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Q: What percentage of near side of moon consists of lunar maria?
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Is maria smooth?

The lunar maria are smooth and dark regions found on the moon' surface. Maria cover approximately 17 percent of the lunar surface area.


What is the other name of the lower lands on moon?

The "lunar maria".


What are broad flat lava plains on the moon called?

lunar maria


What are dark places on the moon called?

A "Maria", which is translated into "sea".


Stuff that the moon has that the earth doesn't?

The moon has many craters, and it does not have the atmosphere that the Earth has. There are lunar seas known as maria on the moon.


What is the large dark matches of cooled lava on the moon?

They are called lunar maria.


How are rocks from the Highland and Maria areas of the Moon different?

The Lunar Highland rocks reflective and anothositic in composition, while the Lunar Maria are less reflective and basaltic in composition.


What is maria on moon made of?

The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions


What is maria made of on the moon?

The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions


How were the lunar maria probably formed?

Our Moon's maria are currently believed to have been formed by ancient volcanic eruptions.


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.


What are the maria?

Lunar maria are areas on the moon where volcanic lava has flowed in the past. It is surmised that they result from asteroid or meteor strikes followed by volcanic eruptions.