Sinus Successus
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| Sinus Successus, recorded with the Clementine space probe . | ||
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| position | 1.12 ° N , 58.52 ° E | |
| diameter | 127 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
Sinus Successus - Latin for bay of success - is an offshoot of the Mare Fecunditatis on the Earth's moon . The name was given by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.
The dark gray basalt surface of the solidified lava lake has an average diameter of 130 kilometers. The bay is located on the equator in the east of the moon side facing the earth, on the northeast edge of the Mare Fecunditatis, at the selenographic coordinates 1 ° north and 59 ° east.
See also
Web links
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: Sinus Successus (English)