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North Pole Sylvester Peary Mouchez o Pascal o 75 75 Philolaus Neison Epigenes Moigno W. Bond Pythagoras C. Mayer Kane J. Herschel Timaeus Strabo Cleostratus o 60 60o Rima Sheepshanks Gärtner South Sea of Cold Protagoras Sea of von Humboldt Regnault Rima Archytas Markov Harpalus Rimae Rimae Plato Keldysh Galvani Bay of Dew Maupertuis Mitchell MONTES JURA Lake of Time Rima Sharp Sharp Bürg 45oGerard 45o Bay of Rainbows Lacus Spei CHANG'E 3 Lake of Death Lake of Hope CHANG'E 5 Mason Oersted Williams Mairan Mons Rümker Helicon Le Verrier Alexander Grove Riemann Lavoisier Rima Mairan LUNA 17 Rimae Lake of Dreams Sea of Showers Gauss Hall Sinus Lunicus Rimae Theaetetus Dorsum Scilla Dorsum Heim Lunik Bay Posidonius Hahn Dorsum Bucher Rima o o 30 Delisle Dorsum Zirkel Dorsum Grabau Newcomb 30 Dorsa Argand Mons Delisle Sea of Serenity Voskresenskiy Rimae Fresnel Rupes Toscanelli Dorsa Stille Dorsum Azara Rima Timocharis Marsh of Decay Le Monnier Russel Vallis Schröteri Rimae Archimedes Dorsa Smirnov Prinz Lambert 15 LUNA 9 Rima Hadley Römer Dorsum Arduino Rima Bradley Dorsum Von Cotta Dorsa Aldrovandi Struve Schiaparelli Lacus Bonitatis Herodotus Lake of Goodness Rima Mons Bradley Serpent Sea Littrow Macrobius Rima Euler Brayley Pytheas Dorsa Mons Huygens Lacus Odii Dorsa Lister Mons Bay of Love Tetyaev LUNA 13 Lake of Hatred Maraldi Dorsum Rima Dorsa Sorby Vitruvius Dorsum Nicol Oppel Peirce Sinus Fidei Lake of Happiness Ocean of Storms Rima Bay of Trust Vitruvius Mons Wolff Lacus Gaudii Rimae Menelaus Rimae Plinius Rima Marius Lacus Doloris Lake of Joy Lake of Sorrow Menelaus Sea of Crises T. Mayer Marco Polo Lacus Hiemalis Plinius P. 15o Lake of Winter o Rima Jansen Yerkes Picard 15 Lacus Lenitatis Dorsa Lake of Softness Marsh of Sleep Harker Rima T. Mayer Rima Gay-Lussac Rima Galilei Sea of Vapors LUNA 24 Rimae Maclear Sea of the Edge Marius Hortensius Lick Dorsum Seething Bay Termier Rima Cardanus Sinus Honoris Bay of Honor Stadius Bay of Harmony Azout Copernicus Rimae Rimae Sea of Tranquility Tebbutt Jansky Glushko Kepler Rimae Sosigenes Lacus Perseverantiae Condorcet Rima Milichius Rima Lake of Perseverance Reiner LUNA 9 Rima Suess Rima Pallas Taruntius Sea of Waves Sea of Islands Rimae Triesnecker Lamont Banachiewicz Dubyago Reinhold Rimae Ritter Rimae Maestlin Kunowsky Catena Taruntius Schroter MONTES SECCHI LUNA 20 Maskelyne Godin Ritter Bay of the center Sabine SURVEYOR 5 Gambart Sinus Successus Rimae Hevelius SURVEYOR 6 Foaming Sea o Rhaeticus Dorsa Cato Bay of Success o 0 Lohrmann Lansberg Rimae Hypatia 0 60o 45o 30o 15o Mosting 15o 30o 45o 60o LUNA 16 Hermann Lade Rimae RiciollI Rima Oppolzer Messier Maclaurin Smyth's Sea Ricciolli K SURVEYOR 1 APOLLO 12 SURVEYOR 3 Flammarion P. APOLLO 14 Flamsteed P. Saunder Hypatia Rimae Gutenberg Sea of Fecundity Lalande Torricelli Naonobu Taylor Herschel Hipparchus Hartwig Biharz Kao Lindsay Euclides von Behring MONTES RIPHAEUS Parry Halley Bay of Roughness Dorsa Mawson Gutenberg Palisa Ptolemaeus Dorsa Rubey Dorsum Guettard Goclenius W Sea of Knowledge Anděl Kant La Pérouse Madler Gaudibert Dorsa Ewing Guericke Theophillus Lake of Autumn Rima Hansteen Klein Magelhaens Sirsalis Rocca Herigonius Rimae Opelt Lohse Rimae Kopf Rimae Herigonius Parrot o Rimae Sirsalis Lamé o 15 15 Lake of Summer Sea of Nectar Opelt Tacitus Vendelinus Crüger Almanon Lake of Spring Zupus Gassendi Lubiniezky Gibbs Gould Monge Holden Rimae B Rima Santbech Eastern Sea Mersenius Rupes Recta Hecataeus Thebit Lamarck Sea of Moisture Catena Humboldt La Caille Henry Wrottesley Sea of Clouds Rupes Altai Konig Lamarck D Hippalus Rupes Liebig Purbach Petavius Kies Humboldt Pettit Werner Palitzsch Rupes Kelvin Regiomontanus Pontanus Rothmann G Vieta Wilkins Hase 30o Krasnov Lee M. Rimae Pitatus Piccolomini 30o Fournier Rupes Mercator Poisson Lee Rothmann Reichenbach Neander Lagrange R Marsh of Epidemics Zagut Hell Goodacre Rimae Gauricus Gemma Frisius Stiborius Nonius Rabbi Levi Rimae Hase Lexell Piazzi Lake of Excellence Kaiser Riccius Rheita Lacroix Vallis Bouvard Büsching Harlan Lacus Timoris Heinsius Sasserides Marinus Lake of Fear Lehmann Gum Hainzel SURVEYOR 7 Stöffler Young Graff Nicolai Hamilton Wilhelm Saussure Mee Pictet Oken Lagalla 45o 45o Mallet Street Proctor Lockyer Peirescius Licetus Nöggerath Steinheil Southern Sea Longomontanus Pitiscus Lyot Schiller Phocylides Yakovin Porter Rost Jacobi Hanno Nearch o Segner o 60 60 Scheiner Zach Petrov Mutus Hausen Cysatus Gruemberger Manzinus Wilson Morteus Neumayer Simpelius 75o Short 75o Scott South Pole The with English names 622 objects

LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY Maria and Oceanus Mare Tranquillitatis – Sea of Tranquility (N) Lacus Temporis – Lake of Time (N) SELECTED MISSIONS PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ORBIT

names of lunar feartures: Oceanus Procellarum – Ocean of Storms (N) Mare Undarum – Sea of Waves (N) Lacus Timoris – Lake of Fear (N) Luna 2: 12 Spetember/13 September 1959 (USSR) Mean radius: 1 737.4 km (0,27 of Earth's) Semi-major axis: 384 400 km

Catena – Chain of craters Mare Anguis – Serpent Sea (N) Mare Vaporum – Sea of Vapors (N) Lacus Veris – Lake of Spring (N) Luna 9: 31 January /3 February 1966 (USSR) Equatorial radius: 1 738.1 km Orbit circumference: 2 413 402 km

Dorsum (dorsa) – Ridge Mare Australe – Southern Sea (N/F) Surveyor 1: 30 May/2 June 1966 (USA) Polar radius: 1 736.0 km Perigee: 363 104 km

Fossa (fossae) – Fault Mare Cognitum – Sea of Knowledge (N) Lacus Sinus Luna 13: 21 December/24 December 1966 (USSR) Flattening: 0,0012 Apogee: 405 696 km

Lacus – Lake Mare Crisium – Sea of Crises (N) Lacus Aestatis – Lake of Summer (N) Sinus Aestuum – Seething Bay (N) Surveyor 3: 17 April/20 April 1967 (USA) Surface area: 3,793×107 km2 Sideral period: 27,32 d

Mare – Sea Mare Fecunditatis – Sea of Fecundity (N) Lacus Autumni – Lake of Autumn (N) Sinus Amoris – Bay of Love (N) Surveyor 5: 8 September/11 September 1967 (USA) Distance from Earth: 384 403 km Synodic period: 29,53 d

Mons (montes) – Mount Mare Frigoris – Sea of Cold (N) Lacus Bonitatis – Lake of Goodness (N) Sinus Asperitatis – Bay of Roughness (N) Surveyor 6: 7 November/10 November 1967 (USA) Mass: 7,35×1022 kg (0,012 of Earth's) Average orbital speed: 1,02 km/s

Oceanus – Ocean Mare Humboldtianum – Sea of Alexander Lacus Doloris – Lake of Sorrow (N) Sinus Concordiae – Bay of Harmony (N) Surveyor 7: 7 January/10 January 1968 (USA) Mean density: 3,34 g/cm3 Inclination to the celiptic: 5,15°

von Humboldt (N/F) 2 Palus – Marsh Lacus Excellentiae – Lake of Excellence (N) Sinus Fidei – Bay of Trust (N) Apollo 11: 16 July/20 July 1969 (USA) Surface gravity: 1,62 m/s (0,17 of Earth's) Mare Humorum – Sea of Moisture (N) Planitia – Plain Lacus Felicitatis – Lake of Happiness (N) Sinus Honoris – Bay of Honor (N) Apollo 12: 14 November/19 November 1969 (USA) Escape velocity: 2,38 km/s Mare Imbrium – Sea of Showers (N) Promontorium – Cape Lacus Gaudii – Lake of Joy (N) Sinus Iridum – Bay of Rainbows (N) Luna 16: 12 September/20 September 1970 (USSR) Rotation period: 29,53 d – Sea of Cleverness (F) Rima (rimae) – Lacus Hiemalis – Lake of Winter (N) Sinus Lunicus – Lunik Bay (N) Luna 17: 10 November/17 November 1970 (USSR) Sidereal rotation period: 27,32 d Mare Insularum – Sea of Islands (N) Rupes – Cliff Lacus Lenitatis – Lake of Softness (N) Sinus Medii – Bay of the center (N) Apollo 14: 31 January/5 February 1971 (USA) Equatorial rotation velocity: 16,66 km/h Mare Marginis – Sea of the Edge (N/F) Sinus – Bay Lacus Luxuriae – Lake of Luxury (F) Sinus Roris – Bay of Dew (N) : 26 July/30 July 1971 (USA) Axial tilt: 3,60°–6,69° (1,54° to ecliptic) – Sea of Moscow (F) Vallis – Valey Lacus Mortis – Lake of Death (N) Sinus Successus – Bay of Success (N) Luna 20: 14 February/21 February 1972 (USSR) Albedo: 0,12 Mare Nectaris – Sea of Nectar (N) Lacus Oblivionis – Lake of Forgetfulness (F) Apollo 16: 16 April/21 April 1972 (USA) Apparent magnitude: -12,74 mag (mean full moon) Mare Nubium – Sea of Clouds (N) Lacus Odii – Lake of Hatred (N) Paludes Apollo 17: 7 December/11 December 1972 (USA) Angular diameter: Mare Orientale – Eastern Sea (N/F) – perygeum: 33’28″ Lacus Perseverantiae – Lake of Perseverance (N) Palus Epidemiarum – Marsh of Epidemics (N) Luna 21: 8 January/15 January 1973 (USSR) SYMBOLS: – apogeum: 29’55″ Mare Serenitatis – Sea of Serenity (N) N – features on the near side Lacus Solitudinis – Lake of Solitude (F) Palus Putredinis – Marsh of Decay (N) Luna 24: 9 August/18 August 1976 1976 (USSR) 100 miles Surface temperatures: Mare Smythii – Smyth's Sea (N) F – features on the far side Lacus Somniorum – Lake of Dreams (N) Palus Somni – Marsh of Sleep (N) Chang’e 3: 1 December/14 December 2013 (PRC) - (K) : min 40 / mean 25- / max 396 N/F – features on the near/far side edge Mare Spumans – Foaming Sea (N) 100 km Lacus Spei – Lake of Hope (N) Chang’e 5: 23 lNovember/1 November 2020 (PRC) - (°C) : min -233 / mean -10 / max 123 v 1.3.5-1E June 2021

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