Contains:  Solar system body or event
Mare Orientale, akion

Mare Orientale

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Description

Mare Orientale is a notoriously hard to observe lunar sea on the  western librational limb of the Moon. Images from spacecraft have revealed it to be one of the most striking large scale lunar features, resembling a target ring. In fact, it is a large impact basin, with mass concentration in the middle.

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