Mare Crisium
Americannoun
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Then it will use its main engine to brake for a soft touchdown between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Crisium, two of the dark lava seas on the Earth-facing side of the Moon.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2022
The three biggest mascons, corresponding to Mare Imbrium, Mare Serenitatis and Mare Crisium, are visible on the upper right-hand side.
From Economist ● Dec. 19, 2012
EIMMART.—A conspicuous ring-plain with bright walls on the N.W. margin of the Mare Crisium.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Thomas Gwyn Elger
Such a shade he knew had been already detected in the Palus Somnii, near Mare Crisium, and in the circular area of Lichtenberg, near the Hercynian Mountains, on the eastern edge of the Moon.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
North of the Mare Crisium, and northwest of Macrobius, we find a much larger mountain ring, oblong in shape and nearly eighty miles in its greatest diameter.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss
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