What type of terrain did astronomers call the Maria?

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What type of terrain did astronomers call the Maria?

2007-09-11 06:55:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space

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Mare or Maris is a latin word for 'sea', as in large body of water. Through a telescope, Marias look like oceans or seas -- large flat areas with contrasting solid color (to the areas surrounding the maria), and without many visible large craters.

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2007-09-11 07:00:24 · answer #1 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

What appears to be large flat areas on the surface of the moon. Those areas look like seas, Latin, Maria..

2007-09-13 16:32:24 · answer #2 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Well, they didn't like Maria all that much, so they referred to her as being "coarse."

2007-09-11 14:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by quantumclaustrophobe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋