Mare Serenitatis

The Mare Serenitatis (Latin for " Sea of joy ") is a sea east of Mare Imbrium Moon on the Earth's moon. It is located in the Serenitatis Basin.

Mare Serenitatis is adjacent to the Sea of ​​Tranquility in the southeast and to the Mare Vaporum in the southwest.

Along the southwestern edge of the pool pulls the mountains Montes Haemus. Further west of Mare landed Apollo 15 Southeast of its edge are the Montes Taurus, in the vicinity of Luna 21 and Apollo 17 landed.

The sea is centered on the selenographic coordinates 28 ° 00 ' N, 17 ° 30' E. The average diameter is 707 km.

Cultural

The Mare Serenitatis is popularly regarded as an eye of the man in the moon.

In the novel, Heliopolis by Ernst Jünger, a celebration of the Mare is first mentioned, and thus the plot than in the future in playing.

In the anime series Sailor Moon, Mare Serenitatis is the place where once stood the Moon Kingdom.

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