Mare Fecunditatis (Latin fēcunditātis, the Sea of Fecundity or Sea of Fertility) is a lunar mare in the eastern half of the visible Moon. The mare has a maximum diameter of 840 km. The gravity field was mapped at higher resolution with later orbiters such as Lunar Prospector and GRAIL, which unveiled an irregular pattern.

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File:Fecunditatis basin topo.jpg|Topographic map

File:Fecunditatis basin GRAIL gravity.jpg|Gravity map based on GRAIL

File:Mare Fecunditatis AS15-95-12995.jpg|Apollo 15 image

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See also

  • The Sea of Fertility - a tetralogy of novels by Mishima Yukio, named after the sea

References

  • High resolution lunar overflight video by Seán Doran, based on LRO data, that starts over the western margin of Mare Fecunditatis and then proceeds to Mare Crisium