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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Palus%20Somni LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Palus%20Somni%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Palus%20Somni Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Palus%20Somni LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Palus%20Somni%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Palus%20Somni Apollo Images]<br /> <br /> | ||
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* Area of 17,500 km^2 according to measurements by [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/MareAreas.htm Jim Whitford-Stark]. | * Area of 17,500 km^2 according to measurements by [http://www.lpod.org/cwm/DataStuff/MareAreas.htm Jim Whitford-Stark]. | ||
| − | * The colour of '''Palus Somni''' is peculiar, and has been described as brownish, greenish or yellowish; it is in any case different from that of the '''Mare Tranquillitatis''' itself. Source: Patrick Moore's ''New Guide to the Moon'' (1976), page 237.<span class="membersnap">- | + | * The colour of '''Palus Somni''' is peculiar, and has been described as brownish, greenish or yellowish; it is in any case different from that of the '''Mare Tranquillitatis''' itself. Source: Patrick Moore's ''New Guide to the Moon'' (1976), page 237.<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>May 19, 2012</small></span> |
| − | * Once called '''Aestuaria Bamelrodia''' by Michel Florent van Langren (Langrenus). Now, if someone could tell me more about the origin of the name '''Bamelrodia''' (the place on earth called '''Bamelrodia'''), that would be most interesting!<span class="membersnap">- | + | * Once called '''Aestuaria Bamelrodia''' by Michel Florent van Langren (Langrenus). Now, if someone could tell me more about the origin of the name '''Bamelrodia''' (the place on earth called '''Bamelrodia'''), that would be most interesting!<span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jul 11, 2013</small></span> (the name '''Aestuaria Bamelrodia''' was printed on page 197 in Ewen A. Whitaker's ''Mapping and Naming the Moon''). |
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Revision as of 16:42, 15 April 2018
Contents
Palus Somni
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Lat: 14.1°N, Long: 45.0°E, Diam: 143 km, Depth: 2.98 km, Rükl: 37 |
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 61B1) LAC map Geologic map LTO map
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
- Area of 17,500 km^2 according to measurements by Jim Whitford-Stark.
- The colour of Palus Somni is peculiar, and has been described as brownish, greenish or yellowish; it is in any case different from that of the Mare Tranquillitatis itself. Source: Patrick Moore's New Guide to the Moon (1976), page 237.- DannyCaes May 19, 2012
- Once called Aestuaria Bamelrodia by Michel Florent van Langren (Langrenus). Now, if someone could tell me more about the origin of the name Bamelrodia (the place on earth called Bamelrodia), that would be most interesting!- DannyCaes Jul 11, 2013 (the name Aestuaria Bamelrodia was printed on page 197 in Ewen A. Whitaker's Mapping and Naming the Moon).
Nomenclature
"Marsh of Sleep".
LPOD Articles
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