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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

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

The Chang’e-5 mission recovered 1.7 kilograms of loose volcanic material called basalt from a vast lava plain, known as Oceanus Procellarum, in the Moon’s northern region.

From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2022

Right ahead of them rose Lambert about a mile in height; and further on, more to the left, in the direction of Oceanus Procellarum, Euler revealed itself by its glittering radiations.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward