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    Mare Moscoviense (Latin for 'Sea of Moscow'; /ˌmɒskəviˈɛnsi/ MOSK-ə-vee-EN-see) is a lunar mare that sits in the Moscoviense basin. It is one of the very...
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    states of mind, was accepted, and do not follow this pattern. When Mare Moscoviense was discovered by the Luna 3, and the name was proposed by the Soviet...
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    Rimae Bode on the lunar near side, Apollo basin, Aitken crater, and Mare Moscoviense on the lunar far side, Shackleton crater in the lunar south polar region...
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    is a lunar impact crater that is attached to the outer edge of the Mare Moscoviense, on the far side of the Moon. It is a worn formation with a small crater...
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    Maksutov (crater) McKellar (crater) Mare Australe Mare Frigoris Mare Humboldtianum Mare Ingenii Mare Moscoviense Mare Orientale Mendeleev (crater) Michelson...
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    named Mare Moscoviense (Sea of Moscow) and Mare Desiderii (Sea of Desire). Mare Desiderii was later found to be composed of a smaller mare, Mare Ingenii...
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    is a lunar impact crater that lies across the southeastern edge of Mare Moscoviense, on the northern hemisphere of the far side of the Moon. It is a complex...
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    Retrieved 2020-12-26. "Mare Moscoviense". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Astrogeology Science Center. Retrieved 2020-12-26. "Mare Nectaris". Gazetteer...
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    is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located north of the Mare Moscoviense and south of the larger crater Von Neumann. Because it is on the far...
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    Golovin lies to the northeast, while further to the southwest is the Mare Moscoviense. The crater wall and interior have been heavily eroded by many subsequent...
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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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    side of the Moon. It is located along the western perimeter of the Mare Moscoviense, and to the southeast of the crater Feoktistov. It is named for cosmonaut...
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    Moon. It lies in the northern hemisphere, to the northwest of the Mare Moscoviense. This crater has a small outward extension along the northern side...
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    of the Mare Moscoviense, one of the few lunar maria on the far side. To the east-southeast of Shatalov along the edge of the Mare Moscoviense is the larger...
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    by Cosmonaut expeditions from 1986 to 2007. The Leonov crater, near Mare Moscoviense (Sea of Moscow) on the far side of the Moon, was named after Leonov...
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    G. (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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    of deceased American astronauts, and many craters inside and near Mare Moscoviense bear the names of deceased Soviet cosmonauts. Besides this, in 1970...
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    northwest margin and Sharonov near the southwest margin. It lies east of Mare Moscoviense basin and northwest of Korolev basin. The basin is not obvious on lunar...
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    unusual aspect of this crater is that it is located entirely within the Mare Moscoviense, one of the few maria found on the far side of the Moon. It lies to...
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    (and hence 9% of the FHT) consists of maria within the FHT, such as Mare Moscoviense. FHT maria have on average only 2.2 ppm of thorium, which is twice...
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    identified when the USSR took the far side's first pictures in 1959, Mare Moscoviense and the crater Tsiolkovsky. Two other features had been named by astronomers...
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    fundamental contributions to their field. Additionally, craters in or around Mare Moscoviense are named after deceased Russian cosmonauts and craters in and around...
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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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    Leonov is a small lunar impact crater that lies to the south of Mare Moscoviense, one of the few maria on the far side of the Moon. This crater has a heart-shaped...
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    is located a couple of hundred kilometers to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, and due south of the smaller crater Nagaoka. It is a relatively isolated...
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    Burney. Mare Orientale basin – Lunar mare on the western border of the near side and far side of the Moon Mare Moscoviense basin – Lunar mare on the far...
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    Nagaoka is a lunar impact crater that lies to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, on the far side of the Moon. To the east of Nagaoka is the somewhat...
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  • usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 10, 2024. "Mare Moscoviense – Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov...
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    crater diameters to the south of Kurchatov is the northern edge of the Mare Moscoviense. This is a worn and eroded crater formation, with a pair of small craters...
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    and to the southwest of Trumpler. Farther to the west-northwest is Mare Moscoviense, one of the few maria on the far side of the Moon. This crater has...
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