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Sea of Tranquility
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English
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Alternative forms
en Sea of Tranquillity
Etymology
en la Mare Tranquilitātis (spelled with one L), from en la - la mare en sea+la tranquilitātis en 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
Sea of Tranquility 1
en surface feature en basin hemisphere/Nearside celestial body/Moon parent body/Earth star system/Solar System; location of the first manned moon landing, in 1969.
Synonyms
mul Mare Tranquillitatis
Derived terms
en Tranquility Base
Translations
Finnish: fi Rauhallisuuden meri
French: fr Mer de la Tranquillité
German: de Meer der Ruhe
Italian: it Mare della Tranquillità
Latin: la Mare Tranquillitātis n
Portuguese: pt Mar da Tranquilidade m
References
en Moon