Moon's Mysterious 'Ocean of Storms' Explained | Moon Impact Hypothesis | Space.com - 0 views
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The largest dark spot on the moon, known as the Ocean of Storms, may be a scar from a giant cosmic impact that created a magma sea more than a thousand miles wide and several hundred miles deep
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could help explain why the moon's near and far sides are so very different from one another,
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Scientists analyzed Oceanus Procellarum, or the Ocean of Storms, a dark spot on the near side of the moon more than 1,800 miles (3,000 kilometers) wide.
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