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Mare Imbrium

Mare (1145.5 km) — "Sea of Showers."

Coordinates
34.7244, -14.9086 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Mare
Feature type
Mare, maria
Feature type code
ME
Diameter km
1145.5275
Etymology
"Sea of Showers."
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3678
Clean name
Mare Imbrium
Ethnicity
Latin
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-24

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