Describe what maria on the surface of the moon look like and how they came to be known as maria.

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Preeze · Answer 1 · 2019-03-02T16:37:01+0000

Maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on the moon. Galileo named these places 'maria' after the Latin word for sea because he thought they looked like oceans.

Describe what maria on the surface of the moon look like and how they came to be known as maria.

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