Lacus Luxuriae

Lacus Luxuriae

Clementine mosaic
Coordinates	19.41°N 176.50°E / 19.41; 176.50
Diameter	50.61 km (31.45 mi)
Eponym	Lake of Luxury

LRO image

Oblique Lunar Orbiter 2 image

Lacus Luxuriae (Latin lūxuriae, "Lake of Luxury")[1] is a small lunar mare on the far side of Moon. [2] It was named by the IAU in 1976.[3]

Lacus Luxuriae is at the center of the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin.

References

1. Patrick Moore (2000). The Data Book of Astronomy. CRC Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-1-4200-3344-1.
2. Patrick Moore; Robin Rees (2014). Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-1-139-49522-6.
3. "Lacus Luxuriae". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU/USGS/NASA. Retrieved 16 April 2024.