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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?
Dark places on the moon are called lunar maria, which are large, flat, dark-colored basaltic plains formed by ancient volcanic activity. These areas contrast with the brighter highlands on the moon's surface.
What are the name of the seas on the moon called?
There are no seas on the moon. The dark patches that early astronomers called "seas" are actually large basaltic plains called maria, which were formed by ancient volcanic activity.
Galileo called the dark flat parts on the moon what?
Galileo called the dark flat parts on the moon "seas" or "maria" in Latin, although they are now known to be basaltic plains formed by ancient volcanic activity.
Landing a spacecraft in the seas was called a?
It is called a splashdown.
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.
The moons large areas of flat plains are called?
They are call Maria ( Latin for "seas" ).
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
What are dark area on moon caused by lava flow called?
Seas. Often the latin 'mare' is used, it is pronounced as two syllables.
What are large dark flat-areas found on the hemispherical surface facing the Earth called?
Large dark areas on the Moon are called "maria", Latin for "seas", because the ancients who observed the Moon with the naked eye thought that they resembled the seas that they were familiar with.
The Latin word meaning seas is what?
mare mare = sea, singular mares = seas, plural
DD's are the what of the seas?
They have been called the Cavalry of the Seas.
What latin word is used to refer to the lunar seas?
Mare is the Latin word that means sea; the plural is maria
Why are the dark areas on the moon called seas?
The dark and relatively featureless lunar plains which can clearly be seen with the naked eye are called maria (singular mare), Latin for seas, since they were believed by ancient astronomers to be filled with water. These are now known to be vast solidified pools of ancient basaltic lava
Why are there so few craters on the maria?
The maria are the craters. I believe it was Galileo who saw the dark spots on the moon and thought that they were seas, which is why he called them maria ("mar" being Latin for sea). Since then, advancements have been made in astronomy which have shown that the maria are not seas, but craters.
What are dark places on the moon called?
Dark places on the moon are called lunar maria, which are large, flat, dark-colored basaltic plains formed by ancient volcanic activity. These areas contrast with the brighter highlands on the moon's surface.
What is the dark areas on moons surface called?
The Lunar plains are referred to as Maria (Latin for seas .) because ancient observers thought them to be water like Earth's own oceans .
