Sea of Showers

E867323

astronomical feature basaltic plain impact basin lunar mare surface feature of the Moon

Sea of Showers is the English name for Mare Imbrium, one of the Moon’s largest and most prominent dark basaltic plains formed by ancient volcanic activity.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mare Imbrium	0
Sea of Rains	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical feature ⓘ basaltic plain ⓘ impact basin ⓘ lunar mare ⓘ surface feature of the Moon ⓘ
albedo	low ⓘ low ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mare Imbrium NERFINISHED ⓘ
englishName	Sea of Showers NERFINISHED ⓘ
formationProcess	lava flooding of an impact basin ⓘ lava flooding of an impact basin ⓘ
formedBy	ancient volcanic activity ⓘ
isPartOf	lunar nearside maria ⓘ lunar nearside maria ⓘ
isVisibleFrom	Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	near side of the Moon ⓘ near side of the Moon ⓘ
locatedOn	Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	imagery of rain or showers at sea ⓘ
namedBy	Giovanni Battista Riccioli NERFINISHED ⓘ
namingCentury	17th century ⓘ
notableFor	large circular outline ⓘ large circular outline ⓘ prominent feature in lunar cartography ⓘ prominent feature in lunar cartography ⓘ
observedWith	naked eye ⓘ naked eye ⓘ telescope ⓘ telescope ⓘ
partOf	Moon’s maria system ⓘ Moon’s maria system ⓘ
relativeSize	one of the Moon’s largest maria ⓘ one of the Moon’s largest maria ⓘ
surfaceComposition	basalt ⓘ basalt ⓘ
visualAppearance	dark plain ⓘ dark plain ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mare Imbrium → latinNameMeaning → Sea of Showers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sea of Rains