Lacus Veris
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lacus-veris-242-8863379
title:
Lacus Veris
text:
Lacus Veris is a small lunar mare on the Moon. In selenographic coordinates, the mare centered at 16.5° S, 86.1° W and is approximately 396 km long. The mare extends along an irregular 90° arc from east to north that is centered on the Mare Orientale, covering an area of about 12,000 km2.
Author Eric Burgess proposed this mare as the location of a future crewed lunar base, citing a 1989 study performed at the NASA Johnson Space Center. This small, roughly crescent-shaped mare region lies between
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Feature on the moon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacus_Veris
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date modified:
2024-04-25T17:59:58Z
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13
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