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    Mare Insularum /ɪnsʊˈlɛərəm/ (Latin īnsulārum, the "sea of islands") is a lunar mare located in the Insularum basin just south of the western Mare Imbrium...
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    sea features (Mare Humorum, Mare Imbrium, Mare Insularum, Mare Nubium, Mare Spumans, Mare Undarum, Mare Vaporum, Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Frigoris), sea...
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    Moon rock (redirect from Mare basalts)
    (2003). "Ages and stratigraphy of mare basalts in Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Numbium, Mare Cognitum, and Mare Insularum". J. Geophys. Res. 108 (E7): 5065...
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  • Thumbnail for Kepler (lunar crater)
    impact crater that lies between the Oceanus Procellarum to the west and Mare Insularum in the east. To the southeast is the crater Encke. Kepler is named for...
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    (2003). "Ages and stratigraphy of mare basalts in Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Nubium, Mare Cognitum, and Mare Insularum". Journal of Geophysical Research...
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    Turner is a small lunar impact crater that lies in the Mare Insularum, near the Moon's equator. The crater was named after British astronomer Herbert Hall...
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    bowl-shaped lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Mare Insularum. It was named after 17th century Dutch astronomer Martin van den Hove...
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    edge of Mare Imbrium. It was named after German astronomer Tobias Mayer. To the west is the Oceanus Procellarum, and to the south is Mare Insularum. The...
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    briefly misidentified as a mare and named Mare Desiderii (Sea of Desire). It is no longer recognized. Other former? maria include: Mare Parvum ("Small Sea")...
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  • Thumbnail for Kunowsky (lunar crater)
    Kunowsky is a small lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum, in the western half of the Moon's near side. It is named after the German astronomer Georg...
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    crater that lies to the south-southwest of the crater Copernicus, on the Mare Insularum. NDSU Department of Mathematics (1997). "Mathematics Genealogy Project"...
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    crater that lies to the south-southwest of the crater Copernicus, on the Mare Insularum. It was named after 16th century German astronomer and mathematician...
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    lava-flooded remains of a lunar impact crater on the eastern edge of the Mare Insularum. It was named after German doctor Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring. To the...
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    Gambart is a small lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum, near the central region of the Moon. It is named after French astronomer Jean-Félix Adolphe...
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    the much younger crater Eratosthenes, at the north edge of Mare Insularum where the mare joins Sinus Aestuum. To the west is the prominent ray crater...
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    (Latin sinus aestuum "Seething Bay") forms a northeastern extension to Mare Insularum. It is centered at selenographic coordinates 12.1° N, 8.3° W, and it...
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    edge of the Mare Insularum, to the south-southeast of the crater Kepler. The small crater Kunowsky lies to the east-southeast on the mare. The crater...
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  • Mare Insularum, and to the south-south west is the crater Reinhold. North of Copernicus are the Montes Carpatus, which lie at the south edge of Mare Imbrium...
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    (2003). "Ages and stratigraphy of mare basalts in Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Numbium, Mare Cognitum, and Mare Insularum". Journal of Geophysical Research...
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  • Thumbnail for Fra Mauro (crater)
    Mauro formation, being located to the northeast of Mare Cognitum and southeast of Mare Insularum. Attached to the southern rim are the co-joined craters...
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  • Thumbnail for Schröter (lunar crater)
    a lunar impact crater near the mid-part of the Moon, on the eastern Mare Insularum. It was named after German astronomer Johann Hieronymus Schröter. It...
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    lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern fringes of the Mare Insularum. It was named after Danish benefactor Johan Sigismund von Mösting. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Lansberg (crater)
    Lansberg is a lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum. It can be located by following a line south-southwest from Copernicus to Reinhold, then southwest...
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    1.0°E / 1.6; 1.0, and its diameter is 287 km. It joins Mare Insularum in the west with Mare Vaporum to the north. The eastern part of this area is notable...
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  • Thumbnail for Milichius (crater)
    bowl-shaped lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Mare Insularum. To the southeast is the slightly larger Hortensius, a similar formation...
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  • Thumbnail for Fauth (crater)
    of the prominent ray crater Copernicus on the Moon. It lies in the Mare Insularum, to the northeast of the crater Reinhold. The crater is named after...
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  • Thumbnail for Montes Apenninus
    To the west of these mountains is a narrow gap where Mare Imbrium in the north joins Mare Insularum to the south. Further to the west are the Montes Carpatus...
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    location was unknown until January 2016, when it was discovered within Mare Insularum by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, approximately 260 km (160 mi) southwest...
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  • Thumbnail for Lalande (crater)
    lies in the central part of the visible Moon, on the eastern edge of Mare Insularum. It was named after French astronomer Jérôme Lalande. The crater is...
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    November 23, 1966 (1°04′N 12°27′W / 1.07°N 12.45°W / 1.07; -12.45) Mare Insularum as seen by Lunar Orbiter 2 on November 24, 1966 (1°52′N 33°47′W / 1...
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