| 👁 Image Mare Vaporum. The crater Manilius can be seen as the bright circular object to the right of the mare. To the south Rima Hyginus is visible as a light colored thin line. In the upper left hand side of the photo is the mountain range Montes Apenninus. | |
| Coordinates | 13°18′N 3°36′E / 13.3°N 3.6°E / 13.3; 3.6[1][2] |
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| Diameter | 242.46 km (150.66 mi)[3] |
| Eponym | Sea of Vapors[2] |
Mare Vaporum /væˈpɔːrəm/ (Latin vapōrum, the "sea of vapors") is a lunar mare located between the southwest rim of Mare Serenitatis and the southeast rim of Mare Imbrium. It was named by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1651.[4]
Location and size
[edit]The mare lies in an old basin or crater that is within the Procellarum basin.[2] It is 242 kilometers (150 mi) in diameter and 55,000 km2 (21,000 sq mi) in area, and is bordered to the northeast by the mountain range Montes Apenninus.[5][1][2] In the south of the mare is Rima Hyginus, a rille intersected by the crater Hyginus. The lunar material surrounding the mare is from the Lower Imbrian epoch, and the mare material is from the Eratosthenian epoch.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pearson, Ezzy; Todd, Iain (August 5, 2024). "Lunar maria: a complete guide to the seas of the Moon". www.skyatnightmagazine.com. BBC. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ^ a b c d e "Mare Vaporum". lunar.arc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on March 15, 2002. Retrieved October 18, 2007.
- ^ "Mare Vaporum". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
- ^ "Mare Vaporum". www.glyphweb.com. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mare Vaporum.
- Mare Vaporum at The Moon Wiki
- Dome in Mare Vaporum - Hook and Dome area
- Wood, Chuck (August 21, 2004). "Vaporum: Crater and Basin". Lunar Photo of the Day. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
- Wood, Chuck (September 21, 2008). "A New Look". Lunar Photo of the Day. Archived from the original on November 25, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.