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Who is Maria who is on the moon?
If you have a good imagination there is a shape on the full Moon which looks like Mary and child.
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What is a moons maria?
Maria is a bunch of Basaltic material (which is igneous rock) that came together on the moon. It formed when the moon cooled. People used to think that the dark spots (maria) on the moon were oceans.
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Why does the Moon have a Maria?
Maria is latin for sea. They are actually large basaltic lava flows from the period when the moon still had a molten core.
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What caused the Moons maria?
The maria - Latin for seas - where once thought to be the flood plains of large seas.
They are now known to be ancient lava basins caused by the impact of asteroids and comets in the early solar...
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What is the largest maria on the moon's surface?
The largest of the maria on the Moon is Mare Imbrium (the "Sea of Showers''), ...