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Ocean of Storms
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Ocean of Storms
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(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the largest of the dark plains (maria) on the surface of the moon, situated in the second and third quadrant Also called Oceanus Procellarum [ˌəʊʃɪˈænəs ˌprəʊsɛˈlærəm]
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Later in the year commander Charles Conrad Jnr and his team successfully completed a second mission, Apollo 12, to explore an area on the moon called Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms).
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Based on these factors, the geologists deduced that the best places to find helium-3 are Mare Tranquillitatis and the Oceanus Procellarum on the near side of Moon, and the Tsiolkovskiy crater and the Mare Orientale on the far side.
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