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Showing posts with label Ocean of Storms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ocean of Storms. Show all posts

Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Ocean of Storms, explained


The largest impact basins on the Moon in the visible side (left) and hidden (right). Credit: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.

The largest dark spot the moon, known as the Ocean of Storms ("Oceanus Procellarum"), has about 3,000 kilometers in diameter and can be a huge scar cosmic impact, researchers say.