Sinus Iridum /ˈsaɪnəs ˈɪrɪdəm/ (Latin sinus īridum "Bay of Rainbows") is a plain of basaltic lava that forms a northwestern extension to the Mare Imbrium...
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422 km, with mountains rising to approximately 3800m above the level of Sinus Iridum. They were named after the Jura Mountains in eastern France / western...
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impact crater that lies along the northern Jura Mountains that ring the Sinus Iridum, in the northwestern part of the near side of the Moon. It was named...
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Helicon, and farther to the west-northwest lies the mountain-ringed bay Sinus Iridum. Le Verrier, sometimes written Leverrier, is a bowl-shaped feature with...
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Mairan, on a triangular section of continental terrain to the west of Sinus Iridum and the Mare Imbrium. This crater formation has been heavily eroded by...
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northern part of the Moon. It lies to the northeast of the mountain-rimmed Sinus Iridum formation in the northwest part of the Mare Imbrium. The crater rim is...
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Cyzicus, a friend and disciple of Plato. To the northwest is the prominent Sinus Iridum, a mountain-ringed bay on the mare. Just to the east is the slightly...
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List of maria on the Moon (section Sinus and Paludes)
the one oceanus as well as features known by the names lacus, palus and sinus. The modern system of lunar nomenclature was introduced in 1651 by Giovanni...
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terminator. About 10 to 11 days after new moon the valley of the rainbow bay (Sinus Iridum) is still in shadow, while the mountain peaks of the adjacent Montes...
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compositionally distinct from the Apollo and Luna landing sites. Sinus Iridum Sinus Lunicus Palus Putredinis Volcanism on the Moon "Mare Imbrium". Gazetteer...
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Sharp is a lunar impact crater located to the west of the Sinus Iridum bay of the Mare Imbrium, beyond the Montes Jura range. To the southwest is the crater...
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Moon's near side. It lies in the stretch of rugged terrain north of Sinus Iridum, a bay in the northwestern corner of Mare Imbrium. To the north lies...
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and it is 50 km in diameter. It marks the western edge of the bay of Sinus Iridum. Promontorium Heraclides is named after Heraclides Ponticus, a Greek...
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injection orbit to reach the Moon for the first time and imaged the Sinus Iridum region where future landing missions were expected to occur. On December...
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List of lunar features (section Sinus and Paludes)
includes the one oceanus and the features known by the names lacus, palus and sinus. The modern system of lunar nomenclature was introduced in 1651 by Riccioli...
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it is 2600 meters high. It forms the northeast boundary of the bay of Sinus Iridum. It is named after Pierre Simon marquis de Laplace, an 18th-century French...
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to select a landing site for Chang'e 3. The planned landing site was Sinus Iridum, but the lander actually descended on Mare Imbrium, about 40 km (24.9 mi)...
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hours 24 minutes later. The planned landing site was announced to be Sinus Iridum. However, the lander descended on Mare Imbrium, about 40 km (25 mi) south...
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Cassini's moon maiden (a pareidolia in Promontorium Heraclides near Sinus Iridum), Cassini's bright spot (a high-albedo craterlet with bright nimbus on...
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other backup locations were selected, like those in Lacus Somniorum, Sinus Iridum and Oceanus Procellarum, among others. In an effort to conserve fuel...
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dark band extending from upper left to lower right. Mare Imbrium and Sinus Iridum are in lower left. Prominent craters include Plato with dark flat floor...
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around Kepler Gassendi region Plinius region Mare Vaporum Lubiniesky region Sinus Medii Faintly shaded area near Sacrobosco Dark spot at foot of Mons Huygens...
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at 28°N 3°W / 28°N 3°W / 28; -3; Lenin Base near southwest edge of Sinus Iridum. Allenby, Stanley and Kawolski fly first Earth-orbital Apollo/Saturn...
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Betrugi Giuseppe Biancani Francesco Bianchini - Bianchini crater north of Sinus Iridum Giovanni Bianchini - Blanchinus crater - Southern Hemisphere Wilhelm...
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hair on the affected side may be straight in some cases. heterochromia iridum (in congenital Horner's syndrome) Interruption of sympathetic pathways leads...
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dysplasia–clefting syndrome) Hereditary sclerosing poikiloderma Heterochromia iridum Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia...
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eyes due to random pigment loss. Some genetic variants cause Heterochromia iridum. The second way blue eyes can appear is when a dog has a lot of white fur...
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