Mare Imbrium

[ im-bree-uhm ]

noun

1. ( Sea of Showers ) a dark plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 340,000 sq. mi. (880,000 sq. km).

Example Sentences

That would mean certain regions, such as the Mare Imbrium, or “Sea of Rains,” might be as much as 200 million years older than scientists once thought.

From Scientific American

In a paper published in the journal Science in 2015, a different group of Chinese researchers described a complex geology of nine distinct layers below Mare Imbrium, a lava plain on the moon’s near side where China’s earlier mission, Chang’e-3, had landed.

From New York Times

So is the Soviets’ magnificent, eight-wheeled Lunokhod 1, the first lunar rover, which in 1970 trundled around the Mare Imbrium, or Sea of Rains.

From The Guardian

On 14 December 2013, China's Chang'e-3 touched down in the Mare Imbrium carrying a near-UV telescope.

From Science Magazine

The craft touched down in the Mare Imbrium region in 2013 and carried a ground-penetrating radar instrument.

From Nature