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Oceanus Procellarum

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[oh-see-ah-nuhs proh-suh-lahr-uhm, -an-uhs, oh-shee-] / ˌoʊ siˈɑ nəs ˌproʊ səˈlɑr əm, -ˈæn əs, ˌoʊ ʃi- /

noun

  1. (Ocean of Storms ) the largest dark plain on the face of the moon, in the second and third quadrants: about 2 million square miles (5.2 million sq. km).


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In 2020 Chang'e 5 brought back 1.7kg of material from an area called Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon's near side.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2024

China's Chang'e-5, the first lunar sample return mission since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, delivered 1.73 kilograms of regolith from the Oceanus Procellarum, a plane named for its vast size.

From Science Daily Feb. 6, 2024

One of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-Cs will carry six payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, a vast dark plain on the western edge of the moon.

From Scientific American Aug. 2, 2022

The company is aiming to land Nova-C in an area of the Moon called Oceanus Procellarum, the largest of the Moon’s mare — dark plains of basalt that dot the lunar terrain.

From The Verge Mar. 29, 2022

I ran, until the cumbersome suit slowed me down to a staggering walk through the sand beside the Oceanus Procellarum.

From Out Around Rigel by Wilson, Robert H.

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