Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 References  














Palus Somni






 / Bân-lâm-gú
Беларуская
Català
Čeština
Deutsch
Español
فارسی
Français
Italiano

Lëtzebuergesch
Polski
Русский
Українська

 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 




In other projects  



Wikimedia Commons
 
















Appearance
   

 





Coordinates: 14°06N 45°00E / 14.1°N 45.0°E / 14.1; 45.0
 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Palus Somni
Palus Somni
Coordinates14°06′N 45°00′E / 14.1°N 45.0°E / 14.1; 45.0
Diameter163 km
EponymMarsh of Sleep

Palus Somni /ˈpləs ˈsɒmn/ (Latin palūs somnī "Marsh of Sleep") is an area on the Moon of relatively level but somewhat uneven terrain that lies along the northeastern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis and the Sinus Concordiae. It has selenographic coordinates 14.1° N, 45.0° E, and has a diameter of 163 km.

Palus Somni's area
Palus Somni's area with mineral postprocessing

The surface of this feature has low ridges and patches of level terrain. It has a higher albedo than the lunar mare to the west, and is a shade of grey typical of continental terrain. A few minor craters lie within its borders, with the flooded Lyell along the west edge, Crile to the east, and Franz to the northwest. The bright crater Proclus is to the northeast.

In 1907 it was described as having "a color which is unique upon the moon, a kind of light brown, quite unlike the hue of any of the other plains or mountain regions"[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Serviss, Garrett P.: The Moon. 1907.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palus_Somni&oldid=1029096145"

Categories: 
LQ13 quadrangle
Maria on the Moon
Hidden categories: 
Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
Articles with short description
Short description is different from Wikidata
Coordinates on Wikidata
 



This page was last edited on 17 June 2021, at 21:30 (UTC).

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



Privacy policy

About Wikipedia

Disclaimers

Contact Wikipedia

Code of Conduct

Developers

Statistics

Cookie statement

Mobile view



Wikimedia Foundation
Powered by MediaWiki