Question

What are the lunar mare?

Answer 1

Mare means Sea in Latin.

Explanation:

Early lunar observers so the dark patches on lunar surface and thought that they are seas.,So they named it with names added with mare. example sea of tranquillity etc Later after satellite observations and men go there we came to know that they are dark, patches of lava flow. But the old names continue till now.
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