Sinus Iridum
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The photograph captures Sinus Iridum - also known as the Bay of Rainbows - a massive crater 260km across.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
"Shadow peaks of Sinus Iridum" by Gábor Balázs, from Hungary, took the top spot in the Our Moon category.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
Moon shot Chang’e 3, China’s third lunar mission, will land on Sinus Iridum — the ‘Bay of Rainbows’ — China’s National Space Administration said on 29 October.
From Nature ● Nov. 7, 2012
MAUPERTUIS.—A great mountain enclosure of irregular shape, about 20 miles in diameter, in the midst of the Sinus Iridum highlands, N. of Laplace.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
FOUCAULT.—A bright deep ring-plain, about 10 miles in diameter, lying E. of the mountains fringing the Sinus Iridum, between Bianchini and Harpalus.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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