web links
- Sinus Roris in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Sinus Roris on The-Moon Wiki