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Fra Mauro

American  
[frah mahr-oh, maw-roh] / ˈfrɑ ˈmɑr oʊ, ˈmɔ roʊ /

noun

  1. a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 50 miles (80 km) in diameter.


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"It certainly is a stark place here at Fra Mauro," he said.

From Time Magazine Archive

An inaccurate landing would also affect plans for next spring's scheduled Apollo 13 visit to a highlands area near Crater Fra Mauro.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Yankee Clipper will remain in lunar orbit until Friday afternoon, allowing the astronauts time to photograph the craters Fra Mauro, Lalande and Descartes�all possible landing sites for the eight future Apollo missions.

From Time Magazine Archive

By landing at Fra Mauro, the astronauts may be able to find many differing geological clues to the lunar past, all within a single compact area.

From Time Magazine Archive

The results of the Portuguese explorations under Prince Henry were incorporated in a map of the world, made by Fra Mauro in the convent of Murano, near Venice.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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