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Mare Tranquillitatis

Mare (875.7 km) — "Sea of Tranquility."

Coordinates
8.3487, 30.8346 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Mare
Feature type
Mare, maria
Feature type code
ME
Diameter km
875.74884
Etymology
"Sea of Tranquility."
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3691
Clean name
Mare Tranquillitatis
Ethnicity
Latin
Continent
Europe
Quad
LAC-61

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