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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1979

Page

10

Moon Seas and Named Lunar Mare

The Moon shows dark flat regions called seas or oceans. Early observers mistook these as water covered areas. A map invites you to find several seas including Sea of Crisis Fertility Nectar Tranquility Serenity Cold Shadows Vapors Clouds Moisture and Ocean of Storms.

Sea of Fertility

Moon Facts and Moon World Features

Moon gravity is one sixth Earth’s. a ball flies farther and a homerun would travel about half a mile. The sky is black, with two weeks of light and two weeks of darkness. Birds cannot fly there. no sounds. Surface temperatures range from 270 degrees in the day to 240 degrees below zero at night. The Moon keeps the same face to Earth and many planets have moons, such as Jupiter with 13 known moons. Astronauts landed under careful timing to survive extreme temperatures.

Earth Jupiter

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