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Mare Tranquillitatis
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Mare tranquillitatis
Translingual
Etymology
mul Mare la:tranquillitātis. From mul la Mare Tranquilitātis (spelled with one "L"). From mul la mare+tranquillitās Sea of Tranquility. 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
mul proper noun 1
mul surface feature The Sea of Tranquility: mul basin hemisphere/Nearside celestial body/Moon parent body/Earth star system/Solar System a; a lunar en mare region.
Translations
Sea of Tranquility
References
Further reading
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mul Moon
Latin
Proper noun
Mare<3> Tranquillitātis
la Mare tranquillitatis