Mare Crisium

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Mare Crisium is a prominent, isolated lunar mare on the Moon’s near side, easily visible from Earth as a dark, circular basaltic plain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basaltic plain
lunar mare
boundedBy ring of highlands
celestialBody Moon NERFINISHED
formedBy large impact event
hasAlbedo low
hasArea approximately 176,000 square kilometers
hasBasinAge Nectarian
hasCoordinates about 17° North 59° East selenographic
hasDiameter approximately 555 km
hasEjectaFeature ray system from Proclus crater
hasGeologicAge mostly Imbrian
hasMeanElevation lower than surrounding highlands
hasNameMeaning Sea of Crises NERFINISHED
hasNearbyCrater Burckhardt NERFINISHED
Cleomedes NERFINISHED
Condorcet NERFINISHED
Eimmart NERFINISHED
Lick NERFINISHED
Macrobius NERFINISHED
Peirce NERFINISHED
Picard NERFINISHED
Proclus NERFINISHED
Yerkes NERFINISHED
hasOrbitalImageryFrom Apollo missions NERFINISHED
Lunar Orbiter missions NERFINISHED
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED
hasRimFeature Promontorium Agarum NERFINISHED
Promontorium Olivium NERFINISHED
hasShape roughly circular
hasSurfaceComposition basaltic lava flows
hasSurfaceFeature ghost craters
low-relief lava plains
wrinkle ridges
isEasilyRecognizableIn naked-eye views of the Moon
isIsolatedFrom other large lunar maria
isTargetOf lunar geological studies
isVisibleFrom Earth NERFINISHED
locatedOn Moon NERFINISHED
near side of the Moon
nameAdoptedInCentury 17th century
namedIn Latin
nameGivenBy Giovanni Battista Riccioli NERFINISHED
observedBy early telescopic astronomers
partOf lunar nearside maria
surfaceModifiedBy volcanic flooding

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Mare Tranquillitatis adjacentTo Mare Crisium
Mare Tranquillitatis boundedBy Mare Crisium
Luna 24 lunarLandingSite Mare Crisium