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| − | + | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=517&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_lacus-somniorum-clem1.jpg|external image normal_lacus-somniorum-clem1.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-517 Clementine]'' The large circular crater at bottom middle is [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Posidonius Posidonius]. Lacus Somniorum consists of the two patches of relatively light mare above it, to the left and the right. The darker mare to the lower left is part of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis]. The finger of dark mare intruding into Lacus Somniorum from the left (to the northwest of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Posidonius Posidonius]) falls in a region where the IAU definitions of Lacus Somniorum and [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Mare%20Serenitatis Mare Serenitatis] overlap, at least based on their stated positions and diameters.<br /> <br /> | |
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Lacus%20Somniorum LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Lacus%20Somniorum%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Lacus%20Somniorum Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Lacus%20Somniorum LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Lacus%20Somniorum%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Lacus%20Somniorum Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
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| − | - "Lake of Dreams".<br /> - The eastern part was called '''Lacus Scientiae''' by Van Langren.<br /> - The part between craters '''Maury''', '''Maury A''' (Lamech's "'''''Touchet'''''"), and '''Hall''', is called [http://www.astrobee.000webhost.com/mi/Moon/Lacus-Locusta.html Lacus Locusta, or Lobster Lake] by the dedicated moon-observer RonB(ee).<br /> - Erroneously printed as "'''LACUS SOMNORIUM'''" on page 29 (chart 8) of Chuck Wood's and Maurice Collins's ''21st Century Atlas of the Moon'' (2012).<span class="membersnap">- | + | - "Lake of Dreams".<br /> - The eastern part was called '''Lacus Scientiae''' by Van Langren.<br /> - The part between craters '''Maury''', '''Maury A''' (Lamech's "'''''Touchet'''''"), and '''Hall''', is called [http://www.astrobee.000webhost.com/mi/Moon/Lacus-Locusta.html Lacus Locusta, or Lobster Lake] by the dedicated moon-observer RonB(ee).<br /> - Erroneously printed as "'''LACUS SOMNORIUM'''" on page 29 (chart 8) of Chuck Wood's and Maurice Collins's ''21st Century Atlas of the Moon'' (2012).<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 21, 2013</small></span><br /> <br /> |
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[http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/June_2,_2006 Did I Dream this Rille]<br /> [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_12,_2007 Rimae Fantasticus]<br /> [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/November%201%2C%202008 An Old Fault?]<br /> <br /> | [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/June_2,_2006 Did I Dream this Rille]<br /> [http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/September_12,_2007 Rimae Fantasticus]<br /> [http://lpod.wikispaces.com/November%201%2C%202008 An Old Fault?]<br /> <br /> | ||
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Revision as of 16:34, 15 April 2018
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Lacus Somniorum
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Lat: 38.0°N, Long: 29.2°E, Diam: 384 km, Depth: 2.49 km, Rükl: 14 |
Clementine The large circular crater at bottom middle is Posidonius. Lacus Somniorum consists of the two patches of relatively light mare above it, to the left and the right. The darker mare to the lower left is part of Mare Serenitatis. The finger of dark mare intruding into Lacus Somniorum from the left (to the northwest of Posidonius) falls in a region where the IAU definitions of Lacus Somniorum and Mare Serenitatis overlap, at least based on their stated positions and diameters.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 26C2) LAC map Geologic map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.49 km
- Mare area of 47,300 km^2 according to measurements by Jim Whitford-Stark.
Nomenclature
- "Lake of Dreams".
- The eastern part was called Lacus Scientiae by Van Langren.
- The part between craters Maury, Maury A (Lamech's "Touchet"), and Hall, is called Lacus Locusta, or Lobster Lake by the dedicated moon-observer RonB(ee).
- Erroneously printed as "LACUS SOMNORIUM" on page 29 (chart 8) of Chuck Wood's and Maurice Collins's 21st Century Atlas of the Moon (2012).- DannyCaes Jan 21, 2013
LPOD Articles
Did I Dream this Rille
Rimae Fantasticus
An Old Fault?
Bibliography
