LRO mosaic of Mare ImbriumDetail map of Imbrium's featuresDetail of basaltic lava flow fronts within Mare Imbrium, located north of Euler crater. (Mosaic of Apollo 17 images.)
Mare Imbrium/ˈɪmbriəm/ (Latin imbrium, the "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains") is a vast lava plain within the Imbrium Basin on the Moon and is one of the larger craters in the Solar System. The Imbrium Basin formed from the collision of a proto-planet during the Late Heavy Bombardment. Basaltic lava later flooded the giant crater to form the flat volcanic plain seen today. The basin's age has been estimated using uranium–lead dating methods to approximately 3.9 billion years ago, and the diameter of the impactor has been estimated to be 250 ± 25 km.[2] The Moon's maria (plural of mare) have fewer features than other areas of the Moon because molten lava pooled in the craters and formed a relatively smooth surface. Mare Imbrium is not as flat as it would have originally been when it first formed as a result of later events that have altered its surface.
^"Mare Imbrium". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^P. H. Schultz & D.A. Crawford, Origin and implications of non-radial Imbrium Sculpture on the Moon, Nature 535, 391–394 (2016)
MareImbrium /ˈɪmbriəm/ (Latin imbrium, the "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains") is a vast lava plain within the Imbrium Basin on the Moon and is one of...
sea features (Mare Humorum, MareImbrium, Mare Insularum, Mare Nubium, Mare Spumans, Mare Undarum, Mare Vaporum, Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Frigoris), sea...
Mare Serenitatis /sɪˌrɛnɪˈteɪtɪs/ (Latin serēnitātis, the "Sea of Serenity") is a lunar mare located to the east of MareImbrium on the Moon. Its diameter...
have been formed from ejecta, or debris, from the impact which formed MareImbrium. During Apollo 14, the crew members sampled ejecta from Cone crater,...
fairly old. This range forms the southeastern border of the large MareImbrium lunar mare and the northwestern border of the Terra Nivium highland region...
the landing site: to sample lunar highland material older than that at MareImbrium and to investigate the possibility of relatively recent volcanic activity...
Alpes range. It extends 166 km from the MareImbrium basin, trending east-northeast to the edge of the Mare Frigoris. The valley is narrow at both ends...
the IAU, the crater was known as Basin XIV. Mare Ingenii is located at the antipode of the MareImbrium impact basin. The furrowed crater walls of the...
Serenitatis and the southeast rim of MareImbrium. It was named by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1651. The mare lies in an old basin or crater that is...
the western Mare Imbrium. The basin material is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, with the mare material of the Upper Imbrian epoch. The mare is bordered by the...
the figure's eyes are MareImbrium and Mare Serenitatis, its nose is Sinus Aestuum, and its open mouth is Mare Nubium and Mare Cognitum. This particular...
Ampère. The Montes Apenninus were formed by the impact that created MareImbrium. The mountain was named after the Dutch astronomer, mathematician and...
the Canary Islands. This range is located in the northern part of the MareImbrium, to the southwest of the crater Plato. The Montes Teneriffe lie within...
soft-landed on the Moon in the MareImbrium (Sea of Rains) on November 17 at 03:47 UTC. It landed in western MareImbrium, about 60 km south of the Promontorium...
north, and Mare Nubium, Mare Humorum and Sinus Viscositatis [it] to the south. To the northeast, Oceanus Procellarum is separated from MareImbrium by the...
of MareImbrium, and stretches east to north of Mare Serenitatis. It is just north of the dark crater Plato. The basin material surrounding the mare is...
may refer to: Mons Pico, a lunar mountain in the northern part of the MareImbrium basin Pico, a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Verde Pico da...
briefly misidentified as a mare and named Mare Desiderii (Sea of Desire). It is no longer recognized. Other former maria include: Mare Parvum ("Small Sea")...
rugged massif that is located on the lunar mare where Oceanus Procellarum to the southwest joins MareImbrium to the east. There are three primary peaks...
massif in the Montes Apenninus range, along the eastern edge of the MareImbrium. It is located to the west of the crater Conon. To the west of this peak...
observed. On 13 September 1959, it impacted the Moon's surface east of MareImbrium near the craters Aristides, Archimedes, and Autolycus. Prior to impact...
November 26, 1540, a transient phenomenon appeared between Mare Serenitatis and MareImbrium. This event is depicted on a contemporary woodcut. On the...
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