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  1. SCIENCE|natural and applied sciences|space science

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    mara na gealaí Reference "Faofa ag an gCoiste Téarmaíochta, www.tearma.ie Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex"
    ga
    lunar maria | maria | lunar mare
    en
    Definition large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient asteroid impacts on the far side of the Moon that triggered volcanic activity on the opposite (near) side Reference "Wikipedia > Lunar mare (1.2.2023)"
    Comment The maria, Latin for ‘seas’, were named by early astronomers who mistook them for actual oceans on the Moon.