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What lunar landforms were originally thought to be calm seas?
Mare Tranquillitatis or Sea of Tranquility is the lunar landform.
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.
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.
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 latin word is used to refer to the lunar seas?
Mare is the Latin word that means sea; the plural is maria
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.
If you have seas with no water coasts with no sand towns without ponies mountains without land What are you?
Lunar mare
