Sea Of Tranquility Definition
A basin in Nearside , Moon , Earth , Solar System.
Origin of Sea Of Tranquility
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of Latin SEA OF TRANQUILITY SEA OF TRANQUILITY Mare Tranquilitatis (“spelled with one-"L""), from Latin SEA OF TRANQUILITY mare (“sea ")+tranquilitatis (“tranquility "). Coined by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli , by labelling a map created by Italian Jesuit optician Francesco Maria Grimaldi , and then published in 1651 in the Almagestum novum .
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