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What lunar landforms were originally thought to be calm seas?
Mare Tranquillitatis or Sea of Tranquility is the lunar landform.
What are the lunar landforms that were originally thought to be calm seas?
Maria
These lunar landforms were originally thought to be calm seas.?
maria.
What are the lunar landforms were originally thought to be calm seas.?
Maria
Does the maria area of the moon have another name?
Yes, "mare" is the Latin word for "sea". The lunar "seas" were so named by early astronomers because they though the lunar maria were seas like on Earth.
Is mare another word for crater?
A lunar mare is Latin for sea. The dark and relatively featureless lunar plains are called seas, because ancient observers thought they contained water. Hence why they are called "seas".
Are there pools of lava on the moon?
Yes, the pools of lava our now what are the lunar "seas".
How do the dark spots on the moon form?
They thought they were lunar "seas" like the oceans on earth. They are actually vast plains. But even today, they are still called "seas".Many early astronomers thought the dark spots on the moon were "seas". That is how all the lunar maria got their name, such as "Mare Tranquillitatis" which translates into "The Sea of Tranquility".
What are the 'seas' of the moon full of?
The lunar 'seas' are flat plains made up of dried volcanic rock which were orignially lava when the moon was geologically active.
What are seas on moon the called?
The dark patches on the moon were once thought to be seas and are called maria (Latin for `seas`). These are not actual seas containing water but are plains formed by ancient volcanic eruptions on the lunar surface.
What are dark places on the moon called?
A "Maria", which is translated into "sea".
A 'sea' on the moon is called a?
Maria. The dark patches on the moon were once thought to be seas and are called maria (Latin for `seas`). These are not actual seas containing water but are plains formed by ancient volcanic eruptions on the lunar surface. -RoryHem
