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Ocean of Storms

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Etymology

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Calque of Latin Oceanus Procellarum (literally “Ocean of Storms”), from Latin oceanus (“ocean”) + procella (“storm”). Coined by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli, by labelling a map created by Italian Jesuit optician Francesco Maria Grimaldi, and then published in 1651 in the Almagestum Novum.[1][2]

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Ocean of Storms

  1. (planetology) A basin in Nearside, Moon, Earth, Solar System

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  1. ^ The Face of the Moon, 7. Riccioli, Giovanni Battista (1598-1671)., Linda Hall Library
  2. ^ Scientist of the Day, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Linda Hall Library, 17 April 2017
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