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Mare tranquillitatis
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Mare Tranquillitatis mare Tranquillitatis
Latin
Alternative forms
la Mare Tranquillitātis mare Tranquillitātis Mare tranquilitātis Mare Tranquilitātis mare Tranquilitātis
Etymology
la mare tranquillitātis. From la Mare Tranquilitatis (spelled with one L). Coined by Italian Jesuit astronomer en Giovanni Battista Riccioli, by labelling a map created by Italian Jesuit optician en Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and then published in 1651 in the en Almagestum Novum. The Face of the Moon, 7. Riccioli, Giovanni Battista (1598-1671)., Linda Hall Library
Proper noun
Mare<3> tranquillitātis
la surface feature la basin hemisphere/Nearside celestial body/Moon parent body/Earth star system/Solar System Sea of Tranquility
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