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NASA: Meteor slams into Moon, causes explosion visible to naked eye on Earth
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/nasa-meteor-slams-into-moon-causes-explosion-visible-to-naked-eye-on-earth/story-fn5fsgyc-1226645778758
http://korrespondent.net/tech/science/1559900-astronomy-zafiksirovali-moshchnyj-udar-meteorita-po-lune
http://focus.ua/tech/270046/
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Names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Imbrium
Like most of the other maria on the Moon, Mare Imbrium was named by Giovanni Riccioli, whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.[3]
The earliest known name for the mare may be "The Shrine of Hecate"; Plutarch records that the Ancient Greeks gave this name to the largest of the "hollows and deeps" on the Moon, believing it to be the place where the soul of the deceased were tormented. Ewen A. Whitaker argues that this likely refers to Mare Imbrium, "the largest regular-shaped dark area unbroken by bright patches" that can be seen with the naked eye.[4]
Around 1600, William Gilbert made a map of the Moon that names Mare Imbrium "Regio Magna Orientalis" (the Large Eastern Region). Michael van Langren's 1645 map named it "Mare Austriacum" (the Austrian Sea).[5]
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/nasa-meteor-slams-into-moon-causes-explosion-visible-to-naked-eye-on-earth/story-fn5fsgyc-1226645778758
http://korrespondent.net/tech/science/1559900-astronomy-zafiksirovali-moshchnyj-udar-meteorita-po-lune
http://focus.ua/tech/270046/
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Names
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Imbrium
Like most of the other maria on the Moon, Mare Imbrium was named by Giovanni Riccioli, whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.[3]
The earliest known name for the mare may be "The Shrine of Hecate"; Plutarch records that the Ancient Greeks gave this name to the largest of the "hollows and deeps" on the Moon, believing it to be the place where the soul of the deceased were tormented. Ewen A. Whitaker argues that this likely refers to Mare Imbrium, "the largest regular-shaped dark area unbroken by bright patches" that can be seen with the naked eye.[4]
Around 1600, William Gilbert made a map of the Moon that names Mare Imbrium "Regio Magna Orientalis" (the Large Eastern Region). Michael van Langren's 1645 map named it "Mare Austriacum" (the Austrian Sea).[5]
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