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Mare Tranquillitatis

The Sea of Tranquility is a lunar landmark. It is based off of the real lunar feature and is a flat place on the moon.

Terrain[]

Terrain — Mare Tranquillitatis

The terrain surrounding the sea


The Sea of Tranquility is a flat place on the moon with a few craters and some hills. The landmark is relatively large in size, making it a landing site for some spacecrafts.

In this landmark, landing on a crater or any rough terrain is safe because of its small size.

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Trivia[]

  • This happened to be the landing site of the Apollo 11 mission and the Surveyor 5 lander, and the crash site of the Ranger 8 probe.
  • In real life, it is a lunar mare or sea that is located at the near side of the moon.
  • The material on the location mainly consists of basalt that formed around 3.8 billion years ago.
  • The mare is slightly bluish in color.

Landmarks
Mercurian landmarks Borealis PlanitiaCaloris Planitia
Venusian landmarks Atalanta PlanitiaLavinia PlanitiaMaxwell Montes
Lunar landmarks CopernicusMare SerenitatisMare TranquillitatisOceanus ProcellarumTycho
Martian landmarks Arcadia PlanitiaGale CraterHellas PlanitiaJezero CraterOlympus MonsUtopia PlanitiaValles Marineris
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